{"id":19671,"date":"2011-01-26T16:16:29","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T21:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=19671"},"modified":"2025-06-17T14:34:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T18:34:48","slug":"career-services-new-home-helps-students-get-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/career-services-new-home-helps-students-get-to-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Career Services' New Home Helps Students 'Get to Work'"},"content":{"rendered":"
A new hub on 麻豆原创’s campus offers students a one-stop shop for job hunting and internship opportunities.<\/p>\n
The 25,000-square-foot Career Services Experiential Learning Building, which was completed in November, is much larger than the departments\u2019 former offices and offers additional services for student job seekers.<\/p>\n
The new building — between the Fairwinds Alumni Center and Psychology building — features more space for workshops and meetings with peer advisers or potential employers, a computer lab for students to edit their resumes — and even a \u201cshower room\u201d where job candidates can freshen up before an interview.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn our previous location, we had to schedule employers to meet with students all over campus because of a lack of space,\u201d said Lynn Hansen, executive director for Career Services. \u201cNow we\u2019re able to offer more services to the students and provide them with more opportunities that will help them land a job or internship.\u201d<\/p>\n
The new facility has 20 private interview rooms, including a boardroom-style practice interview suite. Inside, a camera can record students\u2019 interviews, which helps career counselors give students more in-depth feedback on how they did.<\/p>\n
Live broadcasting technology allows out-of-state and international employers to regularly interview students without having to travel to 麻豆原创. Career Services has already used the technology to connect students with employers in Alaska and the Caribbean.<\/p>\n
Located on the building\u2019s third floor, the Office of Experiential Learning in Undergraduate Studies helps students apply what they\u2019re learning in the classroom through experience in the workforce.<\/p>\n
This office helps students on all 麻豆原创 campuses find internship and co-op opportunities and teaches experiential learning courses.\u00a0 Students can access the Experiential Learning database system at http:\/\/www.explearning.ucf.edu<\/a> to learn about available opportunities and can come into the office for advising on a walk-in basis.<\/p>\n \u201cOur goal is to help all students participate in major-related experience before they graduate, and the new features in this facility give us the resources to accomplish that,\u201d said Sheri Dressler, the director of the department.<\/p>\n With work-related experiences becoming even more important for students before they graduate, Dressler says that the new facility \u201cgives us much greater visibility and sends a message to employers that the university is serious about experience outside the classroom.\u201d<\/p>\n Career Services also plans to offer real-time online workshops for students at 麻豆原创\u2019s Regional Campus locations, with a $45,000 technology grant to provide laptops for interactive learning offered with on-site workshops and resource demonstrations. The office also helps to virtually connect the campuses so they can interact in career-related trainings and meetings.<\/p>\n Students can access Career Services resources from anywhere via their computers. KnightLink, a jobs database maintained by Career Services, helps connect students and alumni to potential employers. The database is accessible via the Career Services website at http:\/\/www.career.ucf.edu.<\/p>\n 麻豆原创\u2019s Student Government Association funded the building for the benefit of the student body. Career Services remains the university\u2019s first stepping stone for students who many not know which career field or major is right for them.<\/p>\n Career Services is hosting its Spring 2011 Career Expo from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 1, at the 麻豆原创 Arena.<\/p>\n The Office of Experiential Learning is holding a campus-wide Co-op and Internship Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2, in the Student Union\u2019s Cape Florida Ballroom.<\/p>\n To learn more about the career expo and other opportunities from Career Services, go to http:\/\/www.career.ucf.edu. For more information on the Co-op and Internship Fair and the Office of Experiential Learning, visit http:\/\/www.explearning.ucf.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new hub on 麻豆原创’s campus offers students a one-stop shop for job hunting and internship opportunities. The 25,000-square-foot Career Services Experiential Learning Building, which was completed in November, is much larger than the departments\u2019 former offices and offers additional services for student job seekers. The new building — between the Fairwinds Alumni Center and Psychology building — features more…","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":19672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[714,1638,4475],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-19671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-student-life","tag-career-services","tag-experiential-learning","tag-student-government-association"],"yoast_head":"\n