Career Development
Career Services
Career Services, located in Classroom Building 115, offers a number of vital services to students, staff, and alumni. The office serves as a resource center for information and experiences that identify opportunities for making informed and responsible career decisions in a labor market characterized by economic, demographic, and technological change. Information is provided via printed materials, online resources, seminars, and one-on-one career advisement. Career Services and Internship staff also maintain the Mayville State Jobs Network, an online resource of full-time and part-time jobs, local jobs, campus jobs and internships. Career Services also assists students with job-seeking skills including cover letter and resume development, interview techniques, networking strategies, career fair preparation and job-searching strategies. Distance and online students can access the same career services by calling Jay Henrickson at 701-788-4899.
Graduating seniors and alumni are offered various forms of assistance to help them find appropriate and satisfying employment or to seek opportunities for additional education. Career Services maintains an extensive web site at www.mayvillestate.edu/careers.
Internship
The MSU Internship Program provides all students, in all majors, with the opportunity to work in a field related to his/her academic major and to earn academic credit as well as a salary for this work experience. Internship jobs can be in any location throughout the country, and are encouraged in all academic semesters, as well as the summer session. Students have interned for small firms as well as regional, national, and internationally known companies. Internships cover a wide range of experiences, including employment in private industry, governmental agencies, and non-profit organizations.
An internship experience benefits students by providing the opportunity to explore career options and career-related experiences. It also provides the opportunity to earn income that can be applied to the costs of a college degree. A growing majority of employers are expecting today’s graduates to have successfully completed internship work experiences.
Students should begin applying for internship experience once they reach their sophomore year. Exceptions can be made for earlier applications, however, and will be reviewed on an individual basis.
Academic internship credit is granted by each academic division through student enrollment in the discipline course number 497S entitled “Internship” and usually ranges from 1 to 5 credits per semester. A maximum of 10 semester credits may be applied to a degree. Exceptions may be granted only by approval from the appropriate Division chair. Students registered through an internship 497S course and employed in a full-time internship position, as documented, are granted full-time equivalent student status by the University for financial aid purposes. Students who have registered for any Internship 497S course should check with the Financial Aid Office to verify all matters related to financial aid eligibility, verification of student enrollment, eligibility for Veterans Administration benefits, and any other reporting or status questions which must be documented by the institution.
Student Employment
The staff of Career Services gathers campus job opportunities from all departments and publishes those job postings online at the Mayville State Jobs Network. The staff also maintains lists of local, part-time off-campus employment for students.