On-campus Career Events
SPRING WORKSHOP SERIES:
Interviewing Skills Workshop
- Thursday, March 25, 11:00-11:50 a.m. - Batten Center 228
- Tuesday, April 20, 11:00-11:50 a.m. - Batten Center 228
Choosing a Major Workshop - with PIZZA!
- Tuesday, March 30, 11:00-11:50 a.m. - Batten Center 228
- RSVP to Career Services by Friday, 3/26 so we order enough pizza for you!
Resume Writing Workshop
- Tuesday, April 6, 11:00-11:50 a.m. - Batten Center 228
Graduate School Decisions and Applications: "Looking Ahead to Fall"
- Thursday, April 15, 11:00-11:50 a.m. - Batten Center 228
VFIC-CAREER 15 Registration
- Students, register and post your resume with Career 15!
- All NEW registrants (this semester), and ALL registrants who have posted their resume online with Career 15 will be eligible for a drawing for a $100 Target Gift Card.
- For registration assistance, a Career 15 Registration Table will be available in Batten Student Center, Wednesday, April 7, from 3:00-5:00 p.m. or you can register anytime from any computer at www.Career15.com.
SENIOR S.O.S.
- Ready. Set. Go!
- Seniors, get information to prepare you for Life after VWC: job search strategies, budgeting guidelines, financial planning tips, how to establish yourself in a new job, and more! Pizza & beverages will be served.
- Thursday, April 1, 5:00-6:30 p.m. - Location: Pearce Hospitality Suite, Batten Student Center, 2nd Floor
On-campus Recruiters
Ocean Breeze Waterpark
- Recruiting on campus for part-time & seasonal lifeguard, admissions, food & beverage administration, and many more positions.
- Visit their table in Batten Student Center on Tuesday, April 13, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Local/Regional Job Fairs
(Click on the hyperlink for more information about these events.)
Off-campus Career Events
Dale Carnegie of Eastern Virginia Annual Essay Contest
- The purpose of this contest is to remind students of the importance of face-to-face communication in a world where technological communication is taking over.
- Any Virginia Wesleyan Student may enter. Essays must be 700 words or less. The name of the essay will be: The Importance of People Skills in Today's Business World.
- All essays must be submitted electronically to paul_ariola@dalecarnegie.com by midnight March 31, 2010. Essays will be graded on grammar, punctuation, and relevance. Plagarism is cause for automatic disqualification. Winners will be notified no later than April 30, 2010. First prize: Scholarship valued at $1,695 for Dale Carnegie Course (valid for one year). Second prize: Audio CD set of "How to Win Friends and Influence People." Third prize: "The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking," by Dale Carnegie.