IDST 115 — Job Search Strategies: From Backpack to Briefcase
This course is to enlighten students about how to succeed in their transition from college to work. Topics like Employer Expectations address the importance of teamwork and communication in the corporate world and College vs. Workplace explains the responsibility shift that occurs when becoming an employee. Other topic include: finances and budgeting, professional conduct, first year on the job, business ethics and importance of networking. Making the transition from college to the workplace is an often overlooked phase of building a career. Managing the transition successfully during the first year on the job is very critical to your long-term success within the organization and affects how you will be perceived and how people will react to you. Students will develop quality job search tools; identify skills and knowledge and showcase them on a resume and electronic portfolio. They will learn the necessary attitudes, work traits and strategies to help them navigate through the first year on the job successfully.