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Facts

Firms That Most Frequently Hire Grads

  • Bank of America
  • Boeing
  • Dick’s Sporting Goods
  • DuPont
  • General Electric
  • IBM
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Merrill Lynch
  • Shell
  • Target

Grads Entering Job Market

  • 6 Months - 57 %

Advice

  • The place for most students to get started on their job search is at the Bank of America Career Services Center, located next to the McCoy Natatorium. The staff at the career services building specializes in helping students perfect their résumé and prepare for interviews. Its Web site is www.sa.psu.edu/career and phone number is (814) 865-2377. Your college (Engineering, Communications, etc.) will also inform you of upcoming internship and employment opportunities. Penn State gives you several resources to aid in your job search; you just have to take advantage of them.

Career Center

101 Bank of America Career Services Center
(814) 865.2377
www.sa.psu.edu/career/

Most Recent Contributing Author

Name: James Bunting
Hometown: Whitehall, PA
Major: Journalism

James's favorite activity is traveling. He's been to Disney World three times and the Caribbean twice, and he spent three weeks in Europe.

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College Prowler Internship

College Prowler is actively seeking talented students to be "Contributing Authors," and assist with updating the College Prowler guide to their school. This is a great opportunity for a student to gain internship experience, be a part of a nationally recognized company, gain tremendous exposure, utilize new media techniques, and share advice with high school students about what life is really like at your college. Read more about the internship.