By Brian Ray
Students may find the job-seeking process a little simpler with a newly unveiled Web site, which compiles career information for on and off-campus fields.
The University of Louisville Career Development Center’s Web site will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week through Symplicity, an online, personal career management system. The system will allow students to browse thousands of on and off-campus jobs in a variety of fields, as well as enable employers and students to connect with one another, according to the center.
This is a big change from what students have been offered. In fact, for the last three-and-a-half years there has not been a career development center at U of L.
Leslye Erickson, the new and current director for the Career Development Center, is responsible for the new center Web site.
“This is a slowly re-emerging service that has been missed terribly,” said Erickson. “Symplicity will become a conduit to help employees find employers and employers find students.”
Employers looking for students and graduates can post thousands of jobs ranging from on and off-campus part time, work study, full time, internship, cooperative education and summer positions online. Students can then browse the listings and search for a job. Also, students will be able to submit resumes to companies online.
Michelle Strickland, a sophomore political science major, is a student assistant and entering her second year working in the library. She is on the federal work study program, which uses student labor to pay for tuition. “They schedule me between and after my classes,” Strickland said. “They know when I can work and are very flexible. Also, it’s an easy way to get homework done and an excellent way to get resources for research papers.”
According to Erickson, students and employers have been asking for an easier way to communicate. The Career Development Center will attempt to meet the demand by offering U of L students and alumni one-on-one career counseling and free workshops. The workshops will address the process of exploring, deciding and managing student’s unique career goals during college and after graduation, according to the center.
The U of L Career Development Center is still under construction, but will be located in the basement of the Houchens Building LL04/03, or online at http://www.campuslife.louisville.edu/career
