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Career-Related
Resources
- These are links to other UM Websites where you will find a collection
of rich resources and links to further information on employment and
career services. However, before you start it is important that
you do a self-assessment to understand your interest, needs,
skills, values, and personal preferences. Although you can do it alone
filling out a self-assessment test, we recommend you consider taking the
EDCP
108D class or seeing a career
counselor. The walk-in hours for the spring are 11 am to 3 pm,
Monday through Friday. Please contact Nancy O'Neill for more
information.
- Career Center
- http://www.CareerCenter.umd.edu/
- Testudo Interactive Web Services
- http://www.testudo.umd.edu/
- BSOS Information in the Resource Room
- http://www.careercenter.umd.edu/BSOS/resources.htm
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- These links target a more specified collection of resources
about continuing your studies at the graduate level, and regular and
summer employment and internships.
- Graduate Program in American Studies, UMCP
- http://www.inform.umd.edu/amst/prospective.html
- Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, UMCP
- http://www.otal.umd.edu/~sies/hisp/welcome.html
- Graduate and Professional School Information
- http://www.CareerCenter.umd.edu/crws/gradschl.htm
- Internships/Summer Positions
- http://www.CareerCenter.umd.edu/crws/interns.htm
- Institute for Experimential Learning
- http://www.ielnet.org
- Career Center for Students
- http://www.CareerCenter.umd.edu/student/student.htm
- Career-Related Websites
- http://www.CareerCenter.umd.edu/crws/crwsfrm.htm
- Special Populations
- http://www.CareerCenter.umd.edu/crws/specpops.htm
- At today's rate of globalization, it is not only useful, but
almost necessary to have some international experience. These
links will assist you in exploring international programs, internships,
scholarships, and study abroad opportunities.
- International Scholarships and Fellowships
- http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/UgradInfo/UgradStudies/PostBac/intl.html
- Study Abroad
- http://www.inform.umd.edu/INTL/studyabroad/
- The Pamela Harriman Foreign Service Fellowships
- http://www.wm.edu/harriman/
- University of Rochester--Internships in Europe
- http://www.rochester.edu/college/study-abroad/europe/
- UCI International Opportunities Program
- http://www.cie.uci.edu/~cie/iop/internsh.html
- United Nations Internships
- http://www.unpof.net/
- Canada Internships
- http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/youth/menu-e.asp
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- This list contains links to sites where you can refine your
job-hunting and interviewing skills with lots of useful advise
and practical suggestions.
- Earn & Learn: Internships and Part-Time Jobs
- http://www.CareerCenter.umd.edu/student/ernlrnfrm.htm
- Strategies for Finding a Satisfying Job Outside Your Major
- http://www.careercenter.umd.edu/Terpwks/F98/box.htm
- Resumes, Interviewing, and Job Search Strategies
- http://www.CareerCenter.umd.edu/crws/prepare.htm
- Guides to Using the Internet in Your Job Search
- http://www.CareerCenter.umd.edu/crws/guides.htm
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- These links will help you with the actual process of finding a
suitable job for yourself.
- Terp Online - The Employment Registration Program Online
- http://www.CareerCenter.umd.edu/TERP/stulogin2.htm
- Terp Network - UM Career Connections
- http://128.8.224.180/terpnetwork/students/howto.htm
- BSOS Careers
- http://www.careercenter.umd.edu/BSOS/options.htm
- What's Happening Now? Current Career-Related Events
- http://www.CareerCenter.umd.edu/whahap/nowfrm.htm
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Career-related quotes from other AMST programs in the
country
"Your knowledge of American society and culture will prepare you for
a career in journalism, business, public service, federal, state, or local
government, or for advanced studies in medicine or law. Many students go
on to graduate school as a way to prepare for specialized careers or
college teaching and research. Your courses in American studies may be
used to fulfill teaching licensure requirements in history and social
science."
"American studies graduates have a number of advantages in the job
world. In addition to a broadly based liberal education, they read and
think critically, synthesize information insightfully, and write fluently.
These are qualities which every employer looks for in job applicants.
Moreover, with their broad background, American studies graduates are also
flexible and versatile; because they are, they find jobs everywhere. Our
graduates have gone into business and banking, industry, teaching,
government, museum work, law, public services, and the media. Although you
may not apply your American studies course work directly on the job, you
will have the advantage of a humanities/social science background and
rigorous intellectual training. There is no career in which knowledge of
American society will not be of use."
"The largest single group (29 percent) are currently employed in
business or industry, with another 6 percent self-employed. Nearly a
fourth (23 percent) are working as teachers, while 12 percent work in
non-teaching professions (e.g., law, ministry, social work), and 5 percent
for government agencies. At present, 7 percent list home management or
childrearing as their principal activity, while 7 percent are currently
attending graduate or professional schools. Another 8 percent listed
various other activities, including fiction writing and choir
directing."
"Several of our majors a year go on to Ph.D. programs, most often in
U.S. history, American literature, or American Studies. Some pursue
graduate programs in historic preservation, material culture, or museum
studies. Over time, many of our graduates go on to graduate or
professional work that prepares them for careers in law, business, social
work, public policy, elementary and secondary education, and
communications. Over the course of the years, our majors find careers and
life choices that are not markedly different from those who have majored
in fields such as History, Government, Sociology, English."
"American Studies is a liberal arts major that is good preparation
for a career in education, law, journalism, or any field that requires a
broad undergraduate background. Since requirements are flexible, American
Studies works well as a second major or a minor. Graduates of Minnesota's
program include attorneys, doctors, and government administrators. They
also work in publishing houses and historical museums."
"Its graduates are employed by major universities, colleges, museums,
and journals across the United States. Scholars with Ph.D.s from Yale's
American Studies Program have produced an extraordinary number of
well-known books and have won many postdoctoral fellowships."
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