That’s right, its March Madness! What is March Madness, some of you may ask? It’s Learning Beyond’s and the Career Center’s clever title for their barrage of events during the busy Spring months. With the promise of Spring comes the realization that many college students, and many English Majors, don’t know where they are going to use their acquired skills after they graduate. Luckily for us, the Career Center is dedicated to giving us multiple events to help us in that difficult road.. So let’s take a look at what dates you need to circle on your calendars.
Monday, Feb. 15. 5:00PM @ Rockland: “Career Speed Dating”
Employers will be lined up in a “speed date” type situation where students will cycle through different representatives. Maybe you’ll experience “job at first sight?”
Wednesday, March 3. 12:00PM @ St. Paul Companies Pavilion: “Federal Jobs: Unraveling the Red Tape.”
Interested in working with the government? Come to these two sessions to learn the “how-to’s of completing the federal job application.” Make sure to stay to hear about career opportunities, unless some of them are strictly classified.
Friday, March 26. 12:00PM @ Brown School of Business and Leadership “SU’s Amazing Career Race”
Team up with fellow students to compete against each other in career-based events! You get to win prizes so that’s an instant plus.
Tuesday, April 6th. 5:00PM @ Rockland Center: “Networking & Etiquette Dinner”
Here’s your chance to be trained in the subtle art of proper dining while at your occupation. A must-have for those fearful of stares from co-workers when you don’t know which spoon to use in your soup. Impress your boss and be the envy of all your co-workers! (Just writing about this makes me wish I could go to it.)
Tuesday, April 13. 4:00-6:00PM @ Rockland Center: “Championship Event Career Fair”
Now that you’ve conquered business dining and getting past the jargon of federal job applications, it’s time to find a place to work (if you haven’t already committed yourself to the job of your life back during speed-dating, that is). This career fair is sure to have something open for up-and-coming English Majors.
On a final note, you may have heard that there isn’t much out there for English Majors. Well, if there’s one thing I’ve learned from looking at FOCUS and reading “I’m an English Major, Now What?”, it’s that people need other people to communicate for them, and that you have or are working on a degree in something everyone needs. That puts us English Majors in an interesting advantage, don’t you think?
Expect more specific information on the events as they approach, whether on her or on campus.
-–Stephen Carnaggio, Media Intern, English Department