Hi Debra,
You're welcome! THank you for cheering me on. I wish you all the best in your role as well. I'm sure we can definitely be resourves for one another. I've started taking the CS101 course and so far it's been really good. It's the one about setting up an Effective Career Services Department. Have you taken that course yet? Sor far, it's been really helpfuly for me because I've been able to identify things that my CAreer Services Department has already implemented and would be good to implement.
Since our campus is so new, there's not a lot of resources in my Career Services Department, so I'm going to have to work on gathering industry specific information (the Occuplational Handback from the Department of Labor), professional development resources and books that students and graduates could find helpful in their career development.
Since there has not been a permanent person in my role and my manager is actually not a CAreer SErvices manager, it's been interesting having to sometimes explain why I'm advocating certain resources for the Department. That is one of the reasons I wanted to join this group; to have association from other Career Services professionals, and to share resources with others, but most importantly, to grow in my industry and to be able to apply what I'm learning at my university.
What are you hoping to accomplish in your early stages of setting up a Career Services Department?
I look forward to hearing from you.
Ryan Parks
