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by ALYSSA MATTY
Intern Lifestyles Reporter
The Career Development Center has made many improvements to its technology since last school year.
According to CDC’s mission, “our staff works to develop the career and professional skills of students, and facilitates unions between our students and employers that benefit the state as a whole.”
The improvements made in the CDC are helping to provide just that.
“We want to make it
easy for alumni and students with busy schedules,” Career Counselor
Liaison to the College of Education, Virginia E. Page said.
The CDC
offers a variety of services built to assist busy students and alumni
with finding a career that suits them inside, as well as outside of the
office.
There
are five counselors who assist students from each college within
Appalachian State University in their journey towards finding a career.
Not only
has the CDC received four new Apple Macintosh and Dell computers for
students to use, the center has also made additions to their Web site
to make it more dynamic by providing services such as Skype and Career
Gear.
For employers who cannot make it to campus, Skype allows them to interview Appalachian students from their computer.
The CDC
provides computers in each of the seven interview rooms equipped with
brand new Logitech Web cams for students to use for mock interviews
critiqued by counselors and interviews with actual employers.
Students are no longer limited to employers who are only available to set up an interview in Boone.
“Technology
is bridging the gap between employers and students caused by an ever
increasing energy crisis,” Instructional Technologist Josh L. Silvey
said.
Silvey also expects the demand for the technological services to increase as the cost of energy goes up.
Career
Gear was written for Appalachian State University by Electronic Student
Services and allows students to view where certain interviews are, post
their resumes and allow the viewer to sign up for interviews.
From
June 6, 2007 to June 6, Career Gear has had 2,061 jobs posted, 1,693
new students, and 560 new employers, according to the CDC Technology
Blog.
Something Silvey hopes to see for the future is online job fairs.
The CDC is working towards a goal “to make sure that every service offered in the center is offered online,” Silvey said.
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