Career Advice

The Career and Professional Development Center (CPDC) is Carnegie Mellon University’s centralized career services center providing a comprehensive range of services, programs and materials focusing on career exploration and decision making, professional development, experiential learning and employment assistance to meet today’s evolving workplace and student goals of finding satisfying work! To see a calendar of all upcoming CPDC events and […]

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While this article and the Carnegie Mellon handout is specifically about career fairs, this is good advice in general. Everyone should be able to explain themselves in 30 seconds or less. Do You Have a Career Fair Elevator Pitch? From https://www.careerfairplus.com/blog/career-fair-elevator-pitch?hs_amp=true Do you have an elevator pitch ready for your next career fair? An elevator

If you are in the METALS program on a F-1 visa, then you qualify for 12 months of OPT. Since METALS is a STEM degree, if your employer is an E-Verify employer, as of this writing you will qualify for an additional 24 months of OPT. Find out if the company that you want to

Carnegie Mellon Job Boards, Best Sites to Use Your Alumni Network CMU Handshake – Companies that specifically recruit CMU graduates: https://cmu.joinhandshake.com/postings CMU Alumni Job Board – Opportunities from CMU alumni and founders: https://www.cmute.io/jobs Newsgroups with Job Listings Where You Can Often Connect With the Hiring Manager The Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher

Find a mentor.  ADPList https://www.adplist.org/ is a FREE mentoring platform, mostly for designers (with some developers and instructional designers). Anyone could register an account and grab a time slot with experienced people who volunteer their time on this platform for career advice/portfolio review and many more.  Job fairs are in September and October. Students do make connections