Career Services

ISM Career Services

Ron Delfine
Director, Career Services
HBH 3024
MISM/MSISPM/MSIT Programs
rdelfine@andrew.cmu.edu

Susan Timko
Assistant Director, Career Services
HBH 3026
MISM/MSIT/MSISPM Programs
stimko@andrew.cmu.edu

Career Services Mission

The Career Center Staff motivates and empowers students to explore options and pursue careers. The center provides a comprehensive range of services, programs, and materials focusing on career exploration and decision making, skill development, experiential learning, and career resolution. The Career Center is committed to assisting employing organizations meet hiring needs for the mutual benefit of Carnegie Mellon students and employers.

Services

Resume Assistance

Your resume is the first impression you make on an employer and serves as a valuable marketing tool. Career Services is actively involved in reviewing resumes. You should submit your resume to your career counselor for review before submitting it to hiring organizations. Once you have finalized your resume, you will submit it to employers yourself. Resume collections are conducted for organizations via TartanTrak, a web-based on-campus recruiting system. Through TartanTrak, you will send your resume directly to employers that interest you. To use all of the TartanTrak features, students must register and complete an orientation session at http://www.studentaffairs.cmu.edu/career/tartanTRAK/index.html.

Workshops

Workshops are offered throughout the year on a variety of job search tools and skills, including resume writing, interviewing, negotiating job offers, business etiquette, case interviews, etc. Panel discussions and speakers provide insights into specific careers and organizations; these will be announced throughout the year on the Career Center events web page.

Counseling

A Career Services staff member will provide guidance, advice and information throughout your career search. Because this counselor will know you well, he or she can work with you to tailor a career search that achieves your goals. Typical counseling activities include: assessment of skills and career interests; resume reviews; discussion of internship and job search strategies; job offer review and salary negotiation discussions; alumni contacts and other networks; etc.

Networking Events

Each year, the school hosts several networking events to provide a convenient forum for employers to meet our Master of Information Systems Management graduate students, faculty, staff and alumni. The events are informal receptions and we work with employers to arrange site visits and interviews during our trip.

Employers who would like to participate in any of these events are invited to contact Ron Delfine, in Career Services at 412-268-4901.

Resources

TartanTrak

TartanTrak is a web-based management tool designed to help students apply to positions with various organizations in the United States. Employers come to visit and schedule on-campus and off-campus interviews with prospective candidates. Electronic resume collections in these instances are usually handled through TartanTrak. If you would like to get started with TartanTrak , please click here.

Career Center Library

The Career Center Library contains books and resources relevant to writing resumes and cover letters, researching careers, searching for jobs, and applying to graduate school. There are also free publications and resources available for you to take. These resources are located in the University Center Career Services office in the Lower Level. There are additional career related books located on the 3rd floor of Hamburg Hall. Please see your Career Services office to check out materials.

Vault Guides

From Accounting to Venture Capital, Vault's industry channels give you the insider research, community, and career tools you need to get in and stay ahead. Click here to access the Vault Guides.

Career Quick Tips

A comprehensive library of placement related information has been compiled by Carnegie Mellon career services personnel to help students in their career pursuits. These Career Quick Tips are accessible from the career services website at: http://www.studentaffairs.cmu.edu/career/CareerBriefs/index.html.

Useful Links

Contact Information - Carnegie Mellon Main Career Center

Mailing address: 5032 Forbes Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Location: University Center, Lower Level
Phone: 412-268-2064
Fax: 412-268-7839
Email: career@andrew.cmu.edu
Office Hours: Monday - Thursday 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM, Friday 8:30 am - 5:00 pm