{"id":1545,"date":"2020-12-08T12:31:34","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T18:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/?p=1545"},"modified":"2020-12-11T10:21:19","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T16:21:19","slug":"career-resources-your-student-can-access-at-miad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/2020\/12\/08\/career-resources-your-student-can-access-at-miad\/","title":{"rendered":"Career Resources Your Student Can Access at MIAD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>MIAD students will soon be on a much-deserved break between the fall and spring semesters. This break may be a good time for students to think about their professional goals. The MIAD Career Services staff has many resources for professional development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MIAD Career Services Handshake website is a primary resource we encourage students to use. If they have not activated their account and created a profile, the winter break is a great time to do this. On Handshake, students can:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Access the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/files\/2020\/12\/Careers_in_Art_and_Design.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Art\/Design Careers booklet<\/a>:<\/strong> Available in the Career Center Resources section, this booklet introduces students to many visual design and art professions and potential career paths.<\/li><li><strong>Search for professional opportunities:<\/strong> Students can view postings of professional opportunities (full-\/part-time and temporary jobs, internships, freelance projects and exhibitions) in the Jobs section.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><li><strong>Research potential employers:<\/strong> Using the Employers section, students can search in the Labels field to learn about the specific businesses that have recruited for MIAD students. Students can start creating a list of businesses that they may want to consider for professional experience opportunities and start contacting these businesses to inquire about opportunities.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Students are strongly encouraged to create a resume and LinkedIn account if they haven\u2019t already. The information they provided in their Handshake profile provides good content for their resume and LinkedIn. If a student already has both, they could update the content with the skills developed during the fall semester. Some students may now have class projects they could include in their resume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Career Services staff are available to further discuss any of the above resources with MIAD students. Student can contact Duane Seidensticker and Christina WickHeiser, MIAD Career Services, at <a href=\"mailto:careerservices@miad.edu\">careerservices@miad.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIAD students will soon be on a much-deserved break between the fall and spring semesters. This break may be a good time for students to think about their professional goals. The MIAD Career Services staff has many resources for professional development. The MIAD Career Services Handshake website is a primary resource we encourage students to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/2020\/12\/08\/career-resources-your-student-can-access-at-miad\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Career Resources Your Student Can Access at MIAD<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1545\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}