EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY Career Development Center Welcome Back, Faculty! Career Development is pleased to announce Luke Zeigler has joined our team as a Career Advisor. Luke’s previous experience at Pennsylvania College of Technology Career Center will greatly add value to our services to meet your needs to develop our students. The Career Development Center is committed to providing career education for our current students, as well as assisting faculty in providing career related material and information for their majors. Our office stays current on employment and industry trends to help our students best prepare for the workforce. Students can access resources and meet individually with a member of our staff to learn how to best promote themselves to employers through resumes, cover letters, interviews, email correspondence, networking, social media, and more. What’s New at the Career Development Center Class Presentations – We are available to speak to your classes about resume writing, interviewing, job hunting, career and internship opportunities, applying to graduate school and Career Development services. Contact me at ext. 3282 or dwielebinski@esu.edu to arrange a tailored class presentation. Don’t cancel that class, call us for a presentation. Success Series Workshops – a series of 10 workshops to help students prepare for their career development. Encourage your students to participate and receive extra credit. Students who attend five workshops will eligible for a drawing to win a Brooks Brothers gift certificate. A copy of our flyer is attached along with a “passport” for extra credit. The Career Development Center Presented 55 Sessions to 1,210 Students Fall 2013-Spring 2014 Our Career Peers continue to have a strong connection with students helping to inspire them about the importance of gaining career related experience as early as their freshman year. This year we have several assistants who can give brief updates on special events, do class presentations about Career Development services, the value of finding internships as well as meet one-on-one with freshman and sophomores. The Career Development Center web page is an excellent resource for student, staff, faculty and employers. We continue to provide new internship and job search links related to ESU majors. The website is www.careerdevelopment.esu.edu View job search links, career information, sample resumes, videos, and much more. One major Career Development Center priority is to increase the number of local internships so that students have a variety of opportunities to gain experience while going to school. Please have your employers register on warrior careers http://warriorcareers.esu.edu and post the opportunities. Students can apply on-line with their resumes. Warrior Careers, our online job board and events manager continues to provide students and the campus with access to part-time jobs, summer/seasonal opportunities, internships and career positions 24/7. Faculty now have access to this site. Mock interviews are available on warrior careers and they can be customized for your class. Students can forward interviews to peers or faculty for evaluations. 2014 Career / Internship and Graduate School EXPO is scheduled for October 28 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. in the Keystone Room. Remind your students to stop by, meet employers and visit with ESU alumni. Employers on Campus 115 unique employers participated in various on-campus events to interact with ESU students 2013-2014. Thank You for Your Continued Support! Services Offered by the Career Development Center Career Counseling Services help students choose a career and find career information related to a major/career choice. Services are provided for students to assist them with resumes/cover letters, interviewing and job hunting skills. Assistance for students in finding part-time, temporary and summer-seasonal employment. Our office helps student’s access internships that relate to their major and career goals. Graduate School support includes assistance researching programs, application procedures, and review of admissions essays. The Career Development Center e-mail address: careerdevelopment@esu.edu – If you hear of job openings through your contacts with colleagues and alumni, I would encourage you to add that information on Warrior Careers. Our Staff: Daria Wielebinski, Director Luke Zeigler, Career Advisor Alicia Middleton, Graduate Student Melinda Rosen, Secretary Brittany Hatfield, Student Worker Katie Nork, Student Worker dwielebinski@esu.edu lzeigler@esu.edu amiddleto1@live.esu.edu careerdevelopment@esu.edu 570-422-3282 570-422-3035 570-422-3045 570-422-3219 FALL/SPRING HOURS: Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Tuesday evenings until 6:30 p.m. Visit During Drop-In Times (No Appointments Necessary) Wednesday & Thursday 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. I hope that you have a great summer break. We encourage your students to visit the Career Development Center. Let me know if we can be of assistance to you. Daria Wielebinski Director | Career Development Center 570-422-3282 | dwielebinski@esu.edu WHAT STUDENTS & ALUMNI ARE SAYING ABOUT THE CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER “I was offered a full-time position after doing my internship which was a required for my psychology-counseling degree. I felt that the ESU Career Development Center helped me build my resume and I would recommend all ESU students to use this resource. I just wish that I knew about the center and all the career preparation classes before my last semester at ESU. I believe that without being required to do an internship, I would still be unemployed.” -Psychology Major ’13 “Career Development provided the resources to not only schedule an interview, but handle tough interview questions. Thanks ESU Career Development!” -Chemistry Major ’13 “After staying home for the past 10 years to raise and homeschool my children, I entertained the idea of going back to work, part time. I came to ESU's Career Development Center to seek guidance in rewriting my resume and found the center extremely helpful and supportive. ESU's Career Center opened up doors for me that I would not have known about otherwise in the areas of a job search, writing my resume and gathering references. Thank you for all your help and empowering me to know that yes, after being out of my field of study for some time, there are opportunities out there to get back in and use my degree!” -Sociology Major ’01