Winter Expo Surprises: Health Care, Real Estate, and Research

January 17, 2012

With 70+ organizations registered for this Wednesday’s Winter Career Expo it can be hard to sort through all the amazing opportunities. Follow along as we feature some of Expo’s hidden gems: organizations that might surprise you, unexpected positions and more…

If you’ve been to a career fair before you know it’s pretty easy to find the banking, consulting and retail organizations.  Tomorrow’s Expo includes some career fields that might surprise you:

Health Care
Cardinal Health is a global, dynamic Fortune 19 healthcare services and whole sale distribution company. We think of ourselves as the business behind healthcare because we focus on making it more cost-effective. We work with pharmacies, hospitals, doctor’s offices, surgery centers and clinical labs—basically anywhere healthcare services are offered. We offer internship and full-time employment opportunities across the organization.

CONMED Corporation is a global medical technology company that specializes in the development and sale of products and services that allow our physician customers to deliver high quality care and as a result, enhanced clinical outcomes for their patients. ConMed Patient Care will be hiring an Associate Territory Manager (ATM) for Michigan.

Real Estate
Landmark Commercial is a 22 year old commercial real estate brokerage company specializing in retail investment sales, site selection, land and property acquisition and shopping center leasing agencies.  We are going to hire a serious minded, ambitious, gregarious, entrepreneurial, tenacious individual that will work side by side with industry veterans of the highest level.
Rockwood Capital, LLC is a real estate investment firm which provides debt and equity capital combined with real estate expertise to select value-add office, residential, retail, hotel, and data center opportunities in key markets throughout the United States. Rockwood Capital is recruiting for internships

Research
Ben Venue Laboratories, Inc. was founded in 1938 and is a leading contract manufacturer of highly complex, sterile injectable drug products for the global pharmaceutical industry. Ben Venue Laboratories is recruiting for pharmaceutical technicians, chemists, microbiologists, production supervisors and more.

The Survey Research Center (SRC) is an international leader in interdisciplinary social science research involving the collection and analysis of data, especially data from scientific sample surveys. The SRC Summer Internship Program is a 10 week, 20 – 40 hour per week paid position for undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in social science research.

Visit the Winter Expo website for more information on all the organizations scheduled to attend.

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Winter Expo Surprises: Environmental Organizations

January 16, 2012

With 70+ organizations registered for this Wednesday’s Winter Career Expo it can be hard to sort through all the amazing opportunities. Follow along as we feature some of Expo’s hidden gems: organizations that might surprise you, unexpected positions and more…

It’s less common to see environment-focused organizations at career fairs. This year, however, there are several new and returning environmental organizations.

Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park
A new organization to Winter Expo, the Conservancy’s mission is to engage public support for the park and enhance public use and enjoyment of the park. They are recruiting for Field Instructor-Teaching Internship (a 10-month teaching internship) and a variety of summer positions.

ENVIRON International Corp.
An international consultancy, ENVIRON works with clients to help resolve their most demanding environmental and human health issues. They are recruiting for Entry Level Associate with responsibilities that include conducting environmental assessments, evaluating environmental samples and reviewing regulatory requirements.

Clean Water Action
Since 1971, from Washington D.C. to the local level, Clean Water Action has led the fight to protect our nation’s waters.  They are recruiting for interns and full time organizers.

NSF
NSF International is an independent organization that certifies products and writes standards for food, water and consumer goods to minimize adverse health effects and protect the environment.  They are recruiting for: Certification Project Manager, Associate Toxicologist1 and Technician.

Visit the Winter Expo website for more information on all the organizations scheduled to attend.

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Freshman Friday: Winter Career Expo

January 13, 2012

aerial view of Fall Career ExpoEvery Friday, we’ll be highlighting some helpful information specifically for first-year students. Today we’re focusing on next week’s Winter Career Expo. For more advice, take a look at the Freshman Friday post archive.

Lizzy and Chatoris, two of our peer advisors, have great Expo stories. They started going early in their Michigan career and feel that it gave them a chance to get comfortable talking with employers and build their professional community. At next week’s Winter Career Expo, there will be 21 organizations targeting 1st year/sophomore students. Build your own Expo story by starting with Freshman-friendly organizations like:

Red Frog Events
Red Frog Events is seeking tremendously talented candidates for our summer Event Coordinator internship program to travel to our events and help implement our three nationwide series (WarriorDash.com, GreatUrbanRace.com, and BeachPalooza.com).

The Survey Research Center
The Survey Research Center Internship Program is a 10 week, 20 – 40 hour per week paid position for undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in social science research. Interns will be typically assigned to an ongoing research study, attend appropriate seminars/courses on principles of survey research, and participate in a research symposium.

Dominos
Dominos considers our Interns to be our future team members, and have built a program to reflect this. Our Interns are given project based work with clear objectives to meet. Each Intern’s summer ends by giving a presentation to our Executive Team (including the CEO!) and other stakeholders in the organization on what they learned. Our paid internships run from mid-May to mid-August. Projects are available in nearly every department.

Visit the Winter Expo website for more information on all the organizations scheduled to attend.

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Posted by Sally Schueneman

Winter Expo Surprises: Non-Profit Organizations

January 12, 2012

With 70+ organizations registered for next week’s Winter Career Expo it can be hard to sort through all the amazing opportunities. Follow along as we feature some of Expo’s hidden gems: organizations that might surprise you, unexpected positions, and more…

You might think that non-profit organizations don’t attend career fairs. However, Winter Expo has 17 non-profit organizations registered to attend (almost 25%).  Here are some examples:

The Grandmont Rosedale Development Corporation
GRDC is a non-profit community organization in northwest Detroit representing a coalition of five neighborhood organizations, over 5,700 residents and 400 businesses. They are recruiting for Farmers’Market Intern, Community Security Program Intern and Vacant House Program Intern.

The Greater Flint Health Coalition
GFHC is a non-profit healthcare coalition – a true partnership between healthcare providers and purchasers, consumers and committed citizens, government leaders, insurers, educators and all those concerned about the well-being of our community and its residents.  They are recruiting for Project Managers, Health & Wellness Professionals, and Special Project positions.

Playworks
Playworks is a national nonprofit organization that supports learning by providing safe, healthy and inclusive play and physical activity to schools at recess and throughout the entire school day.  They are recruiting for coaches

Summer in the City
Summer in the City is a super fun, super flexible, super fulfilling Detroit-centric community service organization. There’s very little we won’t do for our community once we put our (and your!) minds and imaginations to it. This is the place to be for a crazy cool collectively creative Summer in the City!  We’re looking for Crew Members!

Visit the Winter Expo website for more information on all the organizations scheduled to attend.

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