Career Success Guides
Getting Started
- The Career and Professional Development Center(.pdf)
- TartanGPS(.pdf)
- Choosing a Major or Minor(.pdf)
- Carnegie Mellon College-based career websites
- Important Career and Professional Development Center Policies(.pdf): No-show policy, On-campus Recruiting Policy, Ethics Policy, and Offer Policy
- What Can I Do With This Major?
Experience Building
- Internship Searching (.pdf)
- Personal Presentation(.pdf)
- Summer Internship Housing Options(.pdf)
- Student Employment (.pdf)
Professional Development Tools
- First Year Resumes(.pdf)
- Resumes - General(.pdf)
- Employment Letters(.pdf)
- Portfolios(.pdf)
- Reference Letters and Reference Lists(.pdf)
- Job Fairs (.pdf)
- Transferable Skills(.pdf)
- Networking(.pdf)
- ProNet "Professional Network" (.pdf)
- Relocating(.pdf)
- Targeting Your Job Search(.pdf)
Internet Resources
- Bridge Year Options (.pdf)
- CareerSearch(.pdf)
- Diversity Career Resources
- Pittsburgh Career Resources & Referrals(.pdf)
- Finding a Great Job in the Federal Government(.pdf)
- Vault Career Insider
- Going Global (.pdf)
- Roommate Finder Database (.pdf)
Salary Information
Interviewing
- Informational Interviews(.pdf)
- Cold Calling and Telephone Etiquette(.pdf)
- Your "Elevator Pitch" (.pdf)
- Interviews(.pdf)
- Case Interviews (.pdf)
- Technical Interviews (.pdf)
- Telephone Interviews(.pdf)
- Site Visits(.pdf)
Graduate School /Graduate Student Resources
- Graduate School Planning(.pdf)
- Credential Service(.pdf)
- Academic Job Search (.pdf)
- Writing a Curriculum Vitae(.pdf)
- Pre-Law Planner(.pdf)
- Getting into Medical School
International Students
- International Students - Employers(.pdf)
- International Students - Job Search Tips(.pdf)
- International Students - Resources(.pdf)