Take full advantage of the resources here on campus for employment
Alice Arutoff
Issue date: 3/3/10 Section: Opinion
Sometimes I feel that many students here are unaware of the opportunities they are afforded.
The university community really does want "Great Things" for us. Take the Career Education Center, for example.
Now, I know some of you are, like, "The what?" Or that place that is always sending me emails (if you even happen to check your account).
Well, the center does amazing things. It just finished a couple of career fairs where it brought employers looking to hire you to campus.
The CEC brings employers looking to hire on campus and where are you?
If you're complaining that you don't have a job or internship, maybe you need to go visit the office and learn a few things.
Its website lists multiple job opportunities for paid and unpaid internships as well as various other jobs targeting graduates or people looking for a quick part-time gig.
Maybe you're thinking, "So what? It's not like they would hire me."
Well, you're wrong. They will.
After changing majors my sophomore year from a guaranteed job opportunity (nursing) to communications, I worried about finding internships.
Especially I was worried about finding an opportunity that pays. So with no experience (except for the school paper) and one class under my belt, I sent out my resume to numerous opportunities that seemed to fit under communications.
And I got calls. I ended up working for a movie distribution company as a marketing intern. I didn't even know what marketing consisted of.
That company's willingness to take a chance on me led to more internships - three in total because of the Career Education Center (and one through Alumni Relations).
So I don't want to hear that UDM isn't helping you find a job. The university has the resources; you have to make the decision to use them. And applying to just one job isn't going to work. You need to apply early and often.
Then when you do get the call back, practice your interview skills, be prepared and ask a good question.
You don't have to ask a million questions if you don't really have any, but you need to be able to ask that one good question that will separate you from everyone else who applied.
The university community really does want "Great Things" for us. Take the Career Education Center, for example.
Now, I know some of you are, like, "The what?" Or that place that is always sending me emails (if you even happen to check your account).
Well, the center does amazing things. It just finished a couple of career fairs where it brought employers looking to hire you to campus.
The CEC brings employers looking to hire on campus and where are you?
If you're complaining that you don't have a job or internship, maybe you need to go visit the office and learn a few things.
Its website lists multiple job opportunities for paid and unpaid internships as well as various other jobs targeting graduates or people looking for a quick part-time gig.
Maybe you're thinking, "So what? It's not like they would hire me."
Well, you're wrong. They will.
After changing majors my sophomore year from a guaranteed job opportunity (nursing) to communications, I worried about finding internships.
Especially I was worried about finding an opportunity that pays. So with no experience (except for the school paper) and one class under my belt, I sent out my resume to numerous opportunities that seemed to fit under communications.
And I got calls. I ended up working for a movie distribution company as a marketing intern. I didn't even know what marketing consisted of.
That company's willingness to take a chance on me led to more internships - three in total because of the Career Education Center (and one through Alumni Relations).
So I don't want to hear that UDM isn't helping you find a job. The university has the resources; you have to make the decision to use them. And applying to just one job isn't going to work. You need to apply early and often.
Then when you do get the call back, practice your interview skills, be prepared and ask a good question.
You don't have to ask a million questions if you don't really have any, but you need to be able to ask that one good question that will separate you from everyone else who applied.
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