Career Center Benefits

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[Student walking into career center] Student Diane Mathew walking into Ursinus Career Development Center (and someone greeting her or people talking in career center) (Alice Camuti The office of career services or career Director-Career Services development as some universities call it… is to Tennessee Technological University) help students gain the skills that they need in making the transition from college to career. (Amber Goreham We are an absolute great resource, our staff is Director- Career Services really able to be there to be able to help students University of Central Missouri) figure out what types of careers they want to get into, be able to research those careers, help them (Staff member helping a student) set up job shadows, help them get industry perspective, and from there we really start to develop them in career development. (Carla Rinde I think what students can get out of visiting a career Director- Career Services services office is self-discovery. Learning about Ursinus College) who they are, learning about what skills that they have, what talents they bring to an organization so [Graphic: I think the self-assessment piece is really key. And Career Services Helps Students Learn: we have strategies to help students identify what *Who they are those might be that would be difficult to really do on *What skills they have your own. *What talents they bring (move those 3 bullets off screen and then have line that says) *Self-assessment is KEY]

(Carla Rinde and student) Student meeting with Carla Rinde, reviewing the student’s resume (Cher Yazvac Career centers help students find major and career Associate Director for Career Development direction, help them find experiences, help them Purdue University) find ways to communicate what they do have to offer through helping them with their resumes, interviewing skills, career fair skills, and then literally using the career center to find and connect with employers. 00:52:28

[Graphic: Career Centers help students with:

- major and career direction - experiences (internships/co-ops) - ways to communicate with employers - resumes - interviewing skills -career fair skills - connecting with employers reviews, practice interviews]

(Sarah Raymond It’s important that you get in, and get to understand Director- Career Services what services are provided from your career center Montana Tech) and then be able to really take it and find where you need some of that assistance. (Diane Matthew) (Student) People might be a little iffy coming here, like oh I don’t need the career center, oh I know what to do, but they really do help, they are really interested, they are here to help you, and people just don’t see that right away but once they do they are really grateful for it. (Denise Dwight-Smith They have some type of career resource library, or Director- Career Services definitely online materials, web information, major University of North Carolina-Charlotte) events, whether they be large career fairs, or small more tailored. Certainly they either post internships [Graphic: or support formal internship programs, some *Career resource library service learning, some offer information about *Online materials really competitive scholarships. And then as they *Web information progress, some of the more formal engagement *Career fairs- large or small programs with employers like on campus *Post internships interviewing is really helpful. So, there is quite a *Service learning range. Including even those students who are *Information on scholarships preparing for graduate school, really helping them *On campus interviewing] whether it be with their letters, or their essays, and how they can really be much more competitive in that market too and thinking beyond. (Dominique Saturno) (Student) Coming in here in person is very helpful in searching for any job, any internship, or even looking for future possibilities in the years coming because it’s never too early to start planning ahead. (Denise Dwight Smith) But the important thing is that you have a personalized career counselor, career advisor that really helps you through the college experience to help you maximize your opportunities to really help you get excited about something that’s a good

match for you, to help you through that experience process and to be much more competitive (Carla Rinde) We help students understand how to talk away the negative, so if there are weaknesses how do you speak to those weaknesses, how do you turn those weaknesses if you have bad grades, if you don’t have related experience what can you do and sort of turn that around? (Susan Bush This is a real welcoming place a place where you Career Services Consultant can feel good about yourself, learn how to build Purdue University) your strengths, learn how to talk about your weaknesses in a way that doesn’t short sell yourself, so it’s kind of a holistic approach to helping you with this next phase of your life.