New Student Orientation: Start Your Career

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Start Your Career

• How should I prepare for my career while I'm still a student?
  
  
• • Get involved! Join student and professional organizations.
    
    

• How do I find a job?
  
  
• • Check out the job search tips and additional resources on the SLIS website.
    
    
  • • VIDEO: Writing Your Resume and Cover Letter Hunting (Kent State Associate Provost and Former SLIS Director Richard Rubin, Ph.D.)
      
      
  • Listen to some advice from the pros.
    
    
  • • Videos from 2012 Library and Information Professions Careers Night
      
      

• How can I continue my education after graduation?
  
  
• • Consider a Certificate of Advanced Study from SLIS.
    
    
  • Continue to take SLIS workshops to enhance your education and advance your career.
    
    
  • Pursue a Ph.D. in Communication and Information, with a specialization in library and information science.