Whitney Dedmon- The Career Center- Week 3

• Met with a student to critique her personal statement and resume
• Conducted academic advising at two freshmen orientation sessions and one transfer orientation session
• Assisted one of our staff with a presentation about the Career Center, what it offers, and why it is necessary
• Assisted the student workers at the front desk to learn their responsibilities and how to work with students and families who walk into the Career Center

This was another great week! I am absolutely loving everything that I am able to be a part of at the career center. This week I was able to individually meet with a student on my own to critique her personal statement and resume. I found this to be very nerve racking. This student was applying to get into MSU's MBA program, so I felt a good deal of pressure to make sure I give her the right advice for her personal statement and resume. However, the meeting went very well and she left with two very strong documents for her application. It was so much fun getting to work with this student and apply the things I had been learning while shadowing previous meetings with students.

Also, I performed academic advising for freshmen and transfer orientations. The freshmen advising sessions went much like the previous ones that we have had. However, the transfer orientation was a little more difficult. Transfer students usually come in with quite a few hours. So, these students who have taken 30-60 hours and are still undecided present a much more difficult advising time. Most of the core classes they have already taken, so you must find classes that can still go towards several different majors. Most of these students have at least narrowed down their choices to two or three majors which makes the search easier. I have learned so much from being able to work with all of these different students.

Lastly, I was able to assist the student workers at the front desk when they worked with walk-ins. Most of them were students from orientation who were interested in finding jobs on campus. I was able to learn how the workers at the front desk show them around the site and help them figure out how to find jobs. Also, I was able to go with one of the senior coordinators in the office to a presentation about the career center to some of the freshman athletes. I really enjoyed being able to see what a general presentation about the career center to a class is like. Working with the athletes is really fun as well. They are a very interesting group of students and it is a great experience to be able to work with them. July will bring a whole new array of experiences for me and I am very much looking forward to it!