2008 Woodie Awards
SectionsLook no further for career search guidance
Rebecca Roman
Issue date: 1/22/08 Section: Features
Graduating students may have extra stress and pressure during their last semester, but there are ways Missouri State can help them prepare for their future.
"Students need to start (preparing) right now," Career Center director Jack Hunter said. "Truthfully, they should have started in the fall. They've reached a point where it becomes critical that they begin their search."
The Career Center is just one place students can find assistance in job training.
"We are just one component of a group of elements available to students, so we teach them how to approach faculty," Hunter said.
The Career Center offers some advice that might be hard to find elsewhere.
"The mission of the Career Center is to empower students so they can understand their skills in order to make wise career choices, to make them independent contractors, beca-use we won't be around after they graduate," Hunter said. "So it's not to get them a job, others may see it differently, though."
Some of the services that the Career Center offers include how to do job searches, cover letters, annual employer reports, advice in selecting a graduate college and practice interviews.
The Career Center even teaches students how to tie ties and shake hands. It also hosts an etiquette dinner so students can learn how talk with employers in a formal setting.
"We're going to have an etiquette dinner," Hunter said. "Several employers have signed up. For students who are registered and using our services, the $25 meal is only $5. It's only $10 for those who aren't."
Debra McDowell, who will explain the place setting for the four-course meal, will run the dinner.
"The first interview may be an hour, but the second and subsequent interview is likely to occur at the place of employment," Hunter said. "They're going to feed you. This is going to help you conduct yourself properly in this type of interview."
The dinner will be held Feb. 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the University Plaza. Registration is required.
"Students need to start (preparing) right now," Career Center director Jack Hunter said. "Truthfully, they should have started in the fall. They've reached a point where it becomes critical that they begin their search."
The Career Center is just one place students can find assistance in job training.
"We are just one component of a group of elements available to students, so we teach them how to approach faculty," Hunter said.
The Career Center offers some advice that might be hard to find elsewhere.
"The mission of the Career Center is to empower students so they can understand their skills in order to make wise career choices, to make them independent contractors, beca-use we won't be around after they graduate," Hunter said. "So it's not to get them a job, others may see it differently, though."
Some of the services that the Career Center offers include how to do job searches, cover letters, annual employer reports, advice in selecting a graduate college and practice interviews.
The Career Center even teaches students how to tie ties and shake hands. It also hosts an etiquette dinner so students can learn how talk with employers in a formal setting.
"We're going to have an etiquette dinner," Hunter said. "Several employers have signed up. For students who are registered and using our services, the $25 meal is only $5. It's only $10 for those who aren't."
Debra McDowell, who will explain the place setting for the four-course meal, will run the dinner.
"The first interview may be an hour, but the second and subsequent interview is likely to occur at the place of employment," Hunter said. "They're going to feed you. This is going to help you conduct yourself properly in this type of interview."
The dinner will be held Feb. 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the University Plaza. Registration is required.
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