玛丽库克
就业服务协调员 & 学生就业
玛丽库克
就业服务协调员 & 学生就业
职业服务 & 学生就业, Career Advisor to the College of Arts & 科学
Office: College of Arts and 科学 Building (CAS), Room 126
电话:330-972-6498
电子邮件: mec@manufacturedconsensus.net
"We personalize each appointment to the student’s individual needs and goals, particularly as a student pursuing one of the degrees offered through the Buchtel College of Arts and 科学."
Q: Can students simply drop by, or how would you prefer that they schedule time with you?
A: 是的，我们接受临时预约! 学生 may also make an appointment online through 握手. Every student already has a free account in 握手 – they just need to go in and update their profile if they have never visited 握手 before.
问:讨论你能帮助学生的方法.
A: Our office in the College of Arts and 科学 building can assist students in:
- exploring what major may be best suited for them,
- 将他们的专业与需求工作相匹配，
- 实习和合作机会, 找工作, as well as developing lifelong career skills, 如:
- 如何找到好的工作机会
- 撰写简历和求职信
- 准备面试
- 开发简短的“电梯演讲”
- 如何穿职业装
问:学生为什么要使用握手? 你有握手技巧吗? What are students surprised to learn that they can do in 握手?
A: 握手是一个很好的工具, not only for scheduling one-on-one appointments with a 职业服务 team member, but also for finding opportunities for whatever students want to find — an internship, 合作社, 其他体验式学习, 或者一份工作. 就像其他东西一样, 越多的学生使用握手, the more familiar they will become with how to find opportunities posted there. We are happy to show students how to best use 握手 in an individual appointment — or in a class if their professor invites us to do so!
Q: What's the best tip you have for those writing a resume or cover letter? 如何帮助学生做好这两方面的准备?
A: 我对制作简历最好的建议? Get experiential learning while you are getting your degree. Not only will this help you write your resume, but it will help you get your first job. 我对写简历最好的建议? Realize you have great skills to share with potential employers — the challenge is to express them effectively on paper.
职业服务 can help with both building and writing your resume. 我们可以帮你找到体验式学习, 我们可以帮你准备简历, 即使你以前从未写过! Just make an appointment with a 职业服务 team member and go from there!
Q: What one interview question should students in your area be prepared for? 你有什么建议来回答这个问题呢? What's the best way to prepare for an interview? 你会对学生进行模拟面试吗?
A: One of the most common questions asked is some form of “What are your strengths and weaknesses?” If not prepared, this can really throw you off during an interview. 为了回答这个问题, 想想一两个优点, and give an example of each strength in a school or work situation; also think about a weakness, and give a school or work example of how you are improving on this weakness.
职业服务 has a guide on the most commonly asked interview questions, 为什么雇主会问这些问题, 以及如何回答. This is just one of the fantastic tools 职业服务 has to prepare for an interview. 我们有关于面试类型的指南, 该问的问题(和不该问的问题), how to learn about the company interviewing you, 如何着装, 等. And we love doing mock interviews with students. We can even record the mock interviews for students to view later to improve their interviewing skills.
Q: How can technology can make a search easier? 它是如何使搜索更具挑战性的? 你是如何克服的呢?
A: 科技造就实习, 合作社 and job searching easier because we can find opportunities online that are not just in Akron. We also can search by keywords to be as specific or as broad as we want. One downside is that when opportunities are posted online, there are usually a lot more applicants for the same position. (Another reason to have your resume be the one that stands out!)
Another advantage of tech is being able to go to one site to find thousands of opportunities posted. This is one of the great aspects of 握手. 和其他东西一样, it takes a few times getting into it to learn how to best use it (think about your first class using Brightspace!), 但是一旦你熟悉了它, it is a good way to find opportunities for experiential learning and jobs. If students want to meet one-on-one with a 职业服务 team member to learn how best to use 握手, 只要预约就行! 我们很乐意帮忙.
Q: What do you wish you had known when you were searching for your first job after college? Or, what is the best career advice you have received?
A: I wish I would have visited 职业服务 during undergrad and learned all the important life skills 职业服务 can teach – writing a resume and cover letter, 找工作, doing a mock interview – it would have been a lot easier! The best career advice I would give now is twofold:
- Go to 职业服务 during your first semester at UA — whether you are a freshman or a transfer student.
- Get experiential learning while you are getting your degree — internships, 合作社s, shadowing, 等. — experiential learning is so important for getting a job when you graduate.
Q: What career services are you going to provide that students want to know about?
A: If students walk by the 职业服务 office in the Jean Hower Tabor Student Union (Room 211), they will see 13 icons on the front window that list the services we offer!