Career Resources and Services

The Center for Personal and Career Development staff offers a wide variety of resources and services to help you with your career exploration and personal development.

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• TheEdge4YellowJackets - TheEdge4YellowJackets is a web-based job search database for use by Randolph-Macon students and alumni.

• Faculty - Talk to your professors; they may have several outside contacts.

• Networking Sources - Friends, family, alumni, professional associations, etc.

• Internships - Statistically, about 70% of interns are offered full-time opportunities after their internships are completed.
  
  
  • Find internships in the United States and worldwide. R-MC students register for free - Internships.com
    
  • Federal Government Internships - http://usajobs.gov

• Alumni Career Network - https://secure.rmc.edu/alumni/careeer-networking/

• Career 15 Website - Online job and internship search database available only to students who attend one of the VFIC’s member colleges. http://www.career15.com
  
  
• NACE link Network: To register and view jobs posted on NACE click on the NACE link image below:
  
  
  

• Company Websites - Do you have specific company interests? Look at the job postings/career section on their websites.

• Professional Organizations - Join a professional organization to learn more about specific career fields and to network! Some organizations have job opportunities posted on their websites. Some of Virginia’s professional organizations are listed on http://www.richmondjobnet.com/index.php/job_seekers/area_networking

• Cold Contact - Contact a company of interest that may or may not have advertised job postings to inquire about potential opportunities; this could be in the form of an interest letter, email or phone call.

• Staffing Agencies - Ask a career counselor for names and contact information of local staffing agencies.

• Online Job Search Engines - Careerbuilder.com, indeed.com, snagajob.com, Monster.com, simplyhired.com, www.timesdispatch.com
  Ask a career counselor for industry specific sites.

• Federal Government Jobs - http://www.usajobs.gov
  
• State Jobs - Virginia: http://jobs.virginia.gov
  
• County Jobs - Virginia Counties http://www.ejobs.org/states/vagov.html

• On-Campus and Federal Work Study Employment - http://www.rmc.edu/financial-aid/studentemployment.aspx