We had our eye on archer>malmo long before we featured archer>malmo’s internships on One Day, One Internship. They’re a full service marketing and advertising agency located in Memphis, TN, they’ve been named to Best Small Companies to Work for List by the Great Place to Work Institute multiple times, and they use a “greater than” sign in their name. They’re also looking to hire some new college grads. We’re not sure what’s up with how they format their name, but our theory is that two people, Archer and Malmo, started the firm on the agreement that Archer was always to be superior to Malmo. Or maybe they were just trying to be different.

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The archer>malmo web site is extremely simple. It only has a few pages, but we love the home page, which revolves through their portfolio and includes one sentence explanations of the campaigns as they are shown – it’s both fun and educational to just sit and watch for a while. It’s a different way of learning about a company, but you can actually get a really good sense of what they’re all about by looking at their work. They also have a fact sheet and a Jobs page. That’s about it.

archer>malmo’s Jobs page reveals that they are hiring for a couple of positions that might interest new college grads. The two most promising positions are Interactive Developer and Jr. Interactive Strategist. The job descriptions do say that they’re looking for people with 3-5 years of experience, but the job requirements sound more like what we’d associate with entry-level jobs. We do a lot of work in online marketing for One Day, One Job, and we’re pretty sure that the it doesn’t take 3-5 years to become proficient in the areas that are laid out in the Jr. Interactive Strategists description. The same can be said for the Interactive Developer position. If you’re not scared off by the experience requirements (you shouldn’t be), send your cover letter and resume to hr@archermalmo.com.

Links to Help You Begin Your Research

• archermalmo.com
• Jobs at archer>malmo
• archer>malmo Fact Sheet

Not looking for a job in marketing or advertising? How about Alcoa?

This is a sponsored post. We’ve worked directly with Alcoa to bring you the inside scoop on their top entry-level career opportunities.

My introduction to Alcoa came through the Baseball Express catalog. I was a high school baseball player, and I spent hours poring over the pages dreaming about saving up enough to buy a brand new baseball bat made out of cutting edge materials. The catalog’s copy had me convinced that a bat made from Alcoa’s latest alloy was the key to hitting home runs. Had I spent more time in the batting cage, and less time researching my baseball bat purchase, maybe I would have done more than played Club Baseball in college for a year. Then again, the bat that I finally chose did hit the ball a lot farther than the bats that I had used in previous years. Since you probably had better things to do in high school than read baseball catalogs from cover to cover, you may not be familiar with Alcoa, but you should know that producing aluminum for baseball bats is just a tiny sliver of what they do. It is, however, an excellent example of how Alcoa seems to have a hand in almost everything.

What Does Alcoa Do?

In one word: aluminum. Alcoa’s major cash cow is their Global Flat Rolled Products business, which “offers the widest variety of aluminum plate and sheet in the world.” If you’re using a product made out of aluminum, there’s a good chance that it started out at Alcoa’s Global Flat Rolled Products. Just think of all the cool things that are made from aluminum – baseball bats, beer and soda cans, airplanes, consumer electronics – we could keep going. If you really want to see some of the coolest things that have been made out of aluminum, you should check out Alcoa’s blog posts from the Consumer Electronics Show. The possibilities with aluminum as a material are seemingly endless, and that’s why Alcoa has branched out over the years into an a amazingly diverse array of businesses that include Defense, Plastics, Energy, Recycling, Propulsion, HVAC, and many more. They’re blogging about their work in Recycling and Aerospace, so check those blogs out for a unique look inside Alcoa.

When it comes to researching Alcoa, you could spend weeks learning about the entire company – it’s huge. They have 97,000 employees who work in 34 countries. Your best bet is to focus on the divisions that interest you the most, and learn about them and their specific entry-level opportunities. You may never have considered a job at a major industrial corporation, but you should look closely at Alcoa. It’s likely that they’ll exceed your expectations. For example Alcoa has recently been named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies and one of the World’s Most Sustainable Companies. They also send their employees on Earth Watch trips and invite them to blog about their experiences. Pretty cool, huh?

What Can I Do at Alcoa?

Alcoa is a major entry-level employer, and they typically add about 175 new college graduates to their ranks every year. The positions that they hire for are as diverse as the businesses that they operate in, and they have locations all across the country – there’s something for everyone. They’ve worked with us to identify the positions that One Day, One Job readers will be most interested in, and you will find those listed below. They’ve also provided a link directly into their applicant tracking system for students who can’t find a job listing that is well suited for them. If you don’t find anything below, use this link to submit your cover letter and resume for consideration by Alcoa’s college recruiting team. If you look like a good fit, they’ll work with you to find the right position in the company.

We know that Alcoa has a very strong internship program, so we asked the folks at Alcoa what kind of jobs their interns who stay with the company usually take after they graduate from college. We were told that last year’s intern class went into areas like Legal, Electrical Engineering, Plastics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, and Finance. We were also told that Alcoa counts internships, volunteer work, and other similar activities as years of experience. That means that even if a job listing says that 3 years of experience is required, you shouldn’t be afraid to apply.

Here are Alcoa’s entry-level jobs for new college graduates with the most recently posted listed first:

• ABS Technician (Continuous Improvement/Lean Production/Manufacturing) – Global Primary Products – Point Comfort, TX
• Communications Specialist – Global Rolled Prod & Hard Alloy Ext – Warrick, IN
• Associate Buyer – Alcoa Corporate – Springdale, AR
• Capital Council Commodity Analyst – Alcoa Wireless Services – Pittsburgh, PA
• NDT Level III – Aerospace Automotive and Commercial Transportation (Howmet Castings) – LaPorte, IN
• Business Analyst I (HRMS) – Alcoa Corporate – Pittsburgh, PA
• Product Engineer – Engineered Products & Solutions – LaPorte, IN
• Safety Engineer – Engineered Products & Solutions – Whitehall, MI
• EHS Professional – Global Rolled Prod & Hard Alloy Ext – Massena, NY
• Tooling/Product Engineer – Aerospace Automotive and Commercial Transportation – Flexible Location
• Process Engineer – Engineered Products & Solutions – Whitehall, MI
• Metallurgical Engineer – Engineered Products & Solutions – Winsted, CT
• Electrical Engineer – Global Rolled Prod & Hard Alloy Ext – Alcoa, TN
• Process Engineer – Engineered Products & Solutions – Whitehall, MI
• Process Engineer – Engineered Products & Solutions – Dover, NJ
• Mechanical Engineer – Global Rolled Prod & Hard Alloy Ext – Warrick, IN
• Metallurgical Engineer – Global Rolled Prod & Hard Alloy Ext – Warrick, IN
• Safety Specialist – Global Primary Products – Wenatchee, WA
• Cost Accountant – Engineered Products & Solutions – Whitehall, MI
• Facilities Engineer – Engineered Products & Solutions – LaPorte, IN
• Reliability Engineer (Power Distribution) – Global Primary Products – Wenatchee, WA
• Sr. Accountant – Engineered Products & Solutions – Torrance, CA
• Product Engineer – Engineered Products & Solutions – Dover, NJ
• Project Specialist – Aerospace Automotive and Commercial Transportation (Howmet Castings) – Whitehall, MI
• Process Engineer – Global Primary Products – Rockdale, TX
• Facilities Engineer – Engineered Products & Solutions – Whitehall, MI
• Senior Treasury Analyst (Global Leasing) – Alcoa Corporate – Pittsburgh, PA
• Safety Coordinator – Engineered Products & Solutions – Hernando, MS
• EHS Engineer (EHS-RD) – Alcoa Technical Center – Alcoa Center, PA
• Mechanical Engineering Technician – Engineered Products & Solutions – Cleveland, OH
• Marketing Analyst – Engineered Products & Solutions – Nashville, TN
• Jr. Business Analyst – Engineered Products & Solutions – Simi Valley, CA
• Project Engineer – Engineered Products & Solutions – Eastman, GA
• Process Engineer – Engineered Products & Solutions – Eastman, GA
• Facilities Engineer – Engineered Products & Solutions – Whitehall, MI
• Environmental Engineer – Global Primary Products – Wenatchee, WA
• Engineered Products & Solutions – Global Primary Products – Nashville, TN
• Process Engineer – Engineered Products & Solutions – Dover, NJ
• Manufacturing Engineer – Sapa (Alcoa Extrusions) – Morris, IL
• Production Planner – Engineered Products & Solutions – Dover, NJ
• Process Engineer – Engineered Products & Solutions – LaPorte, IN
• Plant Sales Representative – Engineered Products & Solutions – Dover, NJ
• Manufacturing Engineer – Engineered Products & Solutions – Hampton, VA

If you see something that catches your eye, just click the link, read the description, and apply. They’ll know that you came from One Day, One Job. If you’re intrigued by these jobs, but don’t see anything in your desired field or location, you can still send your resume and cover letter to Alcoa through this online form or you can use their search function to find newly listed opportunities. You may also want to look at Alcoa’s GREA Acquiring Talent Program, which is a Leadership Development Program and has a separate application process.

Thanks to Alcoa for working with us to bring you these excellent entry-level job opportunities. Now go get researching!

Links to Help You Begin Your Research

• Alcoa.com
• Careers at Alcoa
• About Alcoa
• Working at Alcoa
• Profiles of Employees at Alcoa
• Why Alcoa?
• Alcoa’s Career Opportunities for Students (Mostly Internship Related)
• Alcoa’s Businesses
• Alcoa’s Vision and Values
• Alcoa’s Annual Report

What’s your favorite product that’s made out of aluminum? Leave a comment.

Bowling, billiards, and boating – sounds more like plans for retirement than what you’ll be doing after you graduate, right? Not if you end up working for Brunswick. They’re a company that has been in a lot of businesses since John Brunswick started the Cincinnati Carriage Making Company in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1854. They’ve added and dropped many product lines, even over the last 10 or 15 years, but recently they’ve settled on marine engines, pleasure boats, fitness equipment, bowling, and billiards. These groups of products aren’t necessarily related, but they’ve proved to be the most profitable for Brunswick over the years.

Not Quite Early Retirement

Brunswick may be in the business of producing great leisure products, but that it’s all fun and games. Brunswick has to work hard to be the best in the industries that they have stuck with, and they’re looking for lots of college students to help keep up the tradition. The Brunswick website is very easy to navigate, so you should have no problem finding all the relevant information that you need for your job search.

The first thing that you might notice when you look at Brunswick’s Careers page is their Financial Leadership Development Program. It’s a rotational program for new college grads who have a background in accounting, finance, business administration or other quantitative fields of study. Participants get to work in General Accounting and Reporting, Manufacturing and Product Cost Accounting, Financial Planning and Analysis, Financial Information Systems, Treasury, and Audit and Corporate Governance. Assignments can be at Brunswick Bowling & Billiards (Lake Forest, IL; Bristol, WI; Muskegon, MI), Brunswick Corporate (Lake Forest, IL); Brunswick Boat Group (Knoxville, TN; New Bern, NC; Lowell, MI; and Various Florida Locations), Life Fitness (Chicago, IL); Mercury Marine (Fond du Lac, WI; Charleston, SC; Stillwater, OK), Sea Ray (Knoxville, TN and Various Florida Locations), and US Marine (Seattle, WA). The online application for the Financial Leadership Development Program doesn’t seem to be working, so we recommend that you send your cover letter, resume, and transcript to:

Brunswick Corporation
Attn: Human Resources – FLDP
1 North Field Court
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045

That’s the first option for new grads at Brunswick, and it offers quite a bit of variety, but there are more entry-level jobs available for those who don’t have the Finance background.

More Options for New Grads at Brunswick

The rest of Brunswick’s job opportunities for new grads can be found by searching their Open Salaried Positions. If you leave the search box blank, you’ll get a listing of all current job opportunities. From here you can browse the listings that include job title, location, and brand. Any job that doesn’t have “Senior,” “Supervisor,” or “Manager” in its title has a high likelihood of being a good fit for entry-level candidates, so take a look and see what you come up with. The jobs tend to be in the same locations and with the same brands that we mentioned when talking about the Financial Leadership Development Program; however, most of the jobs are for grads with a background in Engineering. There are a few exceptions, so students with all backgrounds who are interested in Brunswick’s core businesses should take a look at what’s available.

Links to Help You Begin Your Research

• Brunswick.com
• Careers at Brunswick
• Brunswick’s Financial Leadership Development Program
• Brunswick’s Salaried Job Openings
• Brunswick’s Culture
• Brunswick’s How to Apply Online FAQ
• About Brunswick
• Brunswick’s Brands
• Brunswick’s Strategy
• The Brunswick Company Fact Sheet
• The History of Brunswick

Which of Brunswick’s brands is your favorite?

My Dad and I are now 2 days into our weeklong fishing trip. The first day was spent driving from Fairfield, CT to Ann Arbor, MI, where we stopped to spend the night. We ended up grabbing a late dinner at a pizza place that wasn’t very good. Pizza should always be at the very least very good, so that was quite a disappointment – especially considering Ann Arbor is a college town with an amazing number of restaurants. Had I been smart enough to pull up Yelp.com on my phone (they have a mobile site), I would have seen that our choice of a restaurant only had 3.5 stars on 3 ratings, and that 2 of the high ratings were for convenience or low price. Lesson learned. Luckily we redeemed ourselves with an awesome brunch at a place one of my Dad’s high school buddies recommended – it has 4.5 stars and is ranked the 2nd best Ann Arbor restaurant on Yelp.

Yelp Me Find a Place to Eat

Yelp isn’t just about food, it’s about local reviews (and the people who post the reviews). As Russell Simmons (no, not that one, their CTO) says, “We built this site expecting to find all these really cool local business, and what we really found were these really cool local people.” Maybe some of Ann Arbor’s really cool local people could have helped us find a motel room that was a bit more affordable than the jacuzzi suite, as it was the “only room left in town” because of something about a NASCAR weekend – our motel choice has 2.5 stars on Yelp. Yelp could have made our stay in Ann Arbor a lot nicer, and it certainly has the ability to be a great tool in any traveler’s repertoire.

Here’s the Yelp documentary below (here’s a link). E-mail and RSS feed readers will need to click through, and if it doesn’t work, we’re sorry. This is the only format Yelp offered the video in.

Working at Yelp

Considering how fun Yelp’s product is, working for them has to be pretty cool too. They’re a growing company, and that means entry-level hiring. Yelp’s Jobs page lists these positions in their San Francisco office: Account Executive (Local Sales), Product Manager (Tools and Support Infrastructure), Software Engineer, and Desktop Support Technician. There are also looking for Marketing Assistants (aka “Scouts”) in Cincinnati, Detroit, Nashville, Raleigh-Durham or St. Louis. These are part-time, hourly jobs, but they look pretty cool – might even be a good fit for a current college student. The e-mail addresses that you should send a resume and cover letter to are different for each job, so be sure to check out Yelp’s fantastic jobs page for those details. You may also want to take a look at the Yelp Blog or Flickr account for a deeper look at what it’s like to work at Yelp.

Links to Help You Begin Your Research

• Yelp.com
• Jobs at Yelp
• About Yelp
• Yelp’s Blog
• Yelp on Flickr

When could Yelp have saved you from a not so great restaurant? Tell us about it.