Career Services is located on the second floor of Roosevelt Hall, but its influence and scope reach far beyond. Staff members are often found at recruiting events, in classrooms working with undergraduates, and at internship and job fairs. Service is also provided 24 hours a day, seven days a week through an active website at career.uri.edu. Career Services works closely with students to emphasize the broad array of available starting points for careers that draw on their academic majors, their personal interests, and their work experience. Today's employers seek students not only on the basis of major, but on the basis of their interpersonal communication skills, teamwork ability, and work ethic.
Students have to make decisions for the next phase in their lives.
To help with this guidance, Career Services offers a variety of materials, workshops, and training sessions to prepare students. Staff members provide background information on career fields and companies, hold interviewing and resume workshops, provide video access so students can hold mock interviews and watch informational videos, and hold on-campus interviews with employers. They also hold annual job fairs on campus and provide information about off-campus job fairs. We encourage all undergraduate students to attend all the job and internships fairs to talk with employers about opportunities. Curtis Carlsten, a senior mechanical engineering major, worked in three internship positions around the state, Elmwood Sensors in Pawtucket, Vibco in Wyoming, and at Electro Standards Laboratories in Cranston, before entering the job search this past spring.