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Show THE CAMPUS Career expo set Thursday Career services ready to help By DEBORAH RICE By HEATHER HA NS JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Students looking for a way to make their tuition payment or just to earn som e ext ra cash have an oncampus ally in the Career Services office. With programs that range from assisting students in finding a part-time job on campus to finding fullt im ~ career positions, the Career Services Center has many resources to help students in their search for a job. The Career Services Center offers students information on part-time work, career choices, internships, and full-time career positions. The center also specializes in assisting students through job search es and interviewing seminars, resume preparation, and individual career counseling. E-mail distribution lists designed to inform students of job openings are another option available to students with e-mail accounts. Director of Career Services Susan Linder advises that it is never too early to take advantage of all the resour~es available through the Career Services Center. There are programs designed to help students throughout the college years. To assist students in finding part-time jobs, there is a ' job board' located outside of the Career Services office. The jobs posted on this boa.r d include oncampus jobs (both work-study and non-work-study ), and off-campus jobs. The jobs posted ch ange often as employers send notices when openings arise. Students looking for part-time work are encouraged to check this board regularly. Students m ay also contact Dellas Imlay, student employment officer, for assistan ce with job placement. Imlay's position requires him to be very accomplished at working with students and helping them find job openings. He is also affiliated with Job Service, and h as access to all jobs posted through that agency. In addition to advertising part-time work, individual career counseling is available in the center. The center recently invested in a computerized career planning program called "Choices." "Choices" can help students decide on a career that they would enjoy based on a career interest checklist, JOURNAL STAFF WRITER (, I I / l I Dellas Imlay, student employment officer in SUU's Career Services, office helps students find part-time jobs and work study jobs, among other things. a work skills checklist, occupational information, employment outlook, available schools and programs, and financial aid scholarships. Students can call or drop by Career Services to schedule time with a counselor on the "Choices" program . Workshops are offered as an additional help to students. These workshops focus on job search strategy, resume writing, interviewing, electronic job search and other related topics. Specific times for these workshops have not yet been established. To find out more, call the Career Services office at 586-5420 or visit their offices in the Administration Building, room 102. Students can also check out the Career Services web site on the SUU hom e page for more information. Office hours for the Career Services Center are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m ., Monday through Friday. Susan Linder, director of career services, feels strongly about the fears that SUU students face. "Fear can stimulate you to act on your future or it can paralyze you into avoiding your possibilities," she said. Linder and her colleagues will sponsor an open house on tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m . in the Student Center Living Room to help SUU students "get a jump start on life." It's part of a three-day mini-career fair h ere. "We want students to stop by for a few moments and learn about all that is available and meet the staff," said Linder. The Career Services Center offers students many options concerning their futures. Linder said "We offer job search workshops, help on resumes, and lots m ore. " Job search strategies are different for everyone. T here are lots of possibilities and it is definitely an adventure. Many people need help with job searches; we can do that for them." Students who are under the assu mption that the Career Services Center is only for graduating seniors are encouraged by Linder to visit the open house. "Fresh man and sophomore students can utilize our service to choose a career or major," said Linder. " Lots of times, freshman students don' t have a useful base of information. All they may have been exposed to is what their parents or family members have done. "We help students to broaden their possibilities in choosing a career, then we help narrow them down into a useful, relevant choice for a major." The Career Services Center's open house will have information on resume writing, interviewing techniques, networking and other job-related skills. The Career Services Center is located in the Adm inistration Building, room 105. To contact SUU's Career Services Center, or for more information, students can visit the office or call 586-5420. Brianhead, Northwestern Mutual seek employees By LEAH HARTMANN ASSOCIATE EDITOR • Southern Utah's ski industry is looking forward to another prosperous season and SUU students can cash in on th e good economy by actually getting jobs and leaving their parents alone. The Brianhead resort will be interviewing SUU students in the Student Living Room today from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. According to Ken Carlisle, Brianh ead resort resources director, the resort is looking to hire 250 people for the coming ski season. Many of the positions to be filled are weekday daytime positions. There are a few weekend positions and just a handful of w eek day evening positions to be filled. Carlisle expects the resort will be open for business by November 15. Students who are interested in working at Brianhead n eed to be aware that a job there requires working over both _the T~giv~ and Christmas breaks. "Twenty-five percent of our income is made during the week of Christmas, and the Thanksgiving weekend is our second biggest t ime of the season," said Carlisle. Most of the positions to be fi lled are customer service positions such as ski school instructors, lift operators, shuttle drivers, reservationists, desk clerks, cashiers, guest service reps, cooks, food and beverage servers, room attendants, custodians, and day care providers. " Beca use most of these positions are custom er service positions we want people who look nice, " said Ca rlisle, " we have some dress standards. We don' t want someone with 20 earrings in their ears or noses, or eyebrows or lips. Our customers are adults and we want employees who look nice." A benefits package is offered to resort employees in order to compensate for less than spectacular wages. Brianhead employees receive free season ski passes as well as reduced rates on rooms and food. A free shuttle from Cedar City and Parowan runs to Brianhead daily for resort employees. Interviews will also be held at Cedar City Job Service on T hursday and Friday for m embers of the community or for those SUUans who couldn't make it on Wednesday. Another business trolling for new employees/ . interns will visit SUU on Friday. Northwestern Mutual Life representative Todd P. Langton will be in the Student Center Living Room Friday from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Northwestern Mutual Life is a life insurance company. The Cedar City branch of Northwestern Mutual Life handles investments as well as life insurance. Langton has been actively recruiting SUU students for two years now. Students normally start off as interns for the company and very often progress into full-time employees. On Friday Langton will talk to all th ose interested in becoming interns with the possibility of a future in life insurance. Last year four SUU students interned with Northwestern and three were hired on permanently. . . |