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Carroll C ollege Student N ewspaper ARABIAN NIGHTS: Performing Airs Department presents spring production of“ Aladdin.” Page 13 PASTOOR DEPARTS: Vice President Student Life leaves Carroll for California. Page 14 of Graduates face difficult transition into workforce ALTERNATIVE TO POUNDING THE PAVEMENT: Carroll Senior Jennifer Synowiec signs into the Carroll College Career Center. Many students utilize the Career Resource Library at the beginning of their job hunt. The Center also provides skill scans and value assesments, which can give students an idea of how to apply their degree. By Jennifer Knight Prospector Reporter “What are you doing after graduation?” These are dreaded words for many seniors. For some seniors, the response to this question inay be a difficult answer. “The key word to describe seniors entering life after graduation is anxious,” said Rosalie Walsh, director of the Career Center. With these graduation concerns in mind, the staff of the Prospector brings you the first piece to a three-part series dedicated to the graduation transition. This first installment will discuss the transi tion for graduates planning to enter the work force, the second segment will discuss the pos sibilities of continued education in graduate school or a professional program, and the third will apply the opportunities for volunteer and service work with various organizations. So how does a senior begin a successful career transition? “Ideally, seniors will be aware that the tran sition from college to the work force includes both a process and specific career decision,” said Walsh. “The best advice I can provide is to encourage students to simply begin with small steps. For example, one can start by crafting an effective marketing tool—a resume, or deciding upon where one wants to be geo graphically.” In other words, my fellow graduates, just worrying about the inevitable won’t help, but the active pursuit of decisions will. These deci sions may include answers to the questions of where you want to be and a general sense of what you want to do. The Career Center, located in the basement of Guadalupe Hall, is a very helpful resource that can aid in this process. The Career Resource Library can be a place to start. If you are unsure of how you want to apply your liberal arts degree, you can take a skills scan or values assessment, these inquiries may give you an idea of a direction in which you would be best suited to apply your Best lob search links www.colIegegrad.com Site focuses on jobs available to recent college grads. www.careerplanit.com www.myjobsearch.com www.collegerecruiter.com www.coolworks.com Great site if you are looking for a creative or different type of job. www.ajb.dni.us America’s. Job Bank degree toward. The Career Resource Library also supplies books that can give further descriptions of careers and suggestions of possible careers applicable to different majors. Some seniors may know what type of career they are looking for, but are still challenged by how to find a job in that career field. One resource available to seniors in this search is the Internet. However, according to Walsh, “the Internet can waste your time with poorly organized job sites.” She has suggested a few job sites that she prefers by their organization and search capa bilities. The Career Resource Library can also aid in this decision with books that suggest the ways to a successful job search and using the Internet as a tool. What of the graduate that knows where they want to go, but needs help in finding a job in that specific city? The Career Center also has some helpful suggestions. The Career Resource Library has annual books published for a job search in spe cific cities, such as Portland, Seattle or Denver. Another resource Walsh suggestion is the Chamber of Commerce. The Career Resource Library has a national directory of the Chambers of Commerce. Walsh suggests requesting a “newcomers packet” from your selected city, preferably before you make your move. The information provided can aid in networking in the job search. Through this information a graduate can join a professional association, begin to participate in their meetings, and build connections to the professionals in that city. Other resources in the job hunt are Career Fairs. The Carroll College Career Fair will be held April 10. Last year over 100 employers and graduate schools participated in the fair. An important aspect of the successful job hunt is the resume. To help fine-tune this por tion of the process, Rosalie Walsh and Mary Ellen Earnhardt will be available every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Cube lobby. They will be available to critique resumes and answer questions concerning the job search and much more. “As a senior, you need all the encourage ment you can get,” said Walsh. “Rejections, mistakes, and failures will be part of any job hunt. When you are discouraged, get the reas surance that you are a good, capable person.” To use the resources of the Career Resource Library you can drop by without an appoint ment during the Center’s regular business hours. The Career Center is open Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursday evenings from 7 to 10 p.m. MONDAY, FEBRUARYll, 2002 VOLUME 85, NO. 4
