Career Center Final Project: At the Center Part1

Yesterday, around 2:30 p.m. i ventured into the career center to meet with the center's director, Marianna Savoca.

She and i spoke about the Center for more than an hour. I was given a tour of the facility, which has about a dozen conference rooms, three rooms to conduct "mock" interviews, ten or so computers for students to work at and a plethora of pamphlets and books about the wide world of careers.

She informed me that there are 15 employees to account for about 23,000 students.

Here is a list of some of the quotes that i took down during our meeting:

- Typically, there are "two types of clients that the Center interacts with. There are those students that are focused and know what they want to do and those students that are still exploring."
- "Our services are set with these two populations in mind."
- Focused Students - "We try to encourage the students who know what they want to take action and learn about the market and the top companies in the market they're interested in. It's an educational process."
- "One of the challenges you face with an intense marketing program like ours is getting all of the parties, the company, the students, the Career Center employees, to fit together in a nice package. We're like a giant dating service."

I set up a formal interview where i will be recording the conversation for this Thursday (tomorrow) at 2:30 in the afternoon. I will be interviewing Marianna and several of her employees.

Also, while i was there i was able to snap some photos of the Center and will be uploading them to by Yahoo Flickr account later this afternoon.

Lastly, i was informed of a "Career Decisions Clinic" for SBU juniors and seniors that the Center held today from 11:30 a.m. through 3:30pm. I decided to go to the event to shoot some B-Roll and try and interview some students, but i'll address that venture in my next post...