I am a recent graduate with a Bachelor’s of Architecture degree from New Jersey Institute of Technology.  I expect to receive an MBA with a concentration in Infrastructure Management in August 2005.  I am currently seeking employment, either as an intern for the summer or full time starting in late May 2005.  My interest lies in the area of marketing and automobiles.  Contact me at paragonspirit@hotmail.com or 301-526-5236 or via IM for a copy of my resume.  (Or: My resume can be reviewed at http://www.c3vr.com/member_pages/1001_1100/1087/ScotSimpersR esume.htm ).  I am willing to relocate.  Any leads that you might provide will be greatly appreciated.

 
Thank you! 

 
Scot Simpers

301-526-5236 cell (anytime)

paragonspirit@hotmail.com

Even comments on the resume will be considered helpful and good.  Its not designed to be in html format and I'm not the greatest html guy so its not perfect viewed online, at least not on this monitor.

Scot

Scot:

First of all, early congrats on completing your masters. Second, go to Monster.com and create a job search engine specific to the type of job you are looking for.......this is a must if you are serious about starting a career!  Good Luck.   

Mike

Mike,
Thanks!  I've been poking around Monster.com for a while now.  I'm not having a lot of success.  I think this is due to two factors.  Monster is really geared towards companies finding a specific type of person (eg-database manager, C# Programmer etc).  With an MBA I'm not so much of a specific candidate, and with no experience I have no real clue what it is I want to do once I've graduated aside from work.

Scot

Have you contacted architect organizations for job finding assistance? Did you leave on a good note with the company you did an internship? Maybe you can go back to them and ask for a job. I say attend as many job fairs you can attend and pass out your resume. Does your school have a director of career planning and placement? I know my school has one for the engineering department. They usually have alot of contacts and resources to land a job or internship quickly. I know my major is in high demand because few marine/mechanical engineers are being trained. What is your playing field like? how is the job market stacked against you for that major of studies? We Engineers have ASME and SNAME, which are organized societies for mechanical engineers (ASME)and naval engineers (SNAME) once you have membership you can access there contacts, job listings, and forums (like this one) to ask other professionals in your field questions. Do you know if your field of study has a society or organization to help other Architects with jobs or questions? Hope this is helpful.

Tumarr,

Architects do indeed have a secret society or networking society whatever but I'm looking for a job in business.  I'd like to be able to put my MBA to use and somewhat forget about the degree in architecture.

I'm not sure what the demand for management types is at this point.  Going to places like monster gives a huge amount of results, but what that means in the overall job market I have not figured out and am not sure how to find out.

School does have a Career Dev Services, I haven't contacted them yet but I hadn't thought of that either.

Thanks!
Scot

Especially if you are a business generalist (not trying to match a specific skill to a specific job) career consultants will tell you that BY FAR your best bet is to network like crazy.  I suggest you look at the "careers" link on companies web sites, research their opportunities, and even if they don't have any posted that match your skills, drive down there and talk to a recruiter face-to-face.  Lots of jobs go un-posted.  Also, if you make a good impression, from the initiative you've shown, maybe they'll have something open up real soon and they'll remember you.  (Also, faces are more memorable than resumes.)  Recruiters all know each other too, so they may know someone else who would have an opportunity for you.

Also, if your college offers career consulting, your missing out if you don't talk to them.