Thursday, September 14, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 5
Class assists students in job search
By Karen Lucas writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Not only is Matt Rehder learning how to find a job this semester, but he's also getting academic credit for it.
Rehder, Lawrence senior, is one of nearly 50 students taking LA&S 492: Job Search Strategies for Liberal Arts & Sciences Students. The one-credit-hour class meets every Tuesday and is taught by Gail Rooney, director of University career and employment services, and Ann J. Hartley, associate director.
"The point of college is to prepare you for your future, and this
is another step in that process," said Rehder, a political science major who would like to find a government job in Washington, D.C. "I think they're giving us real world advice and telling us there are jobs out there that can be found and that each individual would be interested in."
While a similar course has been offered to undergraduates in the School of Business, this is the first time the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has offered the class.
Rooney said she welcomed the idea for the course when a staff member from the college's Office of Undergraduate Services suggested it last year.
"It's what we needed and wanted to do," she said.
Rooney said one of the course goals was to help students market themselves to employers.
"The difficulty is the student has to identify their own skills and abilities and then say I can do that." Rooney said.
Through lectures, guest speakers and group activities, Rooney and Hartley also are focusing on writing resumes, networking, learning how to research a company, interviewing and dressing professionally. While the class does not have exams, students must complete written assignments, attend a career fair and participate in a mock interview.
Lindsay Millsap, Naperville, Ill. senior, gave high marks to a recent class session on resumes.
"If you don't have a good resume, you have nothing," said Millsap, who signed up for the class after seeing a flier for it. "They taught us the most effective ways to present your qualifications, skills and achievements to employers."
Some of the instructors' tips include making resumes easy for potential employers to scan as well as focusing on outcomes and accomplishments. A hand-out gave a list of action verbs that students should try to use such as "spearheaded," "implemented" and "motivated."
— Edited by Amy Randolph
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Thursday. Sept. 14
7 p.m. Welcome address, Spencer Museum Auditorium.
Museum Auditorium Friday, Sept. 15
8:45 a.m. Red Power and National Leadership, Kansas Room, Kansas Union. Ada E. Deer, Adam Fortunate Eagle and LaDonna Harris.
1:30 p.m. The American Indian Movement, Kansas Room, Kansas Union. Dennis Banks and Clyde Bellecourt.
7:30 p.m. Keynote address in Stidham Hall, Haskell Indian Nations University, Ada E. Deer.
Saturday, Sept. 16
9 a.m. Tribal Leadership: Past, Present and Future, Jayhawk Room, Kansas Union, Ramona Bennett and Oren Lyons.
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Ada E. Deer, Monominee tribal
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Adam Fortuneat Eagle, Chippewa,
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LaDonna Harris, Comanche, founder of Americans for Indian Opportunity and of Oklahomaans for Indian Opportunity.
Dennis Banks and Clyde Bellcourt, both of the Anishinabe Nation, cofounders of the American Indian Movement.
Ramona Bennett, former Puyallup tribal chair and founder of the Survival of American Indians Association.
Oren Lyans, Iquiquois, co-editor with John Mohawk of Exiled in the Land of the Free, a study of Native Americans and democracy.
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