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Anthony Lanza

Inviting a corporate speaker?

What approach is effective in inviting a corporate speaker to the school? How do you pry them away from their busy schedules?

Kim Klevenhagen

Student will not accept interview or job offers

What to do with students who receive multiple interview or job offers, but will not accept them? I have had students in the past turn down interview offers or job offers from several employers. Their reasons are not for location, pay, benefits, etc., but for minor concerns. The student just always seems to have a reason not to accept. These are great employers that many graduates would be happy to accept an offer.

Jenna Hugo

What are some good salary negotiation tips for grads?

I'm having trouble trying to find good salary negotiating tips for graduates because they have little experience... Any suggestions?

Tonya Campanile

Grad Placement Recognition

In these tough placement times, I wanted to help commend the graduates on their job "wins" by going to their place of business and dropping off a Congrats balloon, and CCNN mug filled with Chocolate, etc. My reason being three fold: to recognize the grad, to meet the employer and obtain a new or reinforced contact and to let other employees know that we are proud of our graduates. We have been adding to staff in my department and I hope to get out with my new staff in the next couple of weeks to begin this concept of recognition.… >>>

CUONG LE

Graduation survey!

I think it's very important for each of graduation student must submit the survey question?

CUONG LE

looking for job?

Its anyone have have any idea where to find a job with this economy?

Carmen Mendoza

Job Placement

Placing our students in job positions through job fairs is one good source. In job fairs we get to mingle with managers of facilities, we get to pass out our business cards, and we get to know each other a little better and of coarse get more familiar with what they are expecting in their facilities, which is a big plus to our students. This can also open doors to our students not only for intern externship but also for employment.

Laura Franco

Job Fairs!!!!!

Something that works a lot in our department are the job fairs. Every month the workforce orginize job fairs for the community. We always try to go to check job opennings or even just to create a relationship with the HR Managers of the community. We encourage the students to attend the job fairs so they can see all the job opportunities in the area.

Javier Mendoza

Job Fair/Job Placement

Job fairs are a good source for job placement because I get to know what job opening there are for their company (medical). I also get to know the point of contact (Human Resources) and how I can help them fill their vacant positions. Another good source is the Texas Workforce Solutions. This is a good source because all job opening in the city are using place on their website (Work In Texas) for whoever is interested in applying for that certain position.

Laura Franco

Training

The subject was very interesting and useful for our department.

Javier Mendoza

Training

Training was very informative,knowledgable, and useful for future.

Pablo Puente

Additional tools for students with barriers for employment?

Hi Susan, Any additional tools for students who lack the skills to become employable. In the workforce development system, we have some students with several barriers to find employment. Thanks.

Pablo Puente

Developing a toolkit

Hi, I am in the process of re-designing the material used by our Placement Department. I would like to hear from other colleagues what are you using to attract new employers and what has been more effective during this economy? I am currently using fryers, e-mails, and lots of phone calls. New ideas please?

Mindi Orozco

What kind of board would you suggest for a Vocational College?

We are a Vocational College and our courses run continously. If we had a board of every graduate it would take up a whole wall! Any suggestions?

Julian Warthen

Placement enhancement

Is there a limit on community resources and what agencies are off limits.

Julian Warthen

Placement enhancement

It seems obvious to me that students view success in placement as a job, but are there other just as viable results placement can offer?

Jack Burke

How Important is student Self Esteem ?

I've found that every student preparing to graduate and enter the job search definitely needs to have an individual session with the Placement dept at which time, without pressure, an open discussion centers on the confidence of the grad. Everyone benefits from candidly discussing any insecurities and fears they may have, especially when they discover they are not only normal but not alone. The key is turning their fear into a positve and it all starts when they know they are not alone in their search.

Nora Franco

Any suggestions for placing grads that lack required experience?

It seems very challenging to place graduates in any field who have little to no experience other than the internship experience. Any suggestions on what can be done?

Ezer Tossas

Preparing students with the proper tools for Job Seeking!

It is important that this department prepare students for success. Providing the students the right tools to go out into the job seeking scene will provide them the opportunity to land a great job. Some of the basic questions that students ask themselves is: What should I say? What kind of questions will they ask me? Im I qualified for this job?. These are great questions that this department can handle to ease the stress that students and post graduates endure. Providing workshops that help students understand their skills and areas where they need to tune is a great service… >>>

George Forbes

Networking Events to grow your employer database

While growing your database of possible employers, what are some useful ideas? We were thinking about doing social networking events providing refreshments and snacks. Do you feel like this would be an acceptable setting to introduce employers to the school and possible graduates?