Annual Meeting

2010 Student Career and Professional Development Day

By Sandra K. Garrett, Student Affairs Committee Chair

Save the date! Monday, September 27 will be a day packed with helpful information targeted at today's students and tomorrow's HF/E professionals. Student Career and Professional Development Day at the Annual Meeting provides an opportunity for students to focus on career preparation and transition and to learn from those who have already been there.

     Panelists will represent both recent graduates and highly successful professionals from high-profile companies, some of which will be recruiting at the Annual Meeting. Key topics of focus for this year's colloquium will include the skills students need to do HF/E work in high-tech industries and how to obtain those skills, how to network effectively (including how to use social networking to obtain a job or advance your career), and lessons learned from recent graduates (including what it's really like on the inside, what they are asked to do on a day-to-day basis, and what students should do to prepare for a job).

     All the Career Day sessions are designed to be very interactive, so although each panelist will be sharing some guidance and words of wisdom from his or her experience, a large portion of time will be set aside for audience questions and discussion. Please plan to attend this special day of events devoted to students. For additional information about Student Career and Professional Development Day, contact me at garrett@clemson.edu or 864/656-3114. Come prepared to participate, learn, and have fun!

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