With the semester coming to a close, and students graduating this weekend, minds are centered around finding a job. The UW-Platteville Career Center hosted Job Search Boot Camp April 28-30 to help alleviate the pressure that students may feel when searching for job.

Jennifer Artz and Michelle Herzberg put the event together in hopes to help students in the future job search process. The purpose of the event is to help students build a résumé, where to start looking for jobs, interviewing and deciding on a job offer.

“There are a number of students that don’t know where to start on their job search process,” Artz said.
Artz said there are five major suggestions they are giving students: Polish your résumé, get your grade point average high and maintain it, practice for interviews, do research, make compromises and ask the company critical questions like: Location, benefits and salary.

“Be realistic when answering these questions for yourself,” Artz said.  “[The questions] are difficult things to think about, but they are important things to ponder as you start your job search.”

The Career Center is  for students to be educated about the career search process.  The center is always encouraging students to stop in for information or help.

“No matter if a student is a freshman or May graduate, the services provided by the career center are available to the student to use,” Diana Trendt, interim director of the Career Center, said.

For students who missed the event, or want more information, they can contact the Career Center at 342-1183.

“The Career Center creates connections to the world of work providing students and employers with opportunities to connect with each other,” Trendt said.