4Career Planning September 18, 1984
Minority Fair on Ti
hursday
"Careers don't just happen
they're planned. In order to reap
the benefits of freedom to choose
from any number of career
options, today's minority student
needs to begin early to plan for
a career," said Marian Holmes,
health science placement counse
lor with University Career Plan
ning and Placement Services.
"Finding meaningful and satisfy
ing employment today is a difficult
task for anyone. It involves know
ing how to use your talents,
inclinations and experiences, how
to utilize the art of flexibility, and
how to plan a course of action to
improve your chances of achieving
vocational and life goals."
Since only a small percentage
of UNC students are hired through
on-campus interviews, Holmes
encourages students to take advan
tage of all of the resources avail
able to them as a Carolina student.
Counselors at UCPPS can assist
students in developing the skills
necessary to become more self
reliant in their job search. One
service designed especially for the
minority student is the Minority
Career Fair, sponsored by
UCPPS.
The Minority Career Fair will
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be held on Thursday from noon
to 5:30 p.m. in Carmichael Aud
itorium. The fair will provide
students with the opportunity to
meet with employers from about
75 local and national companies
in an informal setting. Students
will be able to develop contacts
at the various companies and
gather information on the firms
who attend. It will also help
students to learn about the types
of skills they'll need for entry and
survival in various professions and
organizations. For more informa
tion about the Minority Career
Fair and other services, contact
Marian Holmes at 962-6507.
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personal disappointment and a renewal of moti
vation to perform more optimally in the future.
Remember that non-verbal elements also
influence a prospective employer. Dress and act as
professionally as you possibly can. Try to make
eye contact with any person to whom you are
speaking, and demonstrate by posture, voice level,
and facial expression that you are interested and
enthusiastic about what is taking place in the
interview.
Keep on trying! All job searches require a great
deal of time (frequently 3-6 months), and no one
should expect to begin job-hunting on May 15 and
start work on June 1. It takes just as long to find
an unsatisfying job as a satisfying one, so "staying
the course" until the right position is offered will
benefit you in the long run. Perseverance means
continued effort also, so dont make a few half
hearted attempts at the job and then. sit around
waiting for the world to come to your door. Dont
wait for "good luck" make your own luck.
Guide to Career Planning
Vance Trefethen
Editor
Dick Anderson
Managing Editor
Uihr Sathj (Tar litrt
JeffHiday, Editor
Joel Broadway, Managing Editor
Jeff Neuville, Photography Editor
Stuart Tonklnson, News Editor
This career insert has been sponsored by the following companies:
W.H. Brady Company
Burroughs Wellcome Company
CBS Inc.
Central Carolina Bank & Trust Co., N.A.
Central Intelligence Agency
General Electric Company
General Electric Co., Lamp Products Sales
Johnson Wax
R.H. Macy & Co., Inc.
The MITRE Corporation
NCNB Corporation
Philadelphia National Bank
Trust Company Bank
United Carolina Bank
U.S. Government FBI
U.S. Navy Officer Programs
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Representatives of these and other companies will be participating in the Minority Career
Fair and the Careers in Business Fair on Sept. 20 and 21. Please plan to attend to talk with
them about career opportunities available in their respective organizations.
University Career Planning and Placement Services and The Daily Tar Heel wish to express
gratitude for the support provided for this helpful publication.
University Career Planning and Placement Services
211 Hanes Hall (019-A)
(919)962-6507
Internships make jobs
You hear it all the time: "I
cant get a job because employ
ers want experience. Yet how
can I get experience if I cant
land a job?"
The answer: You get an
internship.
What is an internship any
way? Internships can be lots of
different things, but mostly an
internship is a transition
between learning and practice.
Internships are a way of bridg
ing the gap a way of sampling
life in a professional workplace
without making a career com
mittment. Internships can pro
vide a sneak preview of various
careers and can give you a
chance to measure expectations
against reality.
"I cant think of a better
experience for a pre-med stu
dent," says Margaret Anna
Kalet, a senior sociology major
from Winston-Salem who spent
the past summer interning as a
surgical technician in a local
hospital. "This experience def
initely confirmed by career
intentions."
Opportunities to apply what
you have learned in the class
room and to acquire new skills
and knowledge can also be
supplied by an internship. In
addition, an internship can help
you make important employer
contacts that may be useful in
your senior year job search.
An internship commonly is
short, ranging from a month to
a year; it is a limited commit
tment, with no strings attached
regarding future employment.
Some internships offer financial
reward, some academic credit,
others both or neither. They are
available in just about any field
imaginable from accounting to
oceanographic research.
Comprehensive listings o
internship information, includ
ing local and state opportuni
ties, have been compiled by
University Career Planning and
Placement Services. Internship
directories and summer job
listings, information on whom
to contact and other prerequisite
information is available in the
UCPPS resource room. The
experiential learning program
also offers some on-campus
interviewing for internships and
summer employment.
Studies clearly indicate that
students who have completed
internships more frequently
acquire jobs in their chosen
fields. They more often get the
interesting and challenging posi
tions available to entry-level
people. And they have better
successes at landing the higher
paying jobs. Without the right
blend of experience, training
and guidance, it is likely that
your dreams will remain only
dreams.
Planning
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career. By combining elective
courses, internships, summer jobs,
extracurricular activities, volun
teer work into a package that
meets the student's individual
needs (known as a "career plan"),
he or she can prepare successfully
for a career without selecting a
career-related major. In addition,
several basic steps must be
followed: .
Begin investigating various
careers by early sophomore year.
Develop some highly market
able skills, as explained by UCPPS
officials, by the senior year.
Gain exposure to the type of
environment you plan to work in
by your senior year.
Begin developing contacts
during your sophomore and junior
years for the senior year job
search.
Students who would like more
information or assistance in devel
oping an individualized career
plan should contact McAllister at
211 Hanes Hall.
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