Graduation: December graduates begin hunt for future careers
Caroline Lockwood
Issue date: 11/30/07 Section: News
As the curtain closes on the fall semester and on the college years of winter graduates, the next step in life - a career - begins to unfold for the fresh alumni.
Some December graduates are still looking to find a place in the job market after walking across the stage.
Winny Wiszneauckas, a senior marketing/entrepreneurial management major, said she is still in the process of finding a job. Even though she graduates soon, she still isn't sure what the future holds for her.
"In the beginning of college, I imagined I would know what I was going to be doing with my life by now," Wiszneauckas said. "But that is not how it has worked out."
Finding a job is not the problem for Wiszneauckas. She said she has many options, and still has to do her second and third interviews with different companies located in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. For Wiszneauckas, choosing the job is the problem.
"I do have several options to choose from, but I am just trying to find the job that is the right fit for me," Wiszneauckas said.
Stephanie Sherwood, a senior social work major, said she has yet to apply for a job. Because she is not staying in the Metroplex, she said, it is more difficult to search for a job she wants.
"I plan on relocating to the New York-Boston area, so I haven't been able to see what is out there," Sherwood said.
Though neither has decided on a specific career, both Sherwood and Wiszneauckas said they know several people who were able to get jobs through contacts with professors and friends.
"I know professors who have helped students get offers by personally contacting employers on their behalf," Sherwood said. "I think it is very important to get these contacts when looking for a job."
Ben Tillman, associate professor of geography, said he tries to help students get jobs, as well as a spot in graduate school.
"More of our majors go to graduate school, so I write letters of recommendation if they ask me to," Tillman said. "If they ask me to do it, then I will."
Some December graduates are still looking to find a place in the job market after walking across the stage.
Winny Wiszneauckas, a senior marketing/entrepreneurial management major, said she is still in the process of finding a job. Even though she graduates soon, she still isn't sure what the future holds for her.
"In the beginning of college, I imagined I would know what I was going to be doing with my life by now," Wiszneauckas said. "But that is not how it has worked out."
Finding a job is not the problem for Wiszneauckas. She said she has many options, and still has to do her second and third interviews with different companies located in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. For Wiszneauckas, choosing the job is the problem.
"I do have several options to choose from, but I am just trying to find the job that is the right fit for me," Wiszneauckas said.
Stephanie Sherwood, a senior social work major, said she has yet to apply for a job. Because she is not staying in the Metroplex, she said, it is more difficult to search for a job she wants.
"I plan on relocating to the New York-Boston area, so I haven't been able to see what is out there," Sherwood said.
Though neither has decided on a specific career, both Sherwood and Wiszneauckas said they know several people who were able to get jobs through contacts with professors and friends.
"I know professors who have helped students get offers by personally contacting employers on their behalf," Sherwood said. "I think it is very important to get these contacts when looking for a job."
Ben Tillman, associate professor of geography, said he tries to help students get jobs, as well as a spot in graduate school.
"More of our majors go to graduate school, so I write letters of recommendation if they ask me to," Tillman said. "If they ask me to do it, then I will."
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