After graduation and a career
Once a student graduates it is his/her responsibility to actively seek a career. Do you think some students believe it is solely up to the career services department to help with resumes and job placement? If so, does this reflect badly on the institution if a job is not found?
Jacqueline,
We cannot make any promises or guarantees when it comes to job placement. We can provide the student with credible resources and encourage them to research their career on their own.
Patty Aronoff
Career prospects and placement is a question that often comes up in the initial interview. Since we do not place students in a job, and the career they are choosing to attain is very competetive, we tread lightly on this subject. Again, we do not want to make any false promises or be held responsible for making a positive/promising statement to encourage a somewhat apprehensive student that could come back to haunt us. Suggestions and reference materials to help in that process are touched on during admissions, but are stressed that at the end of the course the instructor will go further in-depth for the students as a whole.
Helmi,
You are very correct! We cannot guarantee and should not even venture down that road. We do need to provide placement services for our students.
Patty Aronoff
This is a point that really needs to be stressed when enrolling a student. The last thing you want is a student saying that someone gaureented a job. Students need to know that those servcies you mentioned are offered but its the students future so they need to take ownership and not only find a job but prepare for the workforce and Career servcies will do just that, prepare them for the workforce. It's a partnership so a student needs to work closely with the Career service dept to make thier dreams come true.
Li,
Some schools work diligently to make the test part of the school experience. For example, proctoring the test at the school, including testing in the tuition, submitting the paperwork, etc.
Patty Aronoff
Warren,
That is an excellent practice paving the road to their next job.
Patty Aronoff
sonia,
So exciting! This is an excellent example of how alumni can be a huge asset to the school.
Patty Aronoff
My question is: In order of a "Graduate" from our institution to legally be employed, he/she is required to pass a "National" test, and apply for a license, if a student does not take the test and/or doesn't apply for state licensing, we can not "Place" them. We have been informed by the DoE that if our "Placement" falls below certain levels, we will be place in a "Placement rehabilitation" program. How do we avoid such a scenario?
We have our Career Services Director speak to any prospective students that tour our school and He always speaks to the incoming class on thier first day.
We have a lot of graduates that own their own salons, so we place our graduates in these salons, its very important to keep in contact with your students, we also keep their information and stay in contact with them for at least a year.
Lindsay,
No, we can't do it for them. After all, it's their career...
Patty Aronoff
ashley,
We cannot guarantee our students a job. Our schools offer placement assistance in interviews, resumes, mock interviews, etc. it is in the best interest of all involved to place that student. Plus it is just good business.
Patty Aronoff
We have a separate Career Management Center through our school that does a lot of work with our students in order to help them in their careers, especially after graduation. However, a lot of students do believe that it's solely up to the department to get them a job after the program, rather than putting in a lot of the work themselves. We also have prospective students who want to attend our program solely for the purpose of working with some of our CMC staff in order to find a new job, rather than for the educational opportunity.
