√ Other: Blackboard announcements section. √ Webinars √ Podcasts √ Twitter: √ Newsletter (If I do not personally do it, the Marketing team promotes on Facebook and Twitter The student groups have webcasted events, I advertise in the e-newsletter) √ Drop-in career center: Students can stop in anytime from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm √ Job Fairs (*The SCDC hosts 2 big career fairs a year one in October and one in April and I have an event every year after the October career fair inviting all employers who hire iSchool students and invite them to a private reception where students can speak to them one on one.) √ Speakers, or programs that present experts √ Appointments (Ken Bohrer does at the SCDC)
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√ Other: We participate and help promote events sponsored by the student groups of professional library associations. √ Networking events (virtual or in-person) √ Literature/articles √ Interview Practice √ General career coaching √ Job Listings √ Resume/CV Review √ Help writing cover letters (If I do not directly provide this service, a department on campus does) We have faculty mentors and we list on our website their specialty areas so students can contact them with questions.ĭoes the career center provide any of the following:
I also help the student chapters advertise the events they plan, which consist of information sessions, field trips, webinars, tours, networking events, resume review events.Īre there “career experts” on staff? What are their credentials? Students may schedule appointments with Ken Bohrer, Graduate co-op coordinator at the SCDC to talk about career questions, resume and cover letter review.
The Alumni Association also manages an Alumni Peer Mentoring Program, so students can sign up and find a mentor. We have Graduate Peer Mentors who are available to speak to prospective and new library science students. We have a weekly e-newsletter, “The iSchool Weekly Digest” where announcements are sent out every Tuesday and we also have an announcements section in Blackboard Learn where I can post upcoming information sessions, networking events, internships, etc. We want the students to understand the resources we have available so we include a few career services slides in our mandatory online/on-campus orientation presentation in the beginning of each quarter. I am basically the liaison to all career services questions, I field the questions and then send them to the appropriate department/person. I field the questions they have and decide which department they should speak to. If students have career services questions, they stop in, call or email me. The iSchool at Drexel’s key feature is the job board we keep where any jobs received are sent to an email address where they are then opened and posted onto our website.
Each college is assigned someone from the SCDC to work with our students. Drexel University as a whole has the Steinbright Career Development Center (SCDC) where career services are offered to ALL Drexel students. We do not have a “career center” per se I am the only person in the iSchool’s office that deals with career services. Who staffs the career center? Please talk a little about how it is managed and run. She also works with student groups helping them plan events. Jennifer works with employers interested in hiring iSchool students, by setting up information sessions, webinars and field trips. This interview is with Jennifer Lally, Event & Career Services Manager, Drexel University, The iSchool, College of Information Science & Technology. Jennifer Lally plans all the events for the college and manages a jobs page on the iSchool’s website, where she posts weekly full-time and part-time jobs that pertain to iSchool students. If you’re interested in library education, or in new ideas and the future of the profession, you should check it out. Here is this week’s installment of the Library School Career Center feature, which is presented in partnership with the folks from the blog Hack Library School.
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