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Hello.

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Today, I would like to introduce
you to the Career Development

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Center.

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We are located in
Kettler Hall, room 109,

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which is behind the
student services desk.

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And you can always email
us if you have questions

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at careercenter@pfw.edu.

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Each of our staff is assigned as
a liaison to different colleges

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and departments or groups
of students on campus.

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You can feel free to meet with
any of the staff in our office,

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but these particular students
are or these particular staff

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are experts in the areas related
to what you might be studying.

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So when possible,
I would suggest

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trying to meet
with your liaison,

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but if their schedule
doesn't match with yours,

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it's fine to meet with
another member of our staff.

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There are three ways
that we serve students

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through career exploration,
career readiness development,

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and employer connections.

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In terms of career exploration,
one of the most useful tools

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we have is the Type Focus 7.

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This is free to students.

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And it's located on your
Career Development tab.

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You can take this assessment.

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And then it will ask
you some questions

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and guide you
towards careers that

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might be a good fit for you.

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You can then have
the opportunity to

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through the links they
provide do some exploration

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into those different
types of careers.

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And there are six
steps to this tool

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that you'll be able to
use throughout your time

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here at Purdue Fort Wayne.

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And it will take you
through everything

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once you've kind of selected
a couple careers you're

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interested in and walk you
through kind of the roadmap

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to how you would get there.

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It talks about how to
prepare for interviews

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and has a lot of
useful information

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that you can continue to access
throughout your time here.

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Once you've completed
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I would recommend coming in
for an individual appointment,

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where one of our staff
can kind of really

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walk you through the results
and help you dig into what

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those results show and what
information you can take away

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from it.

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If you complete
the Type Focus 7,

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and you feel like
you just don't have

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enough in-depth
information, we do offer

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to other assessments
that are more in depth.

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There is a $25 fee for those.

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And you would take those
through the testing

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center at Purdue Fort Wayne.

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Another way we help
with career exploration

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are the Immersion Excursions.

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These are essentially
company visits.

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They'll give you the opportunity
to go on site to accompany

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and explore what their
workplace looks and feels like,

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what's the company culture.

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There are a variety of
different work environments

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in our community.

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And one of the things
that will really help you

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with your career exploration
is determining what type

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of an environment
you want to work in

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once you're done with school.

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So this is a great way
to start that process.

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We also offer informational
interviews and job shadows.

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I highly recommend
this for everyone

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if you know or think what
you want to do after school,

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but you haven't
really taken the time

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to talk with someone
who works in that field.

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It's critically important
that you do that early

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on in your college career.

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This was a great
chance for you to talk

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with that person about what
they love about their career,

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what they don't like
about it, what they wish

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they knew before
they started or what

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tips they might have for you
on how to get you started.

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So it's a great way to
start to build a network,

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make connections,
and really find out

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if the path you're
headed down is

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going to be a good fit for you.

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If you need help finding
people to connect with

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to do the informational
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our office can help with that.

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In terms of career
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we focus all of our programming
or base all of our programming

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on the NACE competencies.

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NACE is the National Association
of Colleges and Employers.

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They've surveyed employers
around the country who

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have basically established
eight competencies that they

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say are needed for success
and that are the most sought

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after by employers,
regardless of the field

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or the industry or the position.

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So we base everything
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of these eight competencies.

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We offer workshops.

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We have a general series of
workshops open to all students

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called Path to Your Future.

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There will be several
of those each semester.

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And the topics vary, anything
from how to develop an elevator

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pitch to handle
salary negotiations,

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to how artificial intelligence
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We also do a number of
workshops within student groups

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or Resource Center, such as
TRIO or the Resource Center,

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the International
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So be sure to watch for us.

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We'll be popping up here and
there within student groups

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that you're involved with.

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We have the Endorsed
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is a strategic program
designed to help students

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meet those NACE competencies.

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It's a program that you
can start as a freshman

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and work through a little
bit of it each semester.

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There are two levels.

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The first is Intern Ready.

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And the second is Career Ready.

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If you complete
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will classify you as Endorsed.

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And we will do our part to
give you special recognition

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and promote you to employers.

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It's a great way to really
develop those competencies

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and skill sets and then
be able to market yourself

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to employers.

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It's a great thing to put on
your resume and on LinkedIn.

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And it uses a software
that's kind of fun

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and you earn badges.

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So it's a great way
to really develop

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those career competencies.

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So be sure to sign up for that.

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The Mastodon Career
Closet is where

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you can go if you
need help knowing

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what to wear for a particular
professional event.

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Maybe you have an interview.

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Maybe you're going
to the career fair.

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You're not sure what's
appropriate to wear.

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We can help with that.

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In addition, we also have
clothes you can borrow.

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So maybe you don't own
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You just need to borrow some.

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We can do that, or maybe you've
got the outfit almost put

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together, but you're missing
that one piece that you

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need to complete the outfit.

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Perhaps, we can help
you with that as well.

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Simply email
careercloset@pfw@edu,

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and we can help you with those
professional clothing needs.

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The National Student
Exchange is a great way

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to develop cultural competencies
by living in a different part

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of the country.

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You can also explore
career options

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that might be more prevalent
in other parts of the country.

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So you could go take
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Go to a particular
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where that career
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and learn more about it.

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And the great thing
is that while you're

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attending these other schools,
you still pay the Purdue Fort

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Wayne tuition rates.

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This program is
housed in our office.

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We have had some students who
have also done internships

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while they were studying away.

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So be sure to reach out if you
are interested in the National

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Student Exchange Program.

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Our office will also
coordinate internships

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and cooperative education.

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We can help you know where
to look for internships,

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connect you with employers,
make sure your resume is looking

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good, and you're
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before you have them.

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Most of our
internships are paid.

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We do have a few, a handful
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working for some nonprofits.

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But for the most part,
internships are paid.

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And it's important to remember
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an internship needs to
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even if that course is
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but internships are very
important in developing

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that relevant experience
so that employers

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are going to be looking for.

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And it is one of the top
things that employers

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say they're looking
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are hiring recent graduates.

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So make sure that
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to have that internship
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experience as part of
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The other thing we do is to help
connect students to employers.

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It's important that you start
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to build your network
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with different organizations in
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So on Tuesdays, select
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on the first floor
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we have what we call
Tuesday Talent Launch.

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We will bring in three to six
different employers, agencies,

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organizations, who are looking
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Some are looking for volunteers.

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Some have part-time jobs
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Some are looking for interns.

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Some want to talk about career
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So make sure on those
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stop by the first floor Kettler
and take a few minutes to talk

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to these different employers.

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We also offered the
Career Connections Series,

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which is where we will
bring a single employer in

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for about an hour.

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And students can sign up
if they want to know more

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about that particular employer.

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It's a great chance for one
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or sometimes they'll
bring a couple of people

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from the company
to talk about what

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they do, what it's
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what's their company
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Do they offer any internships?

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What do they look
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just a great chance

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for students to start to
make those connections

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with representatives
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can be really
beneficial when you

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do go to apply for an
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We also offer career
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We have the Mastodon Internship
Fair strictly focused

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on helping students
find internships

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for the following
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And then we will do some
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for computer science majors.

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So these are important
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The main thing I want to
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is that career fairs are
networking opportunities.

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They are not designed
to be just for people

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looking for an internship
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at that point in time.

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The employers expect to meet
with students from all grade

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levels, people who are
interested in internship

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right now or who might be ready
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or so.

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So take advantage
of these events

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and make sure you attend and
talk to as many employers

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as you can to learn more about
what the opportunities are

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that are out there and what
they're looking for so that you

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will make sure that
you have whatever

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it is they're looking
for and that you're

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prepared when you are ready to
apply for jobs or internships.

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So we have a lot going on.

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And you are going
to want to make sure

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that when our events are,
and when we have employers

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on campus or what
the latest internship

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or job openings
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And we have several ways
to help you stay connected.

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Every other week we send
out the Connect Newsletter.

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It is designed for each
college specifically.

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So you'll get the
version for the college

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that you're associated with
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The jobs that are posted
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but it's a great way for you
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Even if at the
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not looking for
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I encourage you to
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and read those job descriptions,
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start to read
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will understand what
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going to have those skills
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it comes time for you to
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In addition, you can
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We're purduefwcareer.

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follow us for sure.

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openings, and
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When you log in to gopfw,
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This is a great resource.

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You're going to want to spend
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in here.

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There's a link there where
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with our office.

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The Type Focus 7, that
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the link to that is there.

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Our career guide, the
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how to put together
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to prepare for an interview.

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There's a lot of
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and start looking
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Handshake is the platform
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We use Handshake to post
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you can use that to sign up for
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they're going to be
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they're going to be
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You can create a
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You can upload your
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You can choose to make
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who might be looking.

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they all have profiles
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about them in Handshake.

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So it's a very useful tool.

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and learning more
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advantage of the resources
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Our office is very
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a welcoming supportive
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for all students.

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We have created a diversity
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related to career information,
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So definitely visit our website.

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And we have resources there
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And we hope that you will take
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This is one of our
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We've had a lot of
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but Daniel was a international
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here at Purdue Fort Wayne,
he connected with our office.

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He came to one of our workshops.

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He came and met, had
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And he's just continued
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and has really prepared
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gotten himself connected with
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and organizations
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and lined himself up
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he's been very, very successful.

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And I hope that
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connecting with us early on.

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Really career development
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happens over several years.

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It's not something that
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So it's important that you don't
wait until your senior year

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to start connecting
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We want to see you
right away, helping you

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sort through kind
of what direction

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you want to go with your
career, whether you're exploring

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a lot of options, or you've
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but you want to get a little
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OK, you have an idea of what
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but what do you need
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and then to make
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to make sure you get that
great job offer that you want,

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and all those kinds of things.

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So definitely connect
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Thank you, and I wish
you all the best.