Career Workshop Series aims to help future graduates
By: Rafael Marsail
Issue date: 2/8/10 Section: News
This spring, Career Services will use a different method in its first Career Workshop Series, aimed at equipping students with competitive job scoring skills.
The series will provide career skills from a recruiter's angle, featuring representatives from local and national companies, such as Mattress Firm and Wolseley, Enterprise.
Haley Hoskins, interview coordinator in career services, said the recent economic downturn has changed the job market, and career services wants the employers to teach the characteristics they look for when hiring.
"The staff for career services know all of this information, (but) we find that students are more apt to listen to and readily apply the information to their career path when the information comes from an outside source," Hoskins said.
Various skills such as resume help, networking and how to successfully navigate a career fair will be taught. This workshop will even offer key elements which will allow students with insight on how to stand out in a down economy.
"We feel like these career workshops are critical," Sheri Mullican, associate director of counseling and career services , said.
"I feel like in the economy as it is, any graduate is going to face a longer battle trying to locate a job and any information that is going to give them an edge is good," she said.
SFA student Aazi Hiriar, who is a junior from Saltillo, Mexico, expressed how there are still a lot of opportunities here compared to other countries and said the workshop series will help students maximize those opportunities.
"I think students don't take advantage of these kinds of services offered," Hiriar said, adding the information given is practical for students in the future, and he thinks the concept is great.
Students shouldn't worry about dressing professionally but are encouraged to come dressed relaxed and ready to polish their skills.
"Get over here, because you're never going to know. Our workshops are structured to be a very laid-back environment," Mullican said, emphasizing that the workshop series is more concerned with equipping students with the necessary skills to be viable in the job market.
A detailed list of scheduled workshops and the companies that will be present can be found online at www.sfasu.edu/ccs/careerservices, or contact their office at (936) 468-3305.
The series will provide career skills from a recruiter's angle, featuring representatives from local and national companies, such as Mattress Firm and Wolseley, Enterprise.
Haley Hoskins, interview coordinator in career services, said the recent economic downturn has changed the job market, and career services wants the employers to teach the characteristics they look for when hiring.
"The staff for career services know all of this information, (but) we find that students are more apt to listen to and readily apply the information to their career path when the information comes from an outside source," Hoskins said.
Various skills such as resume help, networking and how to successfully navigate a career fair will be taught. This workshop will even offer key elements which will allow students with insight on how to stand out in a down economy.
"We feel like these career workshops are critical," Sheri Mullican, associate director of counseling and career services , said.
"I feel like in the economy as it is, any graduate is going to face a longer battle trying to locate a job and any information that is going to give them an edge is good," she said.
SFA student Aazi Hiriar, who is a junior from Saltillo, Mexico, expressed how there are still a lot of opportunities here compared to other countries and said the workshop series will help students maximize those opportunities.
"I think students don't take advantage of these kinds of services offered," Hiriar said, adding the information given is practical for students in the future, and he thinks the concept is great.
Students shouldn't worry about dressing professionally but are encouraged to come dressed relaxed and ready to polish their skills.
"Get over here, because you're never going to know. Our workshops are structured to be a very laid-back environment," Mullican said, emphasizing that the workshop series is more concerned with equipping students with the necessary skills to be viable in the job market.
A detailed list of scheduled workshops and the companies that will be present can be found online at www.sfasu.edu/ccs/careerservices, or contact their office at (936) 468-3305.
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