UHV's Career Services: Preparing students for the job search
Cynthia Padron
Issue date: 2/19/07 Section: News
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A survey conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) found that employers expect to hire 17.4 percent more new college graduates in 2006-07 than they hired in 2005-06.
The NACE survey results provide an incentive for the University of Houston-Victoria Career Services department to assist students with their career planning.
The department's goal is to guide students and alumni in career planning by providing workshops and training to help link students with employers and to serve as a resource for professional development in students' desired fields.
"We are trying to find different ways to reach out to the students and provide them with a variety of learning opportunities so they can be competitive in the job marked. If we can give them a head's up of what to do we are hoping they can go on and be successful in their careers," Eunice Mesa, Career Services coordinator, said.
One new tool recently provided by Career Services is CareerLink, a UHV- sponsored job board where students and alumni can view jobs and post resumes. The job listings contain entries from employers in and beyond Victoria's 15-county region.
Mesa said,"CareerLink is a database system. Students are already uploaded in the system, so all they have to know is their student ID number and they can access it."
CareerLink has been in place since November of 2006 and as of this printing contains job postings from 82 different employers located all over Texas and in various states including Nevada, Maryland, Virginia and Hawaii.
Students accessing the database for the first time will need to register at the CareerLink Web site. A Web link to CareerLink is located on the Career Services homepage at www.uhv.edu/careerservices.
Elza dos Santos is a recruiter for The WorkSource, a public/private partnership providing a comprehensive human resource service for businesses and residents of the 13-county Houston-Galveston Gulf Coast region.
The NACE survey results provide an incentive for the University of Houston-Victoria Career Services department to assist students with their career planning.
The department's goal is to guide students and alumni in career planning by providing workshops and training to help link students with employers and to serve as a resource for professional development in students' desired fields.
"We are trying to find different ways to reach out to the students and provide them with a variety of learning opportunities so they can be competitive in the job marked. If we can give them a head's up of what to do we are hoping they can go on and be successful in their careers," Eunice Mesa, Career Services coordinator, said.
One new tool recently provided by Career Services is CareerLink, a UHV- sponsored job board where students and alumni can view jobs and post resumes. The job listings contain entries from employers in and beyond Victoria's 15-county region.
Mesa said,"CareerLink is a database system. Students are already uploaded in the system, so all they have to know is their student ID number and they can access it."
CareerLink has been in place since November of 2006 and as of this printing contains job postings from 82 different employers located all over Texas and in various states including Nevada, Maryland, Virginia and Hawaii.
Students accessing the database for the first time will need to register at the CareerLink Web site. A Web link to CareerLink is located on the Career Services homepage at www.uhv.edu/careerservices.
Elza dos Santos is a recruiter for The WorkSource, a public/private partnership providing a comprehensive human resource service for businesses and residents of the 13-county Houston-Galveston Gulf Coast region.