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Daniel Fritz

Career Services Resources

I am currently looking to update and enhance career services related materials in our student resource center. Can anyone recommend any book titles or other materials that may assist our students?

Daniel Fritz

Professional Associations

Having students join professional associations while in school seems like a great idea. Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas they implemented at their schools to encourage and increase the amount of students who do join professional associations? Danny Fritz Remington College Heathrow, FL

Theresa Roy

Approaching Local Employers with Admissions in Mind

In the past, we have had local employers send staff for career specific training but I havent been very successful in consistently making it happen. Does anyone have any suggestions?

MariaElena Whitaker

What do you do when your graduate is still not catching on at work and he/she goes through 3 employers?

Hi all At times their might be one in the graduating group that is still learning or performing somewhat slow on the job and cant seem to keep the job.....what do you do?

Elizabeth Fuller

Follow up

We don't currently do follow up with our students after they graduate. What is the best way to begin doing this with students? Just creating surveys? What if we want to contact older students, is that appropriate if they have not been contacted in a long time?

Elizabeth Fuller

Resume programs

I know there are alot of programs for writing resumes these days. Is there a way to offer one exclusively for your school to current students?

Elizabeth Fuller

Office Facility

If we are a school that caters to students across the nation, is it really necessary to meet with the students in person to help them with their skills?

Elizabeth Fuller

Getting started

I am currently going to be the only person in this department to start out. Are there some job roles that are better to prioritize than others?

Deborah Hopkins

I'm new at this job--any suggestions?

I have just taken over ast the Career Services Coordinator at a Business School, and I am more than willing to take any advice/suggestions anyone has for me. I have worked with job placement on a much smaller scale in previous positions, but this is brand new. What helps? What should I avoid? What's the most important thing to remember as I start new?

Janelle Caiazzo

Students without a license

We currently have several graduates that do not have driver's licenses or have any intention of getting them soon. It is not that these students have suspended licenses and will be getting them back, they do not have one at all. We live in a very rural area without public transportation and many of our gradautes travel outside of the immeadiate area for employment. What are some suggestions to help us motivate these students to open up their employment options by getting their driver's licenses?

Irina Alexandru

Convincing students to release work information upon being hired

Sometimes our students/grads don't want to release their work information after securing a position in the field of their training. The reason they offer is that they found that particular job on their own. They seem to forget about the help they received with building a resume, cover letter, interview techniques, and so on. Any suggestions on how to hadle such cases? Thank you. Irina Alexandru

Barbara Thoreson

Email Newsletters

There are many good comments in this forum on using email newsletters to stay in touch (with graduates). We were considering a single newsletter for students, graduates and employers (not sure we have the resources to do three letters a month). Any thoughts on if this would be too broad of an audience for one newsletter? Susan's suggestion of creating sections to include in every newsletter is helpful. Examples suggested were: "Message from the Director, Meet our Recent Grads, Tests Scheduled this Month, Study Tips, Employers Interviewing at our Campus, etc.Ã¢â‚¬Â Are there any other thoughts on sections for graduates… >>>

Barbara Thoreson

Is a job bank on a school website an effective placement tool?

We have a job module available on our website where jobs can be posted, resumes posted, job hunting tips discussed, etc. Does anyone have any thoughts or experience on how effective school websites can be as a placement service? Thank you!

Barbara Thoreson

Encouraging Externship Participation

Our school offers a dental assistant program on Saturdays. We also offer voluntary externships that provide good experience helpful in student placement after graduation. However, some students work during the week and can not afford to take time off to participate in the externships offered during the week. Are there any suggestions on how to encourage these working students to participate in externships? For example, does anyone offer paid externships so working students will not be financially impacted by missing work? Any thoughts will be appreciated?

Kimberly Moore

Getting seasoned or maturer students to buy in placement activities.

It has been a challenge to motivate maturer/seasoned students to participate in placement activities because they have the "been there and done that" attidude. It's important for us to have all students participate equally so that no one develops bad habits. Any ideas on how we can get them working with us and with the class.

Dawn Cole

Getting your Resume Noticed

In my past work experiences, one of the things that I noticed is the amount of resumes received for each postion. I would like to see this training include some ideas of how you can bring your resume to the top of the pile for review. One example: I received a resume inside a shoe with a note stating "Now that I got my foot in the door" may I request a few moments of your time. Now, as a past HR professionl I felt that was extremely creative, and it worked. He got the interview.

Jacquelyn Thompson

Small office and limited staff

If you had to prioritize placement functions and only offer a few of the most important what would you choose, for your students? for your school?

Jacquelyn Thompson

Long-term relationships with graduates

Our school offers a short-term program for which we provide placement services. Often students in this short-term program opt to seek employment without assistance and we have difficulty contacting them for follow-up. Do any other schools deal with this situation? How do you cultivate a long-term relationship with these students?

James Sicignano

How Much Is Enough?

I try to go the extra mile and help students. I have free computers with Internet access and half a dozen resume templates. Links to multiple job boards. As well I subscribe to job post that are updated daily and then maintain contact with employers and potential employers. I role-play with students before they go on interviews and cover etiquette and dress code. I make sure the students Google earth and map quest addresses. I hold a monthly career services workshop and Q & A that are open to anyone. Is there anything else I should be doing that can… >>>

James Sicignano