Career Success Guides
The CPDC has compiled Career Success Guides to assist you in all facets of your job search. While these guides are not meant to replace scheduling an individual appointment with your career consultant, they are beneficial resources of important information on the services offered by the CPDC.
Getting Started
- The Career and Professional Development Center [.pdf]
- TartanGPS [.pdf]
- Choosing a Major or Minor [.pdf]
- Carnegie Mellon College-based career websites
- Important Career and Professional Development Center Policies [.pdf]: No-show policy, On-campus Recruiting Policy, Ethics Policy, and Offer Policy
- What Can I Do With This Major?
Experience Building
- Internship Searching [.pdf]
- Personal Presentation [.pdf]
- Summer Internship Housing Options [.pdf]
- Student Employment [.pdf]
Professional Development Tools
- First Year Resumes [.pdf]
- Resumes - General [.pdf]
- Resume Samples [.pdf]
- Employment Letters [.pdf]
- Portfolios [.pdf]
- Reference Letters and Reference Lists [.pdf]
- Job Fairs [.pdf]
- Transferable Skills [.pdf]
- Networking [.pdf]
- Using LinkedIn [.pdf]
- ProNet "Professional Network" [.pdf]
- Relocating [.pdf]
- Targeting Your Job Search [.pdf]
Internet Resources
- Bridge Year Options [.pdf]
- Diversity Career Resources [.pdf]
- Pittsburgh Career Resources & Referrals [.pdf]
- Finding a Great Job in the Federal Government [.pdf]
- Vault Career Insider
- Going Global [.pdf]
- Roommate Finder Database [.pdf]
Salary Information
Interviewing
- Informational Interviews [.pdf]
- Cold Calling and Telephone Etiquette [.pdf]
- Your "Elevator Pitch" [.pdf]
- Interviews [.pdf]
- Case Interviews [.pdf]
- Technical Interviews [.pdf]
- Telephone Interviews [.pdf]
- Site Visits [.pdf]
Graduate School /Graduate Student Resources
- Graduate School Planning [.pdf]
- Credential Service [.pdf]
- Academic Job Search_[.pdf]
- Writing a Curriculum Vitae [.pdf]
- Pre-Law Planner [.pdf]
- Getting into Medical School
International Students
- International Students - Employers [.pdf]
- International Students - Job Search Tips [.pdf]
- International Students - Resources [.pdf]