NWTC - Career Services

SC-235

Michael Rusboldt

Manager, Student Employment

Attributes Needed ...

Focus on your most important employment goal

Always strive to improve yourself (multi-skilled)

Have passion for what you do so that you overachieve

Persist because there’s no overnight success

Accept constructive criticism

Push yourself mentally

DO NOT GIVE UP - ALWAYS KEEP TRYING

What ?

Five P’s That Can Lead To Positive Results

Prior PreparationPrevents

Poor Performance!!!---------------------------------------------

Always use good body languageKeep good eye contact, smile, nod your head once in a while, face the person to whom you are

speaking, remain silent while someone is talking to you – don’t interrupt---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

FaceBook or MySpace accounts ---Email Addresses & Answering Machine Messages

Graduate Follow-Up Study Data

2008 Graduates 6-Month Study

2003 Graduates 5-Year Study

1998 Graduates 10-Year Study

Overall Employment Rate - 200877.5% Employed Related

92.5%

7.5% Seeking Employment

Employed

Steps To Finding Employment

• Prepare a professional resume and cover letter, and practice your interviewing skills

• Perform company Web site searches

• Target Market • Take along resume/cover letter

• Search the Job Center of Wisconsin

• Search the Nation Job Network

• Attend and Participate in Job/Career Fairs