Godwin Hall

Career Services

Career Services
Phone 757.455.3337
Fax 757.233.8748

 

Career Links

MonsterTrak

In partnership with Career Services, MonsterTrak provides full-time, part-time, temporary and internship opportunities targeted by employers to Virginia Wesleyan College students and alumni. Post your resume online.  (To obtain MonsterTrak password, call Career Services at 455-3337 or e-mail  Career_Services@vwc.edu.)

New to MonsterTrak: links to employers in the healthcare industry.

Top 500 Entry Level Employers

One of the most often requested lists is for the names and contacts of entry level employers that are hiring nationally.  While this list is far from complete, we do list the Top 500 Entry Level Employers at: www.collegegrad.com/topemployers. 
You can find an online employer database at: www.collegegrad.com/employers for further research of the primary contact at more than 10,000 entry-level employers.

Jobfiler.com

Finally, there's a smarter way to manage your internet job search. Jobfiler offers free job search tools to help you to organize and manage your job hunt. As a member of Jobfiler.com, you can access your Jobseeker's Desktop from any computer, making it easy for you to keep all your job search information in one central location that you can easily access from home, work or on the road.

Student Central

Post your resume online for approved employers to view.  Search job listings posted by employers in your preferred geographical and employment-type area.  Receive notification of jobs that match your education and employment interest requirements.

Education Career Services, Inc.

A fee-based career marketing service for experienced college graduates. CSI provides a comprehensive career research database of verified targeted companies you may want to persue. CSI also provides certified career coaches to help maximize your job search. Five year guarantee of their products and services.

Career-Related Internet Links

The Career Services Center has prepared a list of internet addresses for a variety of career search resources.  You'll find links to: Job Listings: General, By Field; International Resources; Geographical Job Listings;  Relocation; Career Information,  Internships, Continuing Education, Resume Posting Services, Career Testing.

(Please notify Career Services if you find that one of our links is no longer working.)

Job Listings: General

Government Agency Web Sites

Dept. of the Army

Dept. of Agriculture

American Indian Higher Ed. Consort.

U.S. Coast Guard

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Dept. of Commerce

Dept. of Defense

Dept. of Energy

Dept. of Health and Human Services

Dept. of Homeland Security

Dept. Housing and Urban Development

Dept. of the Interior

FBI information
Current FBI jobs: Agent and Non-agent
Dept. of Justice

Dept. of Labor

Dept. of State
Student programs offered by the Department of State

Dept. of Transportation

Dept. of Treasury

Dept. of Veterans Affairs

Central Intelligence Agency

Environmental Protection Agency

General Services Administration

International Trade Commission

National Aeronautics and Space Admin.

National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration

National Credit Union Administration

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Dept. of the Navy

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Office of Personnel Management

Secret Service

Securities and Exchange Commission

Social Security Administration

Transportation Security Administration

US Consumer Product Safety Commission

Job Listings: By Field

ARTS:  Design, Fashion, Music, Theater, etc.
ATHLETICS & RECREATION: Sports, Adventure, Leisure Services, Hospitality, Outdoor, etc.
BUSINESS: Accounting, Banking, Finance, Management, Marketing, etc.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE

EDUCATION

The PRAXIS Series Information: All types of information related to Praxis

  • www.csa-teach.com  Recruits teachers and administrators for placement in private, independent schools across the U.S. and abroad
  • chronicle.com/jobs  Job listings in higher education
  • www.educationgroup.com/   Education openings in private schools
  • www.eslusa.org National and international job postings for ESL teaching positions
  • www.flinnsci.com Select "Review Jobs" Posting of science teaching job openings from Middle and High Schools from across the U.S.
  • www.jobsforteachers.com  National Association of Teachers' Agencies (NATA) can assist teacher candidates in every region of the country, and even in some foreign countries.  (Requires installation of Macromedia Flash Player 6 which may be downloaded from site.)
  • www.nps.k12.va.us   Website for Norfolk Public Schools
  • www.teachersatwork.com  National Educators Employment Network. Internet recruiting and job searching now available. Prepare dynamic resume on-line for hundreds of employers nationwide to consider. Log on and click on "Teachers/Submit your resume." Select your own user name and password. When all information is entered, click "submit." Check out jobs posted by schools. Click on "View Jobs." 
  • www.teachers-teachers.Com  Find great teaching jobs. Post your resume and cover letter. Receive notification when a teaching opportunity becomes available which meets your specified perimeters. 
  • www.vbcps.k12.va.us   Website for Virginia Beach City Public Schools

FOREIGN LANGUAGE

HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICE/COUNSELING/PSYCHOLOGY

HISTORY

MATHEMATICS/COMPUTER SCIENCE

NON-PROFIT

POLITICAL SCIENCE/INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

RELIGIOUS STUDIES

SCIENCES:  Biology, Chemistry, Earth, Environment, Physics, Space, Technology, etc.

SOCIOLOGY

WOMEN'S & GENDER STUDIES

International Resources

Geographical Job Listings

Relocation Information

Career Information

Internships

* Internship listings can also be found on our "Job Listings" page.

Internship Housing Options

If you are considering an internship outside of the Hampton Roads area, you will need to find housing. Most major cities have organizations or colleges that offer reasonably priced housing for summer interns (and often for fall or spring interns as well). Many of these housing options also offer meals and other services. Try these links for more information:

Atlanta

http://www.emory.edu/sihp/ Summer housing at Emory University

Boston

http://www.suffolk.edu/offices/5842.html Summer housing at Suffolk University

Richmond, VA

Summer housing may be available at VCU. For more information, please email kbourdow@vwc.edu.

New York City

http://www.92y.org/content/de_hirsch_residence.asp?d=47 Affordable rooms for interns

http://www.ihouse-nyc.org/ Summer housing. You must be at least 21 years old and affiliated with an educational or professional institution as a full-time graduate student, intern or trainee.

http://www.websterapartments.org/index.htm Affordable, safe housing for women interning in NYC

http://www.studenthousing.org/ Organization specializing in connecting interns with housing in the NYC area

http://www.studenthousing.org/summer Same organization as above, but this listing specializes in SUMMER internship housing selections. Space is limited. Apply today!

San Francisco

www.usfca.edu/residence_life/sgh/internship.html Summer housing at the University of San Francisco

Washington, D.C.

http://conferences.cua.edu/summer/ Summer housing at The Catholic University of America

http://gwired.gwu.edu/gwhousing/summerhousing/ Summer housing at George Washington University

http://housing.georgetown.edu/summer/index.cfm?fuse=overview&type=nongu Summer housing at Georgetown University

http://www.ishdc.org/fees.asp International Student House in Washington DC. Open to interns from all over the United States and world. Housing available during fall, spring and summer terms.

http://www.internsdc.com/ Washington Intern Student Housing (WISH). Also offers housing to married interns. Housing available during fall, spring and summer terms.

More Internship Housing Resources
National Resources

Each semester, many students sublet their apartments for various reasons. The following websites could be good places to look for sublets:

www.craigslist.com

www.thefacebook.com

Continuing Education

Resume Posting Services

Salary Information

Career Testing