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Job Fair 2003

Welcome to Career Services Online!

Career Services will aid students in developing, evaluating, and effectively initiating and implementing career plans. We will empower students with the knowledge that will enable them to take advantage of all their career options and make informed choices regarding their career opportunities. The office will enable students to explore the full range of life and work possibilities including graduate and professional preparation. We also function as the central placement service for all alumni, current graduates, and students seeking full-time and part-time employment. It is the function of the office to provide you with the needed job-hunting skills and the assistance in finding suitable employment.

Dickinson State Jobs Network

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Career Assessment top

Assess your skills and interests. Think about experiences you enjoy. What kind of school, religious, social or sports activities do you like? Evaluate what you are good at, what type of personality traits you have, and the values that you hold.

After you have assessed your interests and skills, determine the relationship between your skills and interests to explore possible careers.

Self-Assessment tools:

Career Exploration top

Research occupations. Find out more about the nature of the jobs that interest you, such as educational requirements, salary, working conditions, future outlook, and anything else that can help you narrow your focus.

Career Exploration tools:

Discover Program top

A premier computer based career-life planning system available in Career Services, Room 206, May Hall provides developmental guidance and detailed information to help students make important career and educational decisions. This program also provides up-to-date databases of occupations, majors, schools, military occupations and scholarships. It includes a World of Work Map composed of basic work tasks, job clusters, regions and job families.

The World of Work Center Directory is as follows:

  • Hall 1 Learn about self and career
  • Hall 2 Choose occupations
  • Hall 3 Plan my education
  • Hall 4 Plan for work

Career Plan top

A career plan includes career assessment, career exploration, decision-making, setting a career goal and shows you how to reach your career goal.
Career Plan (PDF)

Job Readiness Information top

The preliminary application process for a job position consists of two documents: a cover letter and a resume.

Cover letters: A cover letter allows you to tailor your application to each specific job. It also allows you to highlight your most important and relevant accomplishments, skills and experience that qualify you for the position. A cover letter should reflect your personality, your attention to detail, your communication skills, your enthusiasm, and your intellect.

Resumes: A resume is your selling tool for a job. It can contain many different sections. Each resume is tailor-made for the applicant. Your education, skills and abilities, and work experience will determine in what order they appear on your resume.

  • Your personal information including your name, address, telephone number, and email address
  • Education, starting with the most recent first. Listing your degree along with your major and minor.
  • Skills and abilities that qualify you for the position you are applying for.
  • Work experience listing your job title, followed by name of company and complete address.
  • References consisting of supervisors, previous employers or faculty. you have taken classes from.

Interviews: An interview is an opportunity for you to learn as much about the company as they will want to learn about you. This means you should do adequate research on the company and go into the meeting prepared to talk about how your skills and abilities can benefit the company. Preparing well lets you approach an interview feeling confident and comfortable. When you have done your homework, you will know that you have all the information you need to make the right decision about an offer when it comes. Also, remember to dress appropriately for the interview. First impressions are very important.

Thank you letters: It is very appropriate and expected to send a short thank you letter to the prospective employer within 3 days after the interview.

Credential Files top

A service Career Services provides to students is the development and maintenance of an individual credential file. A credential file consists of a personal data sheet, letters of recommendations and academic transcripts. This file is mailed to prospective employers at the request of the graduate or the hiring officials. Credential files are very convenient and a cost-effective service that graduate students and alumni may take advantage of. The fee for mailing a credential file is $3.00 per copy.

To start your file, stop in the office in May Hall, Room 206 and pick up the necessary materials and forms. Some of the materials are available to download here.

Student Forms
Download a few of the components to your file here.

Instructions (Word)
Personal Data Form (Word)
Request for Recommendation Form (Word)

Cooperating Teacher Form

This form is for the Cooperating classroom teacher to complete.  Please download the form, fill in the form, print, sign and return it to Career Services, Dickinson State University, 291 Campus Drive, Dickinson, ND  58601-4896.
Pre-service Teaching Recommendation  (Word)
Pre-service Teaching Recommendation (Pdf)

This Letter of Recommendation Form is for Dickinson State Faculty or Staff to complete.  Please download the form, fill in, print it, complete the Rating Scale, sign and return the form to Career Services, Dickinson State University, 291 Campus Drive, Dickinson, ND   58601-4896.
Letter of Recommendation (Word)

Career and Job Search links top

Follow these links to find out what job opportunities are out there. Some are job search engines, while some are websites that offer additional job search information.

Workshops top

  • Orientation Session
    • Information on how you can utilize Career Services
    • Career assessment
    • Career exploration
    • Question and answer session
  • Job Search
  • Resume writing
  • Discover demonstration
    • Computer based career-life planning system that provided guidance and detailed information on majors, occupations, schools, etc.
  • Interviewing skills
  • Job Search/Resume writing/Interviewing

All workshops located in ROOM 206, MAY HALL

Job Fair top

Announcing our 12th annual Job Fair. The Job Fair is slated for Wednesday, March 12, 2008 in the Student Center Ballroom. This is an excellent opportunity for employers to meet and conduct interviews with our current graduates, students, alumni and the general public.

The schedule for Job Fair is as follows:
9:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Employer setup
1:30 p.m.-4:15 p.m. Doors open
4:15 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Employer dinner
5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Doors open

Here is a partial list of employers who have traditionally attended job fairs with us in the past:
ABLE Inc.
AFLAC
AN Enterprises
Applebee’s
Arby’s
Baker Boy Supply
Bank of North Dakota
Blue Cross/Blue Shield
Central Personnel Division
Charbonneau Car Center
Clear Channel Radio
Combined Insurance
Community Action
Computers Unlimited
Consolidated Telephone
Country General
City of Dickinson
Dickinson Parks & Rec
Dickinson Press
Dickinson Public Schools
Dickinson State University
Dickinson Rotary Club
DSW Inc.
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
ESP Computers & Software
Farmers Insurance
Fisher Industries
Farmer’s Union Oil
Full Service Sercretarial
Glendive Medical Center
Greenfield Union School District
Hardee’s
Heart of America Medical Center
Herberger’s
Hilltop Home of Comfort
Home On The Range
Job Corps
Job Service North Dakota

Killdeer Mountain Manufacturing
KQCD TV
KMart
Kovash & Dasovick, PC
Letvin Equipment
Maurice’s
McKenzie Bay Marina
Minot Police Department
NISC
Norwest Bank of North Dakota
North Dakota Highway Patrol
Osmose Wood

Parkway Ford
Parties-To-Go
Riddle’s Jewelry
REMCO
Rosenbluth International
Sax Motor Company
St. Benedict’s Health Center
St. Luke’s Home
St. Joseph's Hospital
Stark Development Corporation
Steffes Corporation
Sykes Enterprises
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Theodore Roosevelt / Medora Foundation
TMI Systems Design
Tradehome Shoes
UNISYS Corp.
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Army
U.S. Forest Service
U.S. Marine Corps
U.S. Navy
Wal-Mart
Wells Fargo Financial
Wendy’s
West River Health Services
Wilber Ellis Company

2007 Graduate Placement Questionnaire

Annual Placement Report top
The annual placement report lists statistics of Dickinson State University 's graduates and their employability. This information is useful in determining how Dickinson State University is fulfilling today's job market.
2005-2006 Placement Report | 2004-2005 Placement Report | 2003-2004 Placement Report

Contact Us! top
Bonnie G. Bohlman, Director
Email: Office of Career Services

Office of Career Services
May Hall Room 206
Dickinson State University
Dickinson, ND 58601-4896
Telephone: 701 483-2370
FAX: 701 483-2720
OFFICE HOURS
Monday through Friday
7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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