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Ways that college students can spend their summers productively to help them get a job after they graduate! Useful info and ideas. Learn more about finding a job at http://college-junction.com
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The Need
S It’s hard to get a job
S Unemployment Rate 7.7%
BLS (2013)
S There’s only so much you can
do at school
S “Expected that successful
students must be involved in
time consuming obligations
and heavy course load.”
Novak (2011)
A Solution: Find Internships
S Internships
S Intern with a widely
recognized brand. Schawbel
(2010)
S Research good places to
work! See Workplace
Dynamics List online (2013)
A Solution: Volunteer
S Good for gaining network
connections. (Driscoll, 2011)
S Look for organizations related
to your field.
S Teach camps for middle
schoolers or high schoolers
A Solution: Learning
S Students may perform better
and learn more in summer
classes., according to College
Parents of America.
S Teach yourself some new skills
S Use library books
S Find online courses via
Udemy and Coursera
Counterargument #1
S Students want to relax after a
busy year!!
S By taking classes/being
productive over the summer, it
can take pressure off the school
year and make it less stressful.
Counterargument #2
S Student have have to work and
make money to pay for school!
S The number of paid internships
is 60% higher than unpaid
ones. O’Conner (2012)
Imagine...
S Sitting in an interview and having
awesome answers when your
interviewer asks you what you did
with your summers.
S Want that to be you? Start
planning now.
S Not to late to think about what
you can do, even for this
summer.
S Brainstorm with parents/friends.
S Audience Analysis. (April 2013) In class survey.
S Driscoll, E. (2011, March 25). What College Students Should Do During Summer Break. In Fox Business. Retrieved March 29, 2013,
S Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey (2013, March 29). In U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved March 29, 2013
S Novak, I. (2011, April 27). America the Exhausted. In The State Press. Retrieved March 29, 2013,
S O'Connor, C. (2012, August 21). The Art of Getting a Paid Internship. In Boston. Retrieved March 29, 2013,
S Schawbel, D. (2010). Me 2.0: 4 Steps to Building Your Future. New York, NY: Kaplan Publishing
S Should My College Student Consider Summer Classes?. (n.d.). In College Parents of America. Retrieved March 29, 2013
S Workplace Dynamics. (2013). National Top 50 Workplaces 2013. In Top 50 Workplaces. Retrieved March 29, 2013
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