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Resumes
Upload your resume into Handshake to automatically populate your profile.
Tips on creating and editing your resume. Remember to keep your resume current.
Free resume printing (up to 10 copies) on resume paper – stop in (3302.3 C.B. Hedgcock) or email your resume and preferred pick-up time to careers@nmu.edu.
Appointments
Get your resume/cover letter reviewed, help with interviews, CliftonStrengths assessment, and more - request an appointment in Handshake, call us at (906) 227-2800, or chat with us.
Virtual Biology Career Fair – Tuesday, February 6, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Engineering Technology & Manufacturing Career Fair – Thursday, February 15, 1-4 p.m.
Summer Employment Fair – Wednesday, February 21, 1-4 p.m.
Winter Semester Job Fair – Wednesday, March 20, 1-4 p.m.
Employer Visits
Employers often come to campus or host virtual information sessions, information tables, and interviews. See virtual events in Handshake (Events > Medium: Virtual) and in-person events here.
On the first (or second) Thursday of every month, we will be taking appointments for those who want to have a professional headshot taken. Each appointment is approximately 15 minutes and headshots are completely FREE! Please set up your appointment at least 24 hours before the event in Handshake. You can do so at the link here: https://app.joinhandshake.com/stu/appointments
Remember to dress for success! Want your hair and/or makeup done before your headshot? Get a discounted rate of $15 for both! Call Cosmetology at (906) 227-2383. Need a new professional outfit? Get one for free from the Career Closet: email ASNMU - asnmu@nmu.edu.
We currently have over 20,387 employers in Handshake and that’s steadily growing! If there's an employer you'd like to see in Handshake, please let us know, and we can reach out to them! If you know of an employer that you do not do business with (Title IX, Unethical practices, etc.), please also let us know.
The Winter Semester Job Fair is an opportunity for companies and organizations to discuss full-time jobs and internships with students. There is no cost for students and alumni to attend this event.
Join us for the First Engineering Technology & Manufacturing Career Fair. This concentrated recruiting event is geared specifically towards students choosing engineering technology, manufacturing, and other related majors. This Fair will allow you to visit with students and alumni who are seriously considering the challenging careers related to these fields.
The Summer Employment Fair is an opportunity for companies and organizations to discuss summer jobs, internships, and part-time jobs with students. There is no cost for students and alumni to attend this event.
On the first (or second) Thursday of every month, we will be taking appointments for those who want to have a professional headshot taken. Each appointment is approximately 15 minutes and headshots are completely FREE!
The Lower Kuskokwim School District (LKSD) is an exciting and rewarding place to learn and teach in "bush" Alaska. LKSD is the largest rural school district in Alaska with 27 schools, 400 teachers, and about 4,000 Yup'ik students. The landmass of the District is about the size of West Virginia spreading along the Kuskokwim River and Bering Coast of southwest Alaska. Travel is by jet from Anchorage, and then by small plane, snowmobile or boat from Bethel to the village sites.
LKSD supports instructional staff with a robust professional development program differentiated from whole group to individually selected courses. There is a teacher mentor program that includes orientation to the local culture and learning about our curriculum.
LKSD is looking for teachers in the following areas for the 2023-2024 at the mid-year:
Elementary Education
Special Education
LKSD is looking for teachers in the following areas for the 2024-2025 year:
Elementary Education
Special Education
Secondary Education Math
Secondary Education Science
Secondary Education Language Arts
Secondary Education Social Studies
School Counselor
K-12 Principal
Benefits:
Salary and bonus - $55,011 to $97,798; $2,000 - $5,000 signing bonus (we have been negotiating a new contract the past two years so anticipate the salary going up for 2024-25)
Health insurance - $0 premium
Subsidized teacher housing in villages
Airfare - free round-trip airline ticket from your home village to Anchorage per year
Professional development - 10 days per year, plus mentor program for new teachers, and new teacher orientation
Classroom benefits - small class sizes in the village schools (15 students or less), your own laptop computer, desktop computer, Smart Board, Apple TV and iPad
Additional benefits - no state income tax or state sales tax; Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend check after 1 year
