Everyone knows that college students are having trouble finding jobs in today’s economy.
What is it that concerned college leaders can do?
- Make it clear that the senior year job search starts in the freshman year – Help students prepare a personal employment plan – Coach students throughout their college years – Train students in every aspect of the employment process – Explain what the best employers expect from students – Help students understand where their majors will take them – Teach students about the need for accomplishments beyond the classroom – Encourage students to ask questions of their coaches and career services – Utilize a system to help students identify employment opportunities – Methodically prepare students for their senior year job search – Teach students how to differentiate themselves – Help students understand the value of job-related work experience – Show students how to prepare an outstanding resumé – Help students develop compelling examples and stories – Offer opportunities to develop and practice their interviewing skills – Help students identify a variety of employment opportunities – Seek and implement new systems and tools to address Job Search issues
When college leaders are doing a good job of helping students address and solve their job search challenges, students will:
Unfortunately, some college leaders believe that student employment issues are merely the responsibility of their students the Career Services Office. Those college leaders would be wrong.
Too many high performing college students end up underemployed or unemployed when they graduate.
Students Want College Leaders To Address Their Job Search Problems
The worst-rated AA school is the No. 242 La Salle Explorers. Ursinus is not a planet but a real liberal arts college in Pennsylvania.Ursinus College is not a Division 1 school (which includes the 242 teams with La Salle), not a Division II team (which includes another 157 teams), but a Division III team.
