iCTOBER 26,1984
Career Workshops Provide Useful Insight
by Rlsa Click
Collegian Editor
The majority of Behrend Col
lege students came here with the
intention of aquiring the educa
tion and preparation necessary for
the professional career of which
they are pursuing.
The Career and Placement
Center, located on the second
floor of the Administration
Building, is equipped with
reference materials to aid you in
the search of a career.
Mary Beth Peterson, Assistant
to the Dean of Student Affairs, is
in charge of Career Planning,
Placement and Financial Aid for
Behrend College students.
Through the efforts and profes
sional aid that Peterson provides
for students, “You are given the
opportunity,” says Peterson, “to
become aware of your interests
and goals and to obtain
knowledge of how to match these
to various occupations. I believe
in teaching someone how to find
a job, and not finding it for
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them,” she says. “How to active
ly pursue - this is important
throughout life to know how to
do that,” Peterson commented.
Peterson conducts Career and
Placement Workshops on
Wednesdays from noon until
12:50 p.m. in the Reed Seminar
Room. “The purpose of these
workshops,” asserts Peterson, “is
to educate as many students as
possible on the techniques of
choosing a major, matching jobs
to majors, and job hunting.”
Peterson commented that,
“Generally, 25 workshops are
given each year and last year we
had over 400 students in total at
tendance. Sometimes a students
attends every workshop,” she
says, “it’s like taking a course in
Career Planning.”
The first workshop, How to
Choose a Major, was held in
Sept, and was followed by Get to
Know the Career and Placement
Office, and Cocurricular Ac
tivities and Your Future Goal.
The month concluded with a
BEHREND COLLEGIAN
workshop on Matching Jobs to
Majors.
Mary Beth Peterson Is in charge
of Career Planning, Placement,
and Financial Aid.
Peterson conducted four
workshops this month consisting
of, Getting Into Graduate
School, Careers in Business, How
to Create a Resume, and How to
Conduct a Local Job Search,
which according to Peterson, “Is
for people who want to stay in the
area upon graduation. We talk
about the resources that are
available and how to look local
ly,” she says.
Peterson will present three
workshops in Nov. How to Con
duct an Out-of-Town Job Search
will be presented on Nov. 7
followed by Preparing for Your
First Job Interview on Nov. 14.
“This workshop is important,”
states Peterson, “because job in
terviewing takes a lot of practice
and we try to practice and prepare
people so that their first interview
will be one of their best.”
Career in Science will be
presented on Nov. 28. This
workshop will probably consist of
a panel of alumni in science
fields, discussing their current oc
cupations.
The last workshop to be con-
ducted this semester will take
place on Dec. 5. “This workshop,
entitled How to Look for a Sum
mer Job, ” says Peterson, “is
presented in December to enable
students to get a jump on others
and plan early.”
Some of these workshops will
be presented again next summer.
Peterson, who came to Behrend
four years ago, places great em
phasis on these workshops and
says that, “They an be advan
tageous to every student.”
Peterson says her interests have
always been in the area of Career
Planning and Placement. She
received a B.A. in Psychology
from Edinboro State University
and she earned an M.E.d in
counseling from Slippery Rock
University. She worked for two
years as Assistant Director of Ad
missions at Villa Maria College
before coming to Behrend in
1980. “I hope to meet as many
students as I can through the
Career and Placement Office and
Workshops,” says Peterson.
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