Career and Life Development Center helps students set and achieve career goals
Taryn Foster, Journalism 2
Issue date: 5/13/08 Section: News
The Career and Life Development Center provides students with life assessments, workshops and career resources that allow students to understand their aptitude and career path.
The first step to career guidance is making an appointment with one of the career counselors. The counselors begin the process of assessing the student's personality and preparing student's for the job market.
Donald Mineo, the Career Guidance Officer said, "The personality assessments are hard work, but the research provides students with different options for their future."
Mineo mentioned that most students don't know that the career center is more than just helping find a job. Emily Steele, Child Development said, "My friend found a job through the website, so I thought that was all it was."
Mineo described the work the counselors do as a reality check for the students. The resources the center provides such as the virtual interview allows the students to see their mistakes and learn how to create a more comfortable situation.
"If you give someone a fishing pole, you must teach them how to fish as well. That way they receive a life skill." said Mineo regarding the importance of the virtual interview and life assessments.
In addition to virtual interviews, the center offers workshops on searching for a job, creating a resume, and how to achieve in an interview. The workshops happen regularly during the Fall and Spring semesters.
However, Mineo believes that making an one-on-one appointment with a career counselor will give you the best results. In anywhere from three to five sessions, a counselor can help any student take the rights steps to reach their career goals.
Pros of the virtual interviews and one-on-one appointments are the ability to discover one's mistake and make the necessary changes. Mineo said, "Most students have no idea that they say words such as, like, um, and for sure until after they have watched their virtual interview back. It is the little things that the students aren't aware of are the things that hurt them in an interview."
The first step to career guidance is making an appointment with one of the career counselors. The counselors begin the process of assessing the student's personality and preparing student's for the job market.
Donald Mineo, the Career Guidance Officer said, "The personality assessments are hard work, but the research provides students with different options for their future."
Mineo mentioned that most students don't know that the career center is more than just helping find a job. Emily Steele, Child Development said, "My friend found a job through the website, so I thought that was all it was."
Mineo described the work the counselors do as a reality check for the students. The resources the center provides such as the virtual interview allows the students to see their mistakes and learn how to create a more comfortable situation.
"If you give someone a fishing pole, you must teach them how to fish as well. That way they receive a life skill." said Mineo regarding the importance of the virtual interview and life assessments.
In addition to virtual interviews, the center offers workshops on searching for a job, creating a resume, and how to achieve in an interview. The workshops happen regularly during the Fall and Spring semesters.
However, Mineo believes that making an one-on-one appointment with a career counselor will give you the best results. In anywhere from three to five sessions, a counselor can help any student take the rights steps to reach their career goals.
Pros of the virtual interviews and one-on-one appointments are the ability to discover one's mistake and make the necessary changes. Mineo said, "Most students have no idea that they say words such as, like, um, and for sure until after they have watched their virtual interview back. It is the little things that the students aren't aware of are the things that hurt them in an interview."
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