Career Services
Backpack to Briefcase - What You Need to Know Before You Go!
Attend a free Career Conference on April 6 designed with your success in mind and
win some incredible prizes!
DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE CAREER FAIR APRIL 8, 4-6PM, CC ARENA!!
This evening will have corporate recruiters, local experts, and a Monster.com rep. running workshops on topics including:
- The Job Search Process
- Interviewing Skills
- How to Get That Internship
- Financial Survival After You Graduate
- Dressing for Success
- Take a Year Off, and Experience a Lifetime of Cool
- First Year On The Job Success
- How to Figure Out What to Do With Your Life
The workshops will take place over three 45 minute sessions, so you get to choose which topics you want to attend. Be sure to stick around at the end to network with the professionals and win prizes like:
- $250 gift certificate to go out and buy that power suit for interviewing
- Professional interview portfolios
- Oswego gear from the bookstore
- *PIP points awarded!
The workshop details are below - and it all starts in the Campus Center Auditorium (CC Rm. 118)!
Session I: 6:25–7:05 pm
The Care and Feeding of Your New Boss
Campus Center Rm 228
Heather Dera, Upstate District Recruiter,
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Congratulations, you found a job! Now the really hard part begins. Learn how to succeed your first year on the job, ensure you come back a second year, get that promotion, and prepare yourself for the next move! We’ll cover topics that include: how and why to manage your image in the workplace, identifying a mentor, critical differences between college and work life, and more!
You, Inc.
Campus Center Rm 233
Bob Casper, Director, The Compass, SUNY Oswego
A personal reflection seminar designed to make you the CEO of your future. Learn how to discover your interests, values, skills, strengths, and personal traits — and how to tie it all in to the job market spectrum. If you are stuck at “Dude, I’m not sure what I’m going to do when I leave college” this will be for you!
A Car, Some Cash, and a Place to Crash
Campus Center Auditorium Rm 118
Chris Eads, Monster.com Representative
We’ll cover the topics that you need to hear about in order to financially survive out there. Rent or Own? Lease or buy? Managing student loan debt, understanding budgeting, health insurance, taxes and why you should worry about retirement now... are just a few of the areas we’ll cover.
Test Drive Your Career
Campus Center Rm 237
Dara Sanoubane-Algeo, Associate Director,Experience-Based Education, SUNY Oswego
Christine Elliott, Metropolitan Development Association
Bottom line: Employers seek candidates with related experience. Running the Twister at Seabreeze is fun, but it is time to use your breaks and free-time during the semester to build your resume. Additionally, you’ll get to test drive your career, gain valuable skills, make networking contacts, secure references, and more. Learn why you should get one, and how to go about finding the best internship for you!
Session II: 7:15–8:00 pm
Dress for Success— How a Navy Blazer Can Change Your Life
Campus Center Rm 233
Laura Ruggio, Manager, Maurice’s
It is the old saying “You never get a second chance to make a first impression.” This is never more true than during the interview process, your first day on the job, or special events, socials, and more once you are hired. Learn how to dress for all of these occasions, and others during this highly visual presentation.
Jobs Your Mother Never Thought You’d Have
Campus Center Rm 228
Alyssa Amyotte, Coordinator, Service Learning & Community Service, SUNY Oswego
So, you’ve decided that the corporate world is not for you, and you can’t imagine spending the time and money on graduate school right now. What can you do for a year or two that will score high on the cool-o-meter? Sure, there is the Peace Corps, but what else? We’ll discuss a world of options that can take you literally to the ends of the earth and across all career fields.
Negotiating the Briar Patch
Campus Center Auditorium Rm 118
Jonathan Lawniczak,
Division Recruiter, Sherwin-Williams Co.
Stephanie Gwara, Recruitment Specialist, Sherwin-Williams Co.
The transition from here to there can be challenging. Learn how to conduct yourself professionally throughout the job search process. Topics will include job search documents, managing your online profile appropriately, critical follow up, etiquette dining, and interview dress.
Interview Warrior: How to Crush the Competition
Campus Center Rm 237
Dan Fiegel, Store Team Leader, Target Corporation
Jim Lougen, Store Team Leader, Target Corporation
Interviewing is the final—and most stressful—aspect of the entire job search process. It is also a skill you can learn! Join corporate recruiters as they discuss what recruiters look for, how to prepare for an interview, what questions you’ll likely be asked, how to respond to difficult or illegal questions, and appropriate follow up.
Session III: 8:05–8:45 pm
Repeat of Session II topics so you get to the ones you missed!
Network Social: 8:50 pm
Campus Center Auditorium Foyer — Join us for a networking reception great food, lots of prizes, and access to the speakers!
Mock Interview Start Times:
6:25, 6:45, 7:15, 7:35, 8:05 & 8:25 pm in The Compass, 142 Campus Center
