Greg Suding, a senior insurance major, is going through the trials of finding a job and creating a resume.
"I had trouble setting my resume up because nobody ever taught me how to do that," Suding said.
While graduation is something that many seniors look forward to, finding a job for after graduation is not. Not only might finding a job be stressful, but it can also be very difficult.
The Career Center will be holding a job fair from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 1 in the Student Center to help students with the details of finding a job or internship.
The No. 1 concern that the Career Center sees students having is how to write up a resume, said Tara King, assistant director of the Career Center.
"Usually, resumes are the most asked about because they are the first tangible thing that students must produce," King said.
"Another big thing for students is finding job opportunities," King said. "Not a lot are being posted, so more students are having trouble just finding the places where they can work."
Suding said he is trying to find a job that would interest him.
"I've just been looking on the Internet and talking to my professors," he said.
If Internet searches alone aren't working, the Career Center might have an answer.
The seminar, which will include workshops on resume writing, professional employment portfolios and internships, among other things, will be a more hands-on version of the Career Center classroom presentations. All of the Career Center's professional staff will be working the seminar, and they also brought in three or four teachers from surrounding schools to help out with the teacher portion.
The fair is usually attended by 150-200 students, which gives room for better discussion throughout the seminar.
Suding heard of this workshop and said he thought it was a great idea.
"Anything that deals with getting help with finding a job is beneficial to everyone who goes," he said. "If you don't go to these workshops, you won't be able to set your resume apart from others."
Some other services that the Career Center provides in its office are interviewing skills, professional image and information on how to do a more aggressive job search.
"The key thing that students must also start doing is employer research," King said. "It is obvious to an employer when a student walks into the interview and knows nothing about the company."
Although juniors and seniors are the students who most often utilize the Career Center, King suggests visiting it as early as possible.
"You don't necessarily have to have a major picked out to come in here and get help," King said. "The earlier you come, the more opportunities will be open for an internship or a part-time job."
"Experience is the biggest thing students lose out on by waiting until the last minute for help," she added.
Suding said he found getting an early start on his resume valuable.
"It'll make it easier, so when the time comes to start sending it out, you have a head start because it's already done," he said.
Students can contact the Career Center with questions Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. In this time, students can use the resource lab or stop by for a drop-in advising session. There are advisers for each college to help with specific questions.
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