Other Resources

Career Services and Placement

• MSU Career Services & Career Passport
• MSU Career Services & Placement Resume/Cover Letter Assistance
• MSU Center for Service-Learning and Civic Engagement
• My Spartan Career
• MSU Student Life - list of student organizations.         

MSU (on-campus placements)

• Student Employment

Ingham County (local area)

• Lansing State Journal
• Ingham County Health Department - Peer Education, Teen Parent Network, etc., at Willow Plaza.
• Community Relations Coalition Student Internship (CRC) (Word document) - Fall 2007 and Spring 2008.  Interested in community service and leadership?  Wanting to get more involved in your community?  Looking to develop your communication, teamwork, problem-solving and community-building skills?

State of Michigan

• Executive Office Internship Opportunities - Governor Jennifer M. Granholm (Michigan Leadership Development Program).
• Michigan Department of Career Development
• Michigan House of Representatives       
• Michigan Senate 
• Michigan Works!
• Michigan Mental Health Networker

National

• America’s Job Bank   
• MSU Study Away: Hawaii
• Student Conservation Association – Environmental Internships & Jobs
• USA Jobs
• USA Jobs: Student Jobs         
• MSU Study Away: Washington, D.C. Studies Program
• O*Net - a source of occupational information, providing comprehensive data on key attributes and characteristics of workers and jobs.

International

• College of Social Science Study Abroad Programs
• MSU International Academic Internships        
• MSU Study Abroad Programs
• Idealist - a project of Action Without Borders, a nonprofit career center on the web with hundreds of job and internship listings and thousands of volunteer opportunities around the world.
• Peace Corps @ MSU

Books

Check the library for these and other books:

• The Vault Guide to Top Internships, 2007 (Samer Hamadeh)
• The Internship Advantage:  Get Real-World Job Experience to Launch Your Career (Dario Bravo and Carol Whiteley)
• Internships in Psychology 2007-2008:  The Apags Workbook for Writing Successful Applications and Finding the Right Match (Carol Nickelson-Williams)
• Megargee’s Guide to Obtaining a Psychology Internship (Edwin Megargee)
• The Intern Files:  How to Get, Keep, and Make the Most of your Internship (Jamie Fedorko)
• The Insider’s Guide to Political Internships:  What to Do Once You’re in the Door (Mack D. Mariani & Grant Reeher)
• The Student’s Federal Career Guide:  10 Steps to Find and Win Top Government Jobs and Internships (Kathryn K. Troutman & Emily K. Troutman)
• Hello Real World!: A Student’s Approach to Great Internships, Co-ops and Entry Level Positions (Jengyee Liang)
• 200 Letters for Job Hunters (William S. Frank)
• 201 Best Questions to Ask on Your Interview (John Kador)
• Best Answers to the 201 Most Frequently Asked Interview Questions (Matthew J. DeLuca)
• The Interview Rehearsal Book (Deb Gottesman & Buzz Mauro)
• The Resume Handbook:  How to Write Outstanding Resumes & Cover Letters for Every Situation (Arthur Rosenberg & David V.  Hizer)
• The Elements of Resume Style:  Essential Rules and Eye-opening Advice for Writing Resumes and Cover Letters that Work (Scott Bennett)
• What Color is Your Parachute? 2007:  A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career Changers (Richard Nelson Bolles)
• Knock ‘em Dead 2007:  The Ultimate Job Search Guide (Martin Yates)
• Princeton Review (The Internship Bible, The Best 109 Internships)