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CAREER FAIR
Fall 2013 Events
Career Awareness Week will be held September 9-13 (locations and times to be announced)
- Resume Writing/Review
- Business Etiquette Dinner
- Dress For Success Seminar
Career and Professional Development Achievement Certificates will be given to participants
- Fall Career Fair at Mercedes Benz Superdome October 2-3, 2013
- Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) Law School Recruitment Forum – October 12th – Houston, TX – Pre-registration Required
- Bleu Pride Graduate and Professional School Fair - Student Union - Friday, October 25th.
- Alumni Career Network Programming – September 17, 19/24, 26 (locations and times TBA)
- Social Justice Collaborative with First Year Experience – September 25-26 – featuring Jamie Washington (tentative)
- HBCU Marketplace – November 6-8 - Washington, DC – Applications and Resumes must be submitted
For more information, contact:
Carretta A. Cooke
Director, Center for Career and Professional Development
Phone: 504-816-4222
Fax: 504-816-4885
Email: ccooke@dillard.edu
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CCPD Mission Statement
The Center for Career and Professional Development (CCPD) empowers students to optimize their professional and life potential through career exploration, experiential learning, and connections with employers and opportunities.
Career Exploration
Provide tools to enable students to make informed decisions regarding careers and majors.
Offer workshops and seminars that will assist with developing sound strategies for career choice.
Expose students to various career options based on major and persona interest.
Graduate and Professional School
Assists with awareness regarding graduate and professional schools.
Gives opportunities for graduate and professional school test preparation.
Law School Admission Test Preparation
Graduate Record Examination
Medical College Admission Test
Guide students to create bridges of understanding about major selections, career choice, and graduate school.
Engage graduate school admission staff to recruit on campus.
Encourage student participation in graduate school and professional school fairs; on and off campus.
Internship opportunities
Create viable and meaningful opportunities to gain career experience.
Allows students to explore career options.
Expose students to corporate and non-profit culture.
Offer seminars on career and professional development.
Community Service Program
Collaborate with the Office of Student Engagement to give students real world meaningful experience in the community.
Identifies possible career options for DU students.
Helps students meet required community service time (120 hours).
Dillard University Alumni Career Network
New initiative-partnership with the Office of Alumni- Fall 2013. Designed to give DU alumni and current students and opportunity to explore various careers options.
Alumni will outreach to students to provide the following services/activities:
Informational Interviews Alumni Career Fairs Job Shadowing Mentoring Network events Living The Legacy Conference -A professional conference for DU alumni and current students
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November is National Career Development Month
The HBCU Career Center has created a list of career strategies -
1. Set personal goals!
2. Stay away from those who say "You Can't" when you know you can.
3. Plan and prepare for the long haul. The race is not always for the swift.
4. To land a really meaningful job, prepare for a really tough interview.
5. Keep improving through the job search and beyond; don't believe you know enough.
Download more information here...
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