Career Center Assists Students In Marketing Themselves for Future Jobs Student Support Thoughts o rgraduation day and fr edom from expensive textbooks and heavy workloads fill ed the minds of the gradua ting c lass o f '95. Wl1il e looking forward to thi s freedom from s tudy. many s tudent s w ere fe1 ced wi th the overwhe lming ch e1 llc nge o r the j ob search a ft er gradua tion . To case this pressure and to lend profc s io na l advice was 11arding·s Career Cent er . The goal o f tl1ecent er , accord ing to Dr. Eci Higginbotl1am. d irecto r . was to place 9 7 percent of the g raciua tes in jobs within three months o f g radua ti on . To reach tl1i s goal , the Career Cent er a tt empted to reach thos s tuden ts \Vl10 needed some d irec tion in c l1oosing a major early ill the ir I lard ing yea rs. Stephen Beliccl1 . a caree r counse lo r, sa id tha t as o f last fall . 4GS s tudents were reg ist ered as "undecided" for a major . Be liecl1 sa id his job was to help students discover tl1e ir skills . aJ)ilitics anci int erests as they planned for the ir ca reers. 'This is not a servi ce s tation ·fill 'er up qu ic k' approach ," he sa id. "'Studt>n ts are tested and eva luated to he lp them find out whi c l1 career is b est for them. " In add ition to p ersona l counse ling, the Career Center provid d a number of opportuniti es for s tudents to inves tiga te the ir a fte r-college opti ons. Twent y-four graduate schoo ls w ere represen ted a t the g raduate school fair a11d :m scl1ools int e rvi ew d students at tl1e teacher's job fair. The business, indus try and government (BIG) fa ir provided opportunities fo r recruitment among the companies represented . Last year , about I GO compan ies came to campus to int erview sen io rs. And once the recruiters came. they wf're like ly to com e aga i11 . "We show tl1es companies the quality o f our students ," Higginbo tham sa id . 'The mora l charac ter and development of Harding students is unusual." Higginbotham said another p lus for s tudents is the fact tha t many com e from out-of-state and are like ly to re loca te . The Career Cent r provided mock int ervi ews to g ive the stud nts practica l experience so that they w re w e ll-pr pared fo r the ir intervi ews with company recruiters. "We make it as rea listic as possibl ," Reb ecca Teague, p lacement coordinator , sa id . "That g ives the studen ts confidence. · Senior David Evans took advantage o f the opportunit ies provided by the center , intervi ewing with seven companies when they w ere on campus. "It 's diffic ult to get intervi ews on your own ," Teague sa id . "David would have had to travel all over to interv iew with compani es like Horme l Foods and Sherwin Williams . w e gave intervi ews right here on campus." Many stud nts rea liz d the advantages of working through the Car er Cen ter. Evans apprecia ted the e ffo rts of the p r onnel in the center. "They sac rifi ce the ir time and e ffort in order to he lp you get a job. They are I oo percent behind you ," h sa id . If Teague's attitude is indica tive of th he lpfulness of the others in the cen ter , then the 97 percent placem ent goal shou ld eas ily b e r ached . "I regard my work as a ministry. rm excit ed about thi s because w e r nder a servi ce to the s tudents. There are so many ways w e are abl e to assis t them in th ir job search ." Teague sa id. - Lois Voyles I >r . u I I li f]<J ill/ Jot l 1rn 11 [lisirs w i r/1se11ior .\lurr I Iulwcker (I/JOI If /l/S ("(If<'(' /" p/U/lS . I li(]<Jill /JOl /JUl11 !IS('(/ /liS C'X/ )('l"i<'ll("('S ro /JC'ip ~1uic/c srudl.'nrs ill 111ukillfJ rile rir;/11 cower c/ecisions l'/1oro IJ!J Jusoll H11rr . ./11(/y (; /('/l/1 prcpcrres (/flu UCICCill i' ( IS(/ /!rc'( l('/lfil)(' 111eosu re ar;ainst w i111er s ick11ess . St11<lc'11t 11eul t/1 Seruiet·s mol'ed ro SC'((W// / Jail w /Je1111owkins Clinic u •us rnzed lost Joli . I '/Joto /Jy Juson Hurt . Stude n t Supp o rt 17 / \ c (/ (/ (' Ill i c s
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