unior Stode Bornell ond senior Briono Winlond lookot Barnetl's Learning and Study Strategies Inventory results in the tutoring lab Oct. 26. fter students received their LASSI scores, the Academic Resource Center helped students determine their learning styles and gave students tips about studying. -Russell Ke(k CareerNet helps ease iob-huntina woes for students 111111 m 111111111I111111\\\\\\\\\\ffi\\\\\\\\\III't'IIIIIIIIt't'IIIIt't't'IIl111111111111111111111111111111111111 In June2005~ the CareerCenter beganoffering a free online database of porenrial employers as a service [0 students and alumni. CareerNet, a Web site on which Harding students and alumni could POSt their profiles and resumes, served as a database for potential employers to peruse. The database was nOf only beneficial for job seekers. bur also for employers. "It's intended (0 connect students and alumni with jobs, with alumni being a significant portion of people listing jobs," Deb Bashaw, director of career counseling and placement, said. Bashawsaid the idea came from an idea within the Career Center. "It came out of this office," Bashaw said. "I talked with a lot ofdiffercnr people on campus to see how they felt about it and gOt a lot of positive response to the idea. So we went with it." The site allowed both students looking for a job and potential employers to complete profiles that offered informatio n on the individual's or corporation's strengths and assets. After a profile was submitted and approved, jobs and resumes were then posted on CareerNet. . Aside from the service ro srudems, alumni and employers, Bashaw 5.1.id the service offered an interesting insight into vocational ministry. "One of my purposes in doing thts is to find employers who are outside the state ofArbnsas, in particular outside the Bible Belt," Bashaw said. "I would love to be sending our srudents to states that are mission areas where they can be encouraging the church, where they can be converting people. Those are the areas where I am looking ro make COll{acts so we can get people poSted on CareerNet who have never really recruited at H ard ing." The student profiles included various informa– tion about the individual including the student's major, grade point average and chosen location. While students did nOt have to submit resumes, Bashaw said she advised them to do so. "I do encourage the students to go ahead and POSt their resumes," Bashaw said. "That gives the employer enough information tobe interested, and that's the whole purpose." Students and alumni could also specify what they were looking for in a career on the site. ''The student can aaually set up a profile where they can say, 'Here's what I want in the way of a job,'" Bashaw said. "Then they can have the system send them an e-mail so they don't have to keep searching the site." After an employer fHlSted a company profile, jobs within that company could then be posted. "When [the company] aauaUy posts a job, there is plenty ofspace for them topost a job description SO that the students have a more clear look at what the employer is actually looking for," Bashaw said. Jobs could also be searched through specific categories. Parr-time jobs, full-rime jobs and intern– ships were listed separately. Within the first few months of rhe site, employers such as Walgreens, Enterprise Rem-A-Car, Axciom, Alltel, American Express Financial Advisers and several accounting firms had posted jobs on CareerNet. With many larger job-posting sites in existence, Bashaw 5.1.id she believed employers would beable to find a unique characteristic in resume postings through C'lreerNet. "1l1e biggest ching that I see is the quality of srudents," Bashaw said. "We are turning our people with Christian, ethical backgrounds, and rhere are employers that recognize thac. Our alumni who are out there recognize that. We have people who are going [0 want Harding students for char reason." While successes may have been difficult to determine, Bashaw said she had heard positive things from students who used CneerNer. "The reaction I'm getting from students has been very positive in that they see the potential with this growing and becoming a sire that is going to be very worthwhile," Bashaw said . "There is a lor of room for growth, but we have a lot ofcompanies posting jobs already." SeniorThomas Ritchie, an infonnation technology major and a December graduate, used CareerNer and had an imerview with one company after registering on the Web site. "[The Career Center's] ability to be personal with the student and know exactly what [rh e student is] looking for allows them to keep their eyes out for anything that would be of interest to me," Rirchie said. -Jillion Hich academic services i'"JI .
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