1996_09 The Daily Collegian September 1996

              .September 11.1996_
Uhuru Na Umoja
Page 4
This Fall, Planning a Successful Job Search at Fresno
State Will be as Easy as Surfing the Internet
Donna Grossman
StudentCenter.com
New York, N.Y.-
Most of the students return¬
ing to California State Uni¬
versity, Fresno are busy the
first week -not with school or
studying of course, but with
setting up their dorm rooms,
fraternity houses and apart¬
ments, and dreaming of the
partying that will occur dur¬
ing the next few weeks. Few
students have their minds set
on anything more serious
than what type of beer they
will be drinking when the sun
goes down.
*By the time Thanks¬
giving break and the reality
of final exams roll around,
•however, the tide will turn as
an increasing number of stu¬
dents succumb to life's more
pressing issues- like coming
up with money to pay long-
ignored credit card and phone
bills.
Such concerns about
money (or lack thereof) inevi¬
tably force college students to
embark on a search for a -dare
we even mention it- summer
or post-graduation job. For
decades and generations of
college students, this annual
search for cushy, high paying
jobs has been branded one of
college life's least enjoyable
experiences. All too common
were memories of gloomy
campus career centers, seem¬
ingly unproductive meetings
with guidance counselors and
endless hours spent leafing
through boring literature
about undesirable jobs.
But now, just in time
for the upcoming semster, re¬
lief has arrived for Fresno
State students who want a job
and need a job, but are not
exactly sure where or how to
find that job. Thanks to the
wonders of modern technol¬
ogy, thousands of students on
campuses across the country
are realizing that the once-
agonizing process of finding
the ultimate position is now
as simple as surfing the In¬
ternet.
Simply by visiting
h t t p : / /
www.studentcenter.com on
the World Wide Web, Fresno
State students can arm them¬
selves with everything they
need to know about pin¬
pointing and landing the
most coveted employment
positions. From the initial
task of writing an effective
resume during the sopho¬
more year to dressing appro¬
priately for interviews in the
senior year,
StudentCenter.com takes
students on a virtual step-by-
step tour of the career-plan¬
ning and job-search process.
"Finding a job can be
a complex, time-intensive
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WE NEED TO BE HEARD
By: Sherry L Harris
Communications Manager
Our African Ameri¬
can ancestors felt it was
important to obtain political
power. They fought long
and hard for the right to
vote. They fought for you
and me! How are you, as
an African American
citizen, showing your
respect for your ancestors,
your children, yourself, and
your community as a
whole? What will you say,
to your children when they
ask you questions about the
political issues facing them
today and in the future?
What will you say to your
children when they express
their frustrations about the
injustices of life? More
importantly, what will you
say to yourself? Will you
become a citizen who
simply sits around the
dinner table and voices his/
her frustrations among your
family and places blame in
every direction? I certainly
hope your frustrations and
dreams aren't washed away
with the dinner dishes.
You've been given
the opportunity to vote and
help elect politicians you
feel will have the capability
of representing your views
and ensuring your Ameri¬
can dreams. Please take the
time out to inform yourself
and your neighbors about
the issues. Please don't
take the process of voting
for granted. It is pertinent
that each of us takes the
time out on November 5,
1996 to vote. In order to
vote legally, one must be
registered by October 5,
1996. As a reminder to
transfer students and
unregistered voters,
please be sure to re¬
register or register with
your current addresses.
There are many
reasons why people fail to
vote. Many citizens have
come to the decision that
voting is unimportant,
which isn't so. Many feel a
sense of frustration with the
political process as a whole.
There's the assumption that
one vote will not make a
difference and it will not
change anything. Citizens
may or may not be satisfied
with the candidates of
choice. Most citizens are
not well informed about the
political issues. There may
be an inability to commute
to the polls. There may also
be the inability to read,
speak, or understand En¬
glish well enough to com¬
prehend a ballot. Whatever
your reason may he, you
must still take the time out
to vote!
Please see VOTING
page 5
scavenger hunt," explained
Eve L. Yolahem, the Presi¬
dent of StudentCenter.com.
"But it doesn't necessarily
have to be that way. Rather
than pouring through out¬
dated directories and diffi¬
cult to access CD-ROMs,
students can finally find one-
stop information shopping at
StudentCenter.com."
Unlike many other
career sites on the Web,
StudentCenter.com is geared
toward assisting only col¬
lege-aged students with their
career planning activities. At
the Web site, students can
read career-related, submit
questions to carer planning
experts, take mock inter¬
views and obtain free back¬
ground profiles on more than
35,000 companies that offer
entry-level jobs and intern¬
ship opportunities in 1,000
different industries.
And now, the new
"Dean's list" section of
StudentCenter.com allows
students to browse through
a listing of the best career-
related Web sites in more
than 30 different categories,
including resume building,
networking and specific job
openings. The Dean's List
takes into account the grow¬
ing difficulty of navigating
through the endless number
of sites on the ever-growing
Web, and provides an exclu¬
sive list of. only those elec¬
tronic career services worth
visiting. ?
Since
StudentCenter.com has no
membership costs, pass¬
words or other restrictions,
Fresno State students are free
to begin their job search any¬
time -24 hours a day, 7 days
a week- by visiting http://
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