Career Kickoff at PSU

PSU students prepared for life after college at Career Kickoff this past Mon., Dec. 3rd. Terri Dautcher's Event Marketing course organized the seminar of mini tutorials to assist graduating students in learning the essentials for success in a safe practice environment.

Dautcher's course succeeded in setting up the event as Heritage Commons was completely filled with eager students. Event Marketing student , Armando Luna stated, "It took more than I thought to organize an event, it was an eye-opener."

Eight different booths were dedicated to one aspect of how to succeed after graduation. Ten minute tutorials at the booths offered lessons such as, proper dress for business with Bruce Wigget, successful interviewing with Warren Mason and the use of LinkedIn with Bob Nadeau.

Also among the booths was 'Resume and Cover Letter Building' with Scott Coykendall which demonstrated the significance of the event with the first steps to starting a career. While reviewing and editing students' resumes, Coykendall stated, "The ideal is to find a place that will give you a list of their qualifications, and then organize your resume according to that." Coykendall continued the lesson stating, "Your primary qualifications are your education."

PSU Alumni offered students some tips to use after successfully attaining a job at the "First Week on the Job" booth. The booth advised students to start the job successfully by being prepared to work to the best of their ability. PSU Alum Robert Bardell advised students that to be successful from the start, "You have to know yourself the best and know what you're capable of."

Advisors at the booths gave several websites to kick off the career search such as, indeed.com and monster.com. For help with creating a resume and cover letter, visit Rogerford.com, which has been known to discount the price of a resume and cover letter package to PSU students.

In addition to assisting students, Career Kickoff generously helped people with disabilities by donating all proceeds to Zack's Place Community Enrichment Center.