The Office of Career Development hosted the open house for its satellite office on Feb. 23. The new office, located on the first floor of the Carl DeSantis Building, will assist students in their job search by bringing employers to campus.
Carleen Pallante, assistant director of Campus Relations in the Office of Career Development, said, “At the satellite office there will be more opportunities for students to meet hiring employers, whether that be through information sessions, networking events, on-campus interviews, or visits to their classrooms or organizations.”
Pallante also said the new office provides more visibility to students in order to encourage the use of career development services and events. Therefore, students interested in jobs or internships should keep an eye out for employer events in the DeSantis office.
Kory Evans, sophomore marine biology major, said he thought the new office’s focus was an excellent idea.
“It will really help a lot of college students who may not know what to do next,” he said.
Pallante said that because of the office’s focus on recruitment, students will have more opportunities to get hired before they leave NSU.
Nataly Schildt, second-year student in the College of Osteopathic Medicine, said there was no office to help students in their job search at her undergraduate institution.
“I think this is a great idea for NSU to help its undergraduate students find a job, especially in this economy,” she said.
One career adviser will be in the new office. He is available through appointment only by contacting the main office. Drop-in advisement is only available in the main Career Development office on the fourth floor of the Alvin Sherman Library. The main office will continue to provide students with career advisement, career workshops, job search and graduate school information.
Milagro Baines, first-year graduate student in the College of Student Affairs, attended the office’s open house and said she really liked the new office. However, she said she would have liked it more if the office was in a more central location.
“I think the idea of opening the new office in the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business was a great idea, but I also think that opening a location in the UC would have been better,” she said. “Though there are a lot of classes held in that building that are not business school related, I think placing the office in the UC would have reached a larger demographic and place the career development center in the midst of everything.”
This month, the new office will bring organizations looking to hire, such as YMCA, Emphasys Software and Devereux Florida to campus. In April, they expect Norwegian Cruise Lines and Lexis Nexus.
For more information about the Office of Career Development log on to www.nova.edu/career or call (954) 262-7201. To apply for positions with recruiters, or to RSVP to events, visit www.nova.edu/careershark.
