AboutCareer

Management

Services

Location• Our office is located in the Harris Commons Building

at the corner of University and Babcock

• Third floor Room 307 - across the hall from International Students and Scholar Services (ISSS)

Our Services• Part-time & Full-time Job Postings• Federal Work Study• Florida Work Experience Program

(FWEP)• ProTrack Engineering Co-op• On-Campus Interviews• Professional Development Info

Sessions• Career Expos • Employer Information Sessions

Job Postings• Our office uses Panther Career Link to post part-time

and full-time positions, plus internships and co-ops

• Once a week, an email is sent concerning recent internships and jobs

• ALL students have an account already created but students need to activate their account

Activating your Panther Career Link Account

• Visit www.myinterfase.com/fit/student• Click “Retrieve Password”• Enter Username (Your Florida Tech Email Address) and click “Reset

Password”• You will receive an email at your Florida Tech email address from

career@fit.edu with the subject Password Reset containing your temporary password

• Panther Career Link will prompt you to now create a new password and “Save”

• Please complete your profile in order to begin using Panther Career Link. Verify that your name appears properly as sometimes there can be errors during our upload process

• **If you receive an error that your username is not found, please contact the Career Management Services Office at career@fit.edu

Federal Work Study• Awarded by Financial Aid• Must have 2.0 GPA• $2,000 is the maximum award and split up for $1,000

for Fall and $1,000 for Spring• If you don’t use it, you lose it• You can work in various departments on-campus• There are a few off-campus positions, make an

appointment with Leah Litwiniec

Searching for FWS jobs in Panther Career Link

All Federal Work Study (FWS) jobs on the Florida Tech Campus are posted in Panther Career Link (PCL). Please follow these instructions to begin searching for opportunities.

1. Log-in to Panther Career Link2. On the Main Landing Page, there will be a drop down link

entitled “Job Search” in the yellow menu just under the page header

3. Hover your mouse over “Job Search” to make the menu drop down

4. Click on “Federal Work-Study Jobs” link that appears5. All Federal Work-Study jobs are listed there.

College Roll

• Type of employment at Florida Tech• Available to all students in good academic standing

actively pursuing a degree• Available to undergraduates as well as graduates and

international students• They are part-time positions and you must be

enrolled for that employed semester

How to Apply for College Roll Positions

Florida Work Experience Program (FWEP)

• Funded by the State of Florida• Must be a Florida Resident• 2.5 or better GPA• Must have unmet need according to Financial Aid• Pursuing first bachelor’s degree• Sophomore status• Position must be related to major

ProTrack at FIT• Two different options to Co-Op– Traditional

• Any major, undergrad or grad• Any number of work experiences• Start at any time• Graduate at own pace

– Structured• Undergrad engineering• Start as freshman• Scheduled for up to 3 work experiences• Graduate in 4 years

Resume Reviews/Critiques• We provide help with your resumes

Off Campus Job-Search Help• We provide job search guidance for

internships/post graduation positions

On-Campus Interviews• We hold Professional as well as Mock

Interviews

Sign up for appointments using Panther Career Link!

How to Register for Professional Development

Information Sessions• Log-in into Panther Career Link

– Upcoming events – see all

• Left-hand side under Home, select Calendar

• Select arrows to date of workshop• Select the workshop in the calendar• Click on workshop• Register for Event

Florida Tech Career ExposWe offer two Career Expos. One in the Fall and one in the Spring.

FALL CAREER EXPOSeptember 30, 201511am to 3pm

SPRING EMPLOYER DAYFebruary 10, 2016 (tentatively) 11am to 3pm• Held at the Clemente Center

Employer Information Sessions• This gives you an opportunity to

hear and have a more extensive overview of a particular company.

• Gives you an opportunity to become more familiar with your organization, its culture, and the positions that you need to be filled.

• This is advertised via Panther Career Link as well as through Fitforum.

Career Management Services Staff• Dona Gaynor, Director

– dgaynor@fit.edu

• Delicia Lewis, Assistant Director – dlewis@fit.edu

• Erin Minta, Co-op Coordinator – eminta@fit.edu

• Leah Litwiniec, Student Employment Coordinator– llitwiniec@fit.edu

• Renee Couperthwaite, Employer Relations Coordinator– rcoupert@fit.edu

• Dean Miyakusu, Career Services Coordinator– dmiyakusu@fit.edu

Connect with Career Management Services today!

www.myinterface.com/fit/students

Florida Institute of Technology- Career Management Services

@FITforaJob

Florida Tech Career Management Services now Florida Tech!

FIT for a Job at http://blogs.fit.edu/blog/category/campus/fitforajob

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