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Job and Career Assistance

Student Affairs has the following job and career services available for Cornish students and alumni.

Drop by our Resource Room (MCC 301) during office hours to view materials or set an appointment for additional assistance.
For financial aid and workstudy information, please visit Financial Aid and Workstudy Opportunities.

STUDENTS and ALUMNI:

Search for part time, full-time, internships, volunteer and freelance job opportunities.

Search jobs posted at our school!

We encourage you to sign up and post your resume on our jobsite where you can search for job, internship and volunteer opportunities. You may also post up to 15 portfolio pieces, an Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) file, and 2 animation files to your portfolio page for our currently registered employers to view. Take advantage of this FREE service for all students and alumni!

EMPLOYERS:

Please register to post your jobs opportunities and internships here.

Post jobs targeting students and alumni at our school!

DISCLAIMER - Cornish College of the Arts and/or any of its affiliates is not responsible in any way for the contents of or the postings of the employment listings available through Cornish College Student Affairs. Students, alumni, or other users of the Career Services of the College are solely responsible for negotiating and executing any contracts or other working relationships with listing parties and they are responsible for being aware of all applicable law (i.e. intellectual property) regarding any listed positions.

Career Resources

Arts Resource Pages

AIGA http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/jobs-and-community American Institute of Graphic Artists job and internship postings

Artist’s Trust  http://www.artisttrust.org/about_us Artist’s Trust is a local organization which has job listings, a professional guide with info including how to start and run a business, grant links and newsletters with tons of artist career resources.

Arts Resource Network  http://artsresourcenetwork.net/ Set up by the Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, a resource for funding and job opportunities, portfolio building tips, and business tips for artists.

Backstage Jobs  http://www.backstagejobs.com/  National job listings and forum for Performance Production opportunities.

Dance Net  http://www.dance.net/ Dance job and audition postings.

Emerging Museum Professionals  http://aam-us.org/getinvolved/emp/index.cfm The American Association of Museums’ resource page.

Organizations that Assist Artists with Disabilities http://www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/rlists/ArtistsResource.html This is a partial list of resources compiled by the Office for AccessAbility at the National Endowment for the Arts (Phone: 202.682.5530; TTY: 202.682.5496)

Playbill  http://www.playbill.com/jobs/find/ Theater job listings.

Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs  http://www.seattle.gov/arts/opportunities/default.asp Call for artists, jobs and professional funding.

The National Association for Music Education  http://www.menc.org/careers/view/a-career-guide-for-music-education-2nd-ed  A career guide for current and future music teachers.

Theatre Puget Sound  http://tpsonline.org/auditions/  Listings of local theater auditions

General Resource Pages

Seattle Public Library Job Resources http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=collection_db_jobresources  Links to information about getting started, career discovery & job skills, cover letters & resumes, job searching, preparing for an interview, and unemployment benefits. From the Seattle Public Libraries home page (spl.org) Under the “Browse” heading next to the search bar, select “Databases and Websites,” scroll down to the “Categories” heading, and select “Jobs & Careers”

Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH), 2008-09 Edition http://www.bls.gov/oco/ Information on training and education, earnings, expected job prospects, what workers do on the job, working conditions, job search tips, links to information about the job market in each state, and more. Find job titles and job descriptions related to your major under a variety of titles.

An Expert Resume Blog http://anexpertresume.blogspot.com/search/label/resume%20writing A blog with up-to-date, competitive resume advise.

Job Searches and Opportunities

4 Culture http://www.4culture.org/publicart/calls/default.asp Calls for artists from 4Culture, the cultural services agency for King County.

Careers.org http://washington.careers.org/county/king Career resources and links.

City Year http://www.cityyear.org/seattle.aspx  “Give a year. Change the world.”

Idealist http://idealist.org/ Career and volunteer opportunities from non-profit organizations.

Indeed.com http://www.indeed.com/ Indeed.com is a search engine for jobs, allowing job seekers to find jobs posted on thousands of company career sites and job boards.

MonsterTRAK http://www.monster.com/internships-entry-level-college-jobs.aspx?wt.mc_n=monstertrak Entry level job and internship search.

Peace Corps http://www.peacecorps.gov/ Information about and opportunities from the Peace Corps.

Seattle Community Network http://www.scn.org/employment/ Resources for local job searches.

SeattleJobs.com http://www.seattlejobs.com/ Local job search engine.

The Job Accommodation Network http://www.jan.wvu.edu/soar/index.htm JAN’s Searchable Online Accommodation Resource (SOAR) system is designed to let users explore various accommodation options for people with disabilities in work and educational settings.

The Riley Guide http://www.rileyguide.com/ Job posting search site

USAJOBS http://www.usajobs.gov/ Government job search.

Washington State Employment Guide https://fortress.wa.gov/esd/worksource/Employment.aspx Official Washington State employment guide.

Resources from the Cornish Library Page

The Cornish Library has assembled many web links to get you started in preparing for a career and searching for a job in your major: