You can also say that Career Services constantly builds relationships with employers and career services will help a student become more marketable to a potential employer.
It is better to have the students to do there own research due to the fact that employers all pay differently based on job description and experience.
I have found it is always better to assume that the y are stiil interested in starting school unless they tell me otherwise.
our students are already working and they have incentive plans to get their degrees. I would refer them to their own human resource departments for wage information. I would tell a potential student that we do not have a placement program, but they could talk with their human resource department to see if there are any incentives for returning to school.
Kesha,
Career Services has so many resources and contacts. In today's world, networking is so integral to the employment process.
Spanser,
Career Services and Student Services are available to the student to assist them. You are right, there are no guarantees.
David,
Good advice. Career Services can be a wealth of information but it all comes down to the research by the student.
I always refer to career services as a tool to be used for their own career search for any opportunities. I also encourage their personal research on their own behalf as a first resort.
The majority of the students we receive at our campus are usually unemployed and desperate for a job, therefore questions about job placement are asked 9 times out of 10. with the training I've received its best to direct certain question such as job placement to the Career Service department.. Make it clear to the perspective student job placement is not a guarantee here nor is it at any campus, and any campus that claims such is providing false information.
I agree! We simply tell them the benefits of career services and what resources are available to them through the office.
Alex,
That would be misleading.
We never promise a student a job
Matthew,
This where honesty and integrity are so important. If we skim past the realities and the rigors of the program, we are misleading the student and setting a course of failure.
Renee,
This is where Financial Aid or the Business Office can assist in these personal financial decisions.
When asked that particular question I say " I really don't know your goals, interests and abilities well enough yet to answer that question in a meaningful way, but during our conversation here at the school we can address that issue and also involve a representative from our career services department. On a daily basis they assist our students etc etc etc
We state to our potential students, that we are not obligated to place them in a job, also that is a very good point to tell the students to research with other stylist on how much they will expect to make upon graduation. That means that you will not be giving mis leading information to the students regarding salaries.
Mike,
Students often come with different expectations of what the educational processis. This is where the admissions rep needs bring realistic representations of the process.
Arielys,
Quote the rule in Fair Consumer Practices (which should also appear in the catalog) regarding the restraints of non-fluent English speakers in employment.
Heather,
Students should be ready to complete their own research. Quoting salaries is often considered misleading unless by reputable resources such as BlS.
We do not discuss potential salary at all with a student. We encourage them to do their own research with BLS and local area sites linked to BLS.
