Building Professionalism in Building Professionalism in StudentsStudents

Julie Browning, MBA, CPA, CMAJulie Browning, MBA, CPA, CMA

Thursday, August 21Thursday, August 21

Why Professionalism?Why Professionalism?

Students need to learn how to Students need to learn how to be professional be professional

Students are more marketable if Students are more marketable if they are professional they are professional They will get jobsThey will get jobs

Employers will turn to CBU in Employers will turn to CBU in the future if they like the the future if they like the students they hired in the paststudents they hired in the past

ProfessionalismProfessionalism

Student related mattersStudent related matters Faculty related mattersFaculty related matters

Student RelatedStudent Related

How to get a jobHow to get a job How to networkHow to network Benefits of clubs and activitiesBenefits of clubs and activities How to turn in professional How to turn in professional

assignmentsassignments

How to Get a JobHow to Get a Job

Internet searchInternet search RecruitersRecruiters Job fairsJob fairs Meet the FirmsMeet the Firms Career Night Career Night

How to NetworkHow to Network

Know Know howhow to network, not just to network, not just what it meanswhat it means

Need to learn and practice Need to learn and practice beforebefore they need the skill for an they need the skill for an event or interviewevent or interview

Benefits of Clubs and Benefits of Clubs and ActivitiesActivities

Meet new people, new friendsMeet new people, new friends Meet people with the same Meet people with the same

Academic interests Academic interests Social interestsSocial interests

Professional AssignmentsProfessional Assignments

Provide appropriate guidelines Provide appropriate guidelines and expectations about and expectations about assignmentsassignments

APA/MLA formatAPA/MLA format RubricsRubrics Previous student examplesPrevious student examples Letter to students – upper Letter to students – upper

division exampledivision example

Faculty RelatedFaculty Related

Importance of career advisingImportance of career advising Identifying interested studentsIdentifying interested students Importance of storytellingImportance of storytelling Guest speakersGuest speakers Real world, not just theoryReal world, not just theory How to “Get ahead”How to “Get ahead” Rule enforcementRule enforcement Professional organizationsProfessional organizations Dress/attireDress/attire

Importance of Career AdvisingImportance of Career Advising

FormalFormal Provide guidance for students Provide guidance for students

based on their interestsbased on their interests Names of contacts and recruitersNames of contacts and recruiters AssignmentsAssignments

InformalInformal Talk about profession in the Talk about profession in the

classroomclassroom

Identifying Interested StudentsIdentifying Interested Students

Look at homework or test Look at homework or test gradesgrades

Build a rapport with the studentsBuild a rapport with the students

Importance of StorytellingImportance of Storytelling

Tell students about your Tell students about your experiences in the fieldexperiences in the field

Bring the profession aliveBring the profession alive

Guest SpeakersGuest Speakers

Give students a different Give students a different perspectiveperspective

Bring in a variety of guest Bring in a variety of guest speakers (if the syllabus speakers (if the syllabus permits)permits)

Real World, Not Just TheoryReal World, Not Just Theory

Real jobs are different than the Real jobs are different than the theory taught in classtheory taught in class

Tell them that!Tell them that!

How to “Get Ahead”How to “Get Ahead”

Each profession is differentEach profession is different In the business world, there are In the business world, there are

some common things students some common things students should knowshould know 40 hour work week40 hour work week 8 to 58 to 5 Be nice to…Be nice to… Prove yourselfProve yourself

Rule EnforcementRule Enforcement

There must be consequences in There must be consequences in courses because there are courses because there are consequences in the job marketconsequences in the job market Late assignmentsLate assignments Low quality assignmentsLow quality assignments CheatingCheating AbsencesAbsences Missing a testMissing a test

Professional OrganizationsProfessional Organizations

Be an example to your studentsBe an example to your students Encourage your students to Encourage your students to

attend and learn how to networkattend and learn how to network

Dress/AttireDress/Attire

Be an example to your studentsBe an example to your students Dress the way you would be Dress the way you would be

expected to dress in industry… expected to dress in industry… or better!or better!

In business, always dress one In business, always dress one level above your current positionlevel above your current position Why?Why?

SummarySummary

Student related mattersStudent related matters Faculty related mattersFaculty related matters

Student RelatedStudent Related

How to get a jobHow to get a job How to networkHow to network Benefits of clubs and activitiesBenefits of clubs and activities How to turn in professional How to turn in professional

assignmentsassignments

Faculty RelatedFaculty Related

Importance of career advisingImportance of career advising Identifying interested studentsIdentifying interested students Importance of storytellingImportance of storytelling Guest speakersGuest speakers Real world, not just theoryReal world, not just theory How to “Get ahead”How to “Get ahead” Rule enforcementRule enforcement Professional organizationsProfessional organizations Dress/attireDress/attire

ConclusionConclusion

Wisdom from Bill GatesWisdom from Bill Gates ““11 things students did not and 11 things students did not and

will not learn in school”will not learn in school”

11 Things11 Things

Rule 1Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used : Life is not fair - get used to it!to it!

Rule 2Rule 2: The world won't care : The world won't care about your self-esteem. The about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.you feel good about yourself.

11 Things (cont)11 Things (cont)

Rule 3Rule 3:  You will NOT make $60,000 :  You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both. phone until you earn both.

Rule 4Rule 4:  If you think your teacher is :  If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. tough, wait till you get a boss.

11 Things (cont)11 Things (cont)

Rule 5Rule 5:  Flipping burgers is not :  Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.  called it opportunity.  

Rule 6Rule 6: If you mess up,: If you mess up, it's not it's not your parents' faultyour parents' fault, so don't , so don't whine about your mistakes, whine about your mistakes, learn from them.   learn from them.  

11 Things (cont)11 Things (cont)

Rule 7Rule 7: Before you were born, your : Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet generation, try delousing the closet in your own room. in your own room.

11 Things (cont)11 Things (cont)

Rule 8Rule 8: Your school may have done : Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real resemblance to ANYTHING in real life. life.

11 Things (cont)11 Things (cont)

Rule 9Rule 9:  Life is not divided into :  Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.Do that on your own time.

Rule 10Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In : Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs. the coffee shop and go to jobs.

11 Things (cont)11 Things (cont)

Rule 11Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. : Be nice to nerds.  Chances are you'll end up  Chances are you'll end up working for one. working for one.

Questions?Questions?

Questions?Questions? Comments?Comments? Remarks?Remarks?