The Job and Internship Search Process
- Job and Internship Search Strategies
- Job Boards by Sector
- Transferable Skills (How to identify skills that can be used in every occupation, regardless of the type of work)
- Work Values Matcher (The Work Values Matcher is a quick card sort exercise that asks you to rank statements to define your ideal job. Your choices indicate your top values)
- Identity at Work (Navigate the job or internship search process, especially as it intersects with identities)
- Best Places to Live (Fun quiz that tells you where to live based on your preferences)
Campus Job Search Tools
- Handshake Tips and Tricks (A user guide created on campus to help get you started)
- Handshake (Create a profile and find employers looking for UW interns and grads)
- Student Job Center (Find PA/TA/RA and other campus jobs here)
- GoinGlobal (Helps job seekers find opportunities both at home and abroad. Fully accessable for free through Handshake)
Networking
- Conducting Informational Interviews (With questions to ask)
- Additional Sample Questions to Ask (For informational interviews)
- Mentoring Roles for Mentors and Mentees
- La Follette LinkedIn Alumni Search
- UW Madison LinkedIn Alumni Search
- Badger Bridge (UW Alums who want to chat with you)
- Professional Organizations (Find a mentor or obtain professional development)
Application Materials (Resume/Cover Letters)
- How to Write an Effective Resume (with samples - new 2020)
- How to Write an Effective Cover Letter (with samples - new 2020)
- How to Evaluate a Position Description (worksheet)
- Power Verbs
- NACE Top 10 and Career Competencies (2020)
- Writing Formal Emails to Accompany Job Applications
- How to Put Together a References List
- How to Request a Letter of Reference
Interviewing
- Big Interview (Virtual resource; you choose the questions, you choose the interviewer, you evaluate your performance - or share it with the career coordinator during an appointment)
- Big Interview Student Guide
- Guidance for Telephone and Virtual Interviews
- Professional Interview Guide
- Sample Interview Questions
- The STAR Method (For answering behavioral interview questions)
- Questions to Ask Employers
- Thank-You Notes (With examples)
Job and Salary Negotiation
- Salary Negotiation Webinar (La Follette student/staff NetID required)
- Evaluating a Job Offer (PDF guidance for all stages of the process)
- Job Offers FAQ and Salary Resources (FAQ + resources for salary evaluation and cost of living)
- Job Offer Evaluation Matrix (Excel Spreadsheet for your use)
- Salary Calculators
- Salary.com (The most commonly used one out there. Figure out what you're worth)
- Glass Door's Salary Calculator (Figure out what you're worth)
- 10 Great Salary Calculators to Save You Time (Article with links)
- Salary Calculator (What will your paycheck actually look like?)
- Cost of Living Calculators
General Etiquette
- Dining Etiquette
- Dress Codes Deciphered
- Dress for Success Guide
- The Career Closet at SuccessWorks (FREE professional attire for anyone in need - no questions asked)
Professional Organizations
Memberships in professional organizations are an excellent way for students to stay in tune with their chosen fields and to establish a solid professional foundation at the very beginning of their careers.
Especially for MIPA Students
- Useful Job Boards
- Global Jobs - Lists opportunities in worldwide NGOs, government, think tanks and private sector
- J-Pal Jobs - The Jameel Poverty Action Lab and its partner organizations recruit for hundreds of positions on a regular basis worldwide
- CSIS Job Board - The Center for Strategic and International Studies
- GoinGlobal - For full, free access, login through Handshake. From the Handshake homepage, click Career Center in the upper right, then select Resources. GoinGlobal is third on the list. You can login using your LinkedIn profile so you needn't create another account and password to access it
- Idealist - Search for jobs/internships and look at worldwide nonprofit organizations
- Devex - Has great resources including a job fair and job board, BUT to access the best resources, you have to get a premium membership
- CIPE Job Board - The Center for International Private Enterprise
- Council on Foreign Relations Job Board
- ReliefWeb Jobs
- DevNetJobs
- Jobs in NGOs
- Global Aid Workers
- VSFS - The Virtual Student Federal Service recruits students every summer to spend the academic year working on a variety of projects, many of them international in focus
- Organizations to Consider Joining or Following
- Academy of International Business
- Foreign Policy Association
- WANGO - Worldwide Association of NGOs
- WUD Global Connections
- Young Professionals in Foreign Policy (YPFP)
- Other Resources
- NGO Aid Map - Shares information about international development and humanitarian response by mapping diverse projects visually and interactively. Contact individual projects about getting involved
- VSO - Volunteer Service Overseas
- International Chamber of Commerce
- World Economic Forum
- More resources HERE on the La Follette website
