WEBVTT - This file was automatically generated by VIMEO 0 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:03.300 As an English major, I took a career development class that 1 00:00:03.300 --> 00:00:06.700 helped develop a resume, a digital portfolio and it 2 00:00:06.700 --> 00:00:10.100 ended with a senior showcase that helped 3 00:00:09.100 --> 00:00:12.400 you meet potential employers and people 4 00:00:12.400 --> 00:00:15.700 in the career development who could help launch 5 00:00:15.700 --> 00:00:18.400 your career. The career development class really just 6 00:00:18.400 --> 00:00:21.600 kind of walked you through all the different elements of what is 7 00:00:21.600 --> 00:00:24.200 going to be happening your when you're starting your 8 00:00:24.200 --> 00:00:28.200 career search and when you're starting your career, like advice to 9 00:00:27.200 --> 00:00:30.400 give you to succeed that way. This 10 00:00:30.400 --> 00:00:33.400 class gave me the confidence and the tools to 11 00:00:33.400 --> 00:00:34.000 be able to do that. 12 00:00:35.300 --> 00:00:38.200 As a criminology and sociology major at Dominican University, 13 00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:41.200 the career development program helped me 14 00:00:41.200 --> 00:00:44.900 with my resume, my cover letter, my interviewing skills 15 00:00:44.900 --> 00:00:47.600 and connections to different opportunities 16 00:00:47.600 --> 00:00:49.700 and that helped me land my 17 00:00:50.800 --> 00:00:53.600 internship at juvenile probation Circuit 18 00:00:53.600 --> 00:00:53.600 Court. 19 00:00:54.400 --> 00:00:57.000 Interviews or just personal statements, stuff that I 20 00:00:57.100 --> 00:00:59.300 had to write about myself, I had a hard time 21 00:01:00.300 --> 00:01:03.300 talking about that. And in interviews they always tell you, so like tell 22 00:01:03.300 --> 00:01:05.700 me your strengths, tell me your weaknesses. And those are the things that 23 00:01:06.600 --> 00:01:07.000 really, 24 00:01:08.900 --> 00:01:11.300 they threw me off, you know, I didn't know how to speak about 25 00:01:11.300 --> 00:01:15.800 myself and with this career class and 26 00:01:14.800 --> 00:01:17.400 the past one. I 27 00:01:17.400 --> 00:01:20.200 feel like I'm more comfortable in talking 28 00:01:20.200 --> 00:01:22.100 about my past experiences. I have more 29 00:01:22.900 --> 00:01:25.800 knowledge about how to say things. 30 00:01:25.800 --> 00:01:28.500 As a biology major I 31 00:01:28.500 --> 00:01:31.900 was interested in taking these Career Development courses because 32 00:01:31.900 --> 00:01:34.900 they provide students with information and 33 00:01:34.900 --> 00:01:37.800 guidance on how to write resumes 34 00:01:37.800 --> 00:01:41.100 and cover letters and how to interview properly. 35 00:01:40.100 --> 00:01:43.200 Before these Career Development classes, I did not 36 00:01:43.200 --> 00:01:46.000 have a LinkedIn or Handshake account. I was able 37 00:01:46.300 --> 00:01:49.700 to make one through these classes and make it professional and 38 00:01:49.700 --> 00:01:52.500 ready to apply to jobs. 39 00:01:52.500 --> 00:01:55.300 I'm a fashion merchandising and marketing double major 40 00:01:55.300 --> 00:01:59.100 at Dominican University and the career 41 00:01:58.100 --> 00:02:01.200 development classes really helped me 42 00:02:01.200 --> 00:02:04.900 fine tune my professionalism, my 43 00:02:04.900 --> 00:02:07.700 resume, especially my 44 00:02:07.700 --> 00:02:10.700 public speaking. The executives in 45 00:02:10.700 --> 00:02:13.600 residents really work with every student 46 00:02:13.600 --> 00:02:16.600 individually to help them identify their 47 00:02:16.600 --> 00:02:19.900 strengths, how to work on their weaknesses, how to 48 00:02:19.900 --> 00:02:22.400 explain their weaknesses 49 00:02:22.900 --> 00:02:26.400 to employers and how they grew from them, which 50 00:02:25.400 --> 00:02:27.900 is often an interview question. 51 00:02:29.100 --> 00:02:32.800 For the last career development class for our 52 00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:35.200 senior year, we compile everything we have 53 00:02:35.200 --> 00:02:38.800 been working on through our time at Dominican into a 54 00:02:38.800 --> 00:02:41.900 portfolio website that we then invited 55 00:02:41.900 --> 00:02:44.600 Dominican faculty and staff and 56 00:02:44.600 --> 00:02:47.600 potential employers to come look at. We essentially 57 00:02:47.600 --> 00:02:50.400 gave an elevator pitch of what 58 00:02:50.400 --> 00:02:53.600 was on our portfolio and how it contributed to 59 00:02:53.600 --> 00:02:56.600 our professional skills, which was 60 00:02:56.600 --> 00:03:00.000 made to help us for the interview process once 61 00:02:59.200 --> 00:03:00.600 we graduate. 62 00:03:01.900 --> 00:03:05.000 So within the professional development class, I 63 00:03:04.400 --> 00:03:07.500 worked with an expert in the field 64 00:03:07.500 --> 00:03:11.500 who helped strengthen my resume, taught me 65 00:03:11.500 --> 00:03:13.200 how to conduct an informational interview, 66 00:03:14.300 --> 00:03:17.900 taught me how to negotiate when offered a position, and also 67 00:03:17.900 --> 00:03:20.700 give me confidence during an interview. 68 00:03:20.700 --> 00:03:23.300 At the end of this class we had 69 00:03:23.300 --> 00:03:26.600 a senior showcase where we were able to show the 70 00:03:26.600 --> 00:03:30.200 websites that we created. There were different possible employers 71 00:03:29.200 --> 00:03:32.300 who walked around talk to us, 72 00:03:32.300 --> 00:03:36.000 and we were able to present these websites to them. It's interesting 73 00:03:35.200 --> 00:03:38.200 and just I guess just cool to be 74 00:03:38.200 --> 00:03:41.400 able to talk to these people and and see the 75 00:03:41.400 --> 00:03:42.200 different possibilities.