Happy Autumn!
The fall finally comes and everybody seems to relax and enjoy the great weather. Unfortunately for business students. it is probably their busiest season. Beside midterms and projects coming up, business students, especially juniors and seniors, are busy looking for internships and other career opportunities for the Spring semester and summer time. In the light of economic recession, job and internship hunting becomes difficult than ever. However, the Career Management Center at the Eberhardt School of Business proves to be a big help for business students.
As a college senior majoring in Accounting, I have been offered many opportunities to learn a great deal of career development skills. Starting in the junior year, I was required to take a one-unit course called "Career Development Seminar." The class helped me to prepare for job applications such as resume and cover letter as well as to learn about job researching and interviewing skills. Every semester, the Career Management Center coordinates with the National Accounting Society Beta Alpha Psi to host a career fair event called "Meet the Firms" event. During the event, I have a chance to learn about local and national companies and the career opportunities that they offer. Although the event gears toward accounting and finance students as most of the firms attending are accounting or finance companies, other business students find it very useful to participate in panels that discuss career-related topics or conduct mock interviews with recruiters from the participating companies. Last year, I got to know one of the employers at the event and launched a successful internship with them in the summer. This year, I have already started looking for career opportunities although I won't graduate until May. The reason is that many companies, especially Accounting companies, already started their recruiting process as early as September and October. After the event I did some follow-up with the companies to explore their career opportunities or just to get to know their companies better. Most of the companies will conduct on-campus interviews for interested students. The recruiters often post the positions on our school Tiger Jobs website and instruct students to send resume and required documents through the website. I have been applying to several companies through the websites and got several on-campus interviews. On-campus interviews are very convenient because I don't have to travel and it is easy for me to fit them in my schedule. Career development skills that I have learned through my Career Development Seminar class and the mock interviews prepared me very well for the interviews and helped me gain great confidence. I love how our business school not only provides business students with solid knowledge to take on any career they pursue but also makes sure business students have the skills they need to acquire the career opportunity they want. I have had a great experience here at the Eberhardt School of Business and although there are many difficulties and competitions in the job market, I am confident with what I have been prepared at Pacific.
- Van Le.
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