Fall 2009 Career Events

Get out your calendars because here are some things you might want to mark down.

Wednesday, September 23- 5pm, Room 102, Resume and Cover Letter Workshop- By attending this workshop you will learn how to create a targeted resume that showcases what you can offer an employer. Also learn how to catch an employer's attention with your cover letter.

Thursday, September 24- 11:45am-1:15pm Lunch & Learn Career Series featuring a panel of speakers from the field of Criminal Justice. Students must RSVP for this event by logging on to Jaguar Jobs www.unt.edu/dallas/jagjobs or calling the Student Development Office 972-780-3632. Lunch is provided.

Friday, October 3- Making the Career EXPO work for you workshop & Etiquette Lunch- 10:30am-1pm, This popular workshop helps prepare students for the Career EXPO. It includes sections on resume, networking, and dressing for success. Students will also dine on a three course meal guided by an etiquette expert to learn about proper dining etiquette. Students must RSVP on Jaguar Jobs or by calling 972-780-3632.

Wednesday, October 7- Interviewing Workshop, 5pm, Room 102- Learn how to ace a job interview from start to finish at this workshop. Learn the most popular questions and how to answer them.

Tuesday, October 20- Career EXPO, 2-5pm, UNT Dallas Atrium- Join local employers and area gradate programs to find information on available opportunities. Even if you aren't looking right now, it's never too early to start building your professional network. Bring your resume. Dress is business professional.

Monday, October 26-Salary Negotiation Workshop, 5pm, Room 102, Ever wanted to know how to get a higher starting salary? Are you in a job but want a raise? This workshop can help you learn the art of negotiation in a professional and polite manner.

Tuesday, November 10- Etiquette Dinner, 6:30-8:00pm, Join fellow students, faculty, and staff at an evening dinner event to learn professional dining etiquette. Professional dress is required. Students must RSVP through Jaguar Jobs or by calling 972-780-3632.

Wednesday, November 18- Lunch & Learn Career Series #2- 11:45am-1:15pm, Come and learn about the filed of Human Resources. It just might be the career for you! A professional from the field will be there to talk about careers and answer questions. Students must RSVP on Jaguar Jobs or by calling 972-780-3632.

Friday, December 4- Job Search Boot Camp- 10am-1pm, It's the end of the semester and you are graduating, do you have a job yet? Need to kick your job search into high gear? This is the workshop for you. A guest speaker from Jobing.com will present and answer questions. Lunch Provided. Students must RSVP on Jaguar Jobs or at 972-780-3632.

Individual Appointments are always welcome. Call the SDO to schedule one today!

Welcome Back!

After going with out a post for a month and a half, the blog is back! We hope everyone had a good summer and is having a great start to the school year. Things around here have been very busy. UNT Dallas is getting closer and closer to becoming our own standalone institution. We will start accepting freshmen and sophomores next fall and the most exciting news, we broke ground on our second building and things are happening!
Things are also happening in the Student Development Office. We have a semester packed full of events starting with a student organization fair today from 4-6pm in the atrium. Stop by and see if there is an organization you would like to join or, if not, maybe you should start one! This is a great way to get involved with UNT Dallas and something nice to put on your resume when you start looking for an internship or job.
There will be several career and academic success workshops and events throughout the semester. There will be a separate post about those events, so stay tuned!

2010 Job Choices Magazines Are Here!

Each year NACE, the National Association of Colleges and Employers, comes out with a magazine called Jobs Choices. There are several editions of the career related magazine for students. UNT Dallas subscribes to the Diversity Edition and the Business & Liberal Arts Edition. Both editions came in a few days ago and I've gotta say, are pretty great! The magazines are filled with useful articles about relevant career related topics. One article talks about salary ranges for recent graduates. Here are a few ranges for majors that we have here at UNTD:
Accounting....................$45,000-$55,000
Business Admin...........$35,000-$54,000
Criminal Justice...........$29,120-$48,000
Elementary Education &$32,000-$38,000
Information Sciences & Systems...$$44,000-$60,000
These ranges come from an article called, "Check Your Salary Expectations".

Other articles include, "Playing Fair: Your Rights and Responsibilities as a Job Seeker", "Network for Your Job Search", The Interview: Connecting Your Qualifications To the Employer's Needs", "The Critical First Year on the Job", "The Attention Getting Resume", and "From Student To Professional".

The magazines also offer information about Employers, the market, and how to succeed at a career fair.

Come by the Student Development Office today to get your copies of Job Choices 2010 FREE while they last!

Summer Interns

This summer UNT Dallas participated in the City of Dallas Mayor's Summer Intern program. We have had 4 High School aged interns working on our campus this summer. They each rotated around to different departments so that they could learn about as many different areas of higher education as possible. Here in the student development office we had each one of them for one week. This week we have Daniel, a soon to be junior from Dallas. He has worked on several different projects for us throughout the week. He also sat in on various appointments and meetings to learn more about career services. He even participated in some career services such as the "Perfect Interview" software that we have available to our students. Afterwards, he wrote this about his experience:

"Perfect Interview is a program that helps you answer questions when you are under pressure as you look into a web camera which is located in the Student Development area. You can also do it from home. You get to look at your movements when you answer a question and how you react. This program is very helpful; it helps you prepare for job interviews. In my opinion, if you take it over and over again you will be able to know how to answer questions fast and good. If you don't know how to answer a question, you get two examples of how hothers reply to the question being asked. It also tells you how to answer the question, and what details to give them. It can also help you learn how to speak clearly to other people to make sure that they understand what you are saying to them. I reccoment you try this program so you can see how good it really is."

There you have it! Call or come by the Student Development Office to practice your interviewing skills today! Other students who have tried this program have also reported that it is very helpful.

Daniel wrote one other blog post about his overall experience as an intern here at UNTD this summer. Here it is:

"My internship at UNT Dallas has been super fun. Everyone has been great to hang around with and talk to. Being here I have learned how to install computers, and some programs. They've also taught me how to make labels and file. If you work in IT or in the student advising office you will always have something to do. I'm trying to learn as much as I can because in the future I might need something they are teaching me. You may have also thought that teachers are the most important people in school, but that's not true. Without advisors, counselors, or student services you wouldn't be able to find out what classes you need or if you need someone to talk to you have your counselor. I wouldn't change this job for any other one that would just be a big mistake. Everyone treats each other like family, but without the arguing or anything like that. Around here everyone helps everybody out with any problem thy have. They treat each other so good it is hard to believe. If I have the change to come back next year I wouldn't say no. I'll be more than happy to come back. When I get here, it feels like a second home to me. My first week I was still kind of scared, but everyone here treated meme like if they have known me or I had been working here for a long time. That's why I love waking up in the morning and getting ready for work. The other interns also enjoy being here. They say they wouldn't like to work anywhere else. They like working here with all of the employees because they feel super comfortable. I'm very happy I took this internship with UNT Dallas. I'm hoping to learn more stuff as the future comes."

Thanks Daniel, we have enjoyed having you as an intern!

And we have enjoyed having the other interns too, here are some pictures of them in action!

ATTENTION! Job Search Boot Camp- August 5th, 2009

Are you in shape? Job Search shape? Has your search been losing momentum? Well then you need to come to this workshop to get your energy back! The Job Search Boot Camp will be on Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 from 10:00am-1:00pm. We will talk about Resumes, and Networking, and we will even have a guest speaker, an expert on the non profit industry, here to help too! She will offer insight based on her experience as a UNT alumni and tips on how to increase your chances of getting a job. Don't miss this opportunity! A boxes lunch will be served. An RSVP is required. You can RSVP by calling the student development office at 972-780-3632 or logging into Jaguar Jobs (It's easy to create an account if you don't already have one) at www.unt.edu/dallas/jagjobs. We hope to see you there!

Beat the Heat with Summer Workshops at the Dallas Campus!

There is a lot going on this summer at the UNT Dallas Campus! No, we don't have a pool (yet!), but we do have lots of workshops! Come on, who doesn't want to take in at least a few workshops this summer? At least the workshops are inside in the air conditioned building! The summer is your chance to take advantage of all that the great workshops that the student development office offers. Here is a quick rundown:

June 2- APA workshop 5pm
June 3- Job Search Workshop 5pm
June 16- Writing Institute 11am-1pm- Must call to RSVP 972-780-3632
June 16- Resume Writing Workshop 3pm
June 17- APA workshop 11am
June 18- APA workshop 5pm
June 23- Job Search Boot Camp 10am-1pm- Must RSVP on Jaguar Jobs www.unt.edu/dallas/jagjobs
July 1- Interviewing Workshop 11am
July 21- Writing Institute 11am-1pm- Must call to RSVP 972-780-3632
July 21- Job Search Workshop 3pm
July 27- Resume Writing 11am
Aug 4- Interviewing Workshop 3pm
Aug 5-Job Search Boot Camp 10am-1pm- Must RSVP on Jaguar Jobs
www.unt.edu/dallas/jagjobs

We hope to see all of you over the summer at one of our workshops!

Thursday, April 30 6-8pm: Managing Your Job Search in a Downturn Economy

WHO: UNT Current students and Alumni

WHAT: A Career event hosted by the Student Development Office, The UNT Denton Campus Career Center, and the UNT Alumni Association called "Managing Your Job Search in a Downturn Economy". The event will consist of a presentation as well as networking time.

WHEN: Thursday, April 30, 2009 6:00-8:00p.m.

WHERE: UNT Dallas Campus, Room 102

WHY: To help students and alumni with their job search during this touch economic time.

RSVP to Demetria.Caston@unt.edu