Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Event Planning Internships at the Career Development Center

Need an internship? Are you interested in event planning? Are you energetic, organized, professional and hard-working? Please apply for one of the Career Development Center’s Internship positions below. The deadline is Friday, November 9th.

Spring 2008 Global Careers Event Planner Internship – Job Description
3 credit hours (approximately 10 hours per week)
Dates: January 7 – April 25, 2008 (excluding spring break)

The Global Careers Event Planner Intern will assist in all aspects of planning, implementation, and on-site coordination for the Global Careers series scheduled throughout the Spring 2008 semester at Indiana University – dates TBA.

Major aspects of the job include: writing marketing materials, raising awareness about the events on campus, compiling RSVP event responses, collaborating with various university and community vendors and sponsors, serving as an on-location resource person at the events, and preparing post event evaluation results and correspondence supporting the mission of the Career Development Center/Arts & Sciences Career Services.

The intern will be supervised by a professional staff member at the Career Development Center who coordinates each of these events and will work on a team with additional professional staff members. Desired skills for the position are a high standard of excellence, attention to detail, flexibility, independence within a team, academic or hands-on experience with event planning/public relations, and a positive attitude. Interest in the above listed career fields is helpful but not required.

Intern must be available for event dates in addition to approximately 10 hours per week throughout the spring semester for a total of 150 hours. Time-span and weekly workload of the internship is negotiable and flexible. This is an unpaid internship. The Career Development Center is willing to work with academic departments so the intern may earn 3 credits for this experiential opportunity.

Interested applicants should send resume and cover letter to: Sara Pennington-Busick, pennings@indiana.edu, Career Development Center, 625 North Jordan Ave., Bloomington, IN 47405 by 5:00 pm on Friday, November 9, 2007. Selected candidates will be chosen to interview during the we­­­­ek of November 12-16.


Spring 2008 Networking Nights Event Planner Internship – Job Description
3 credit hours (approximately 10 hours per week)
Dates: January 7 – April 25, 2008 (excluding spring break)

The Networking Nights Event Planner Intern will assist in all aspects of planning, implementation, and on-site coordination for the Spring 2008 Networking Nights series. There will be 6 scheduled events on weeknights from approximately 5:00-9:00 pm at the Indiana University DeVault Alumni Center.

Major aspects of the job include: writing marketing materials, raising awareness about the events on campus, compiling RSVP event responses, collaborating with various university and community vendors and sponsors, serving as an on-location resource person at the events, and preparing post event evaluation results and correspondence supporting the mission of the Career Development Center/Arts & Sciences Career Services. The intern will collaborate with a student team from the Indiana Student Alumni Association to co-produce these events.

The intern will be supervised by a professional staff member at the Career Development Center who coordinates each of these events and works on a team with additional professional staff members. Desired skills for the position are a high standard of excellence, attention to detail, flexibility, independence within a team, academic or hands-on experience with event planning/public relations, and a positive attitude. Interest in the above listed career fields is helpful but not required.

Intern must be available for event dates (Jan. 23, 29, and Feb. 5, 13, 19, 26) in addition to approximately 10 hours per week throughout the Spring semester for a total of 150 hours. Time-span and weekly workload of the internship is negotiable and flexible. This is an unpaid internship. The Career Development Center is willing to work with academic departments so the intern may earn 3 credits for this experiential opportunity.

Interested applicants should send resume and cover letter to: Sara Pennington-Busick, pennings@indiana.edu, Career Development Center, 625 North Jordan Ave., Bloomington, IN 47405 by 5:00 pm on Friday, November 9, 2007. Selected candidates will be chosen to interview during the we­­­­ek of November 12-16.