October 6, 2014 Hire-a-Shocker Newsletter

Issue 4 / 10.06.14

International Student Career Workshop | Going Global Career Counselor Corner | Marketing Your Hispanic Heritage | Welcome to the Hamster Race

WSU Career Services

Hire-a-Shocker Building Shockers, Building Professionals

LOCATION: RSC 265 Lucas Room, 2nd floor DATE: Friday, October 24, 2014 TIME: 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.* *Optional Resume Review Session: 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Guest speaker Jena Lysen, Vice President of Human Resources at Allen, Gibbs, & Houlik, L.C. will be speaking on interviewing techniques.

Career Development Center and International Education Presents:

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT

CAREER

WORKSHOP

This workshop will teach you how to better market yourself, how to develop a resume, teach you how Americans act in the workplace, and important interview skills.

WSU alumni from local businesses will share their personal experiences about getting into the workforce, share advice, and answer questions.

Workshop Schedule

Breakfast & Lunch Provided

9:00 a.m. - Check-in, Breakfast, Get seated 9:30 a.m. - Immigration and Employment - CPT/OPT Issues 10:15 a.m. - Building Resumes & Interviewing Skills 11:00 a.m. - Cultural Differences in the Workplace 12:00 p.m. - Alumni Sharing Experience on Job Search, Lunch 1:00 p.m. - Q&A Optional Session: 1:30 p.m. - Resume Reviews* & Mock Interviews *Please bring your resume if you would like it reviewed Please go to: www.wichita.edu/careerdevelopment to RSVP with your name, myWSU ID, and major by Wednesday, October 22, space will fill up fast!

Resume Reviews at the International Student Career Workshop The Resume Review session is a great opportunity to: • Create a resume if you don’t have one. We will brainstorm what to include in your resume and guide you through the resume writing process.

• Get feedback and suggestions for your resume. Bring your resume, whether it is complete or unfinished, and get a professional opinion on how it can be strengthened and/or edited.

• Practice interviewing skills.

Spend 20 minutes answering interview questions and get feedback on how your answers can be improved.

• Perfect interviewing skills.

Have practice interviews with a few different staff to get even more feedback and become more comfortable answering difficult interview questions.

• Learn common interviewing questions. Come in for a practice interview and find out what are the top questions asked during interviews.

• Ask any questions you may have about the interviewing process. This is a chance for you to ask any questions you may have about interviewing, applying, and resume writing.

Take advantage of this unique opportunity to work with a Career Development professional at WSU!

Going Global- Expand Your Horizons...Your Career...Your Future Going Global is a new resource brought to you by Career Development. It has five key features to assist you in the exploration of local and global career and job search information.

• Country Career Guides - In-depth guides for 41 countries provide cultural advice, industry and employment trends, job search tips, and other useful information.

• US/Canada City Guides - Similarly formatted information is provided for over 45 cities in the USA and Canada.

• H-1B Information - The H-1B visa is the most common non-immigrant category for university graduates who wish to work in the US in their field. Going Global’s H-1B Plus database contains approximately 500,000 records of companies that applied for H-1B visas in the prior year. Applications can be viewed by job title, occupation, company, location and wage.

• Employer Information - More than 450,000 employer records are available, and may be browsed by country or state, and searched for by location, company name, annual sales, number of employees and other search criteria.

• Job Search - Search and filter job listings by full-time, part-time, internships, all enhanced by Indeed.com.

NEW to Hire-a-Shocker Sugar Creek Packing Company Founded in Washington Court House, OH in 1966, Sugar Creek began as a raw bacon manufacturer.

Our commitment to manufacturing the highest quality, best value products has allowed Sugar Creek to grow into a diversified, flexible, and creative food manufacturer. Today, Sugar Creek operates 4 manufacturing and packaging facilities spanning the heartland of Ohio and Kansas, providing a wide assortment of raw and fully cooked products for domestic and international customers across all channels of trade. We are in the process of building our 5th and largest facility in Cambridge City, IN. Sugar Creek has current job openings at their Frontenac, Kansas location. These positions are listed on Hire-a-Shocker.

To access Going Global, log into myWSU and select the Going Global link under Student Tools.

EMPLOYER ON-THE-LINE...By Val Perkins Shawnee County DOC

Tell us about your organization.

The Shawnee County Department of Corrections is responsible for the operation of Shawnee County's Adult Detention Center, Corrections Annex and the Juvenile Detention Center. The Adult Detention Center (ADC) receives and processes on average 11,000 adult offenders a year.

The Juvenile Detention Center (JDC) receives and processes approximately 700 juvenile offenders each year. The ADC averages 500 inmates daily but can house approximately 700. The JDC averages 35 residents daily and can house 70.

What are some types of positions students might not expect?

Although many think of jails as only having officers or “guards,” there are many lateral positions available after becoming an officer. Within the officer ranks an employee can work in the booking unit processing the inmates/residents, be a classification officer determining the inmates housing placement, become one of the members of the Correctional Emergency Response Team (C.E.R.T.), be a programs officer, work at the Corrections Annex with Re-entry duties, a training officer, or a transport officer who takes inmates to court proceedings or medical appointments.

We have a Mental Health team consisting of Social Workers and a psychologist. We have a clerical division with an accountant position, account clerks, and clerical staff. Our employees can also move up the managerial ladder, promoting to sergeant, and up to the Director of the agency. Our current executive team each began as entry-level corrections officers and promoted through the ranks.

Would you share an interview tip for new grads?

Do your homework! Know as much about the position/company that you are interviewing for as possible. It is always refreshing as an employer to interview someone who took the time to research the organization they wish to become a part of. Doing so shows initiative and that is what an employer wants to see.

Bright Professional Blog

by Vivian Rohleder Marketing Your Hispanic Heritage Striking a balance between marketing your skills and promoting your specializations or areas of expertise without pigeonholing yourself is a difficult and continuous process. As a Hispanic professional, how do you market and use all your skills wisely? This is not as simple as listing your language abilities on your resume. You have to think of your contributions to your department or organization and eloquently market them to prospective employers. During the job search, speak about what you bring to the table. These will be the same facts you can discuss during salary negotiations. In your career, use your knowledge and expertise when opportunities to improve your organization arise. Engage others in a discussion about race and diversity. Do not shy away from raising awareness of barriers you notice in your workplace, but focus on the positive improvements that can be made. Think of diversity as a whole, including all cultures, levels of ability, and sexual orientation. Making sure the work environment is inclusive to all employees and outside members is an ongoing effort. Rise up to the challenge of finding solutions to the problems you see.

All Roads Lead to Nursing

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Vivian Rohleder, WSU Career Services Career Counselor Nurses are guided by a philosophy of care encompassing four premises: focusing on the patient as a whole person, improving health or helping patients achieve the highest level of health possible in their current condition/situation, creating an environment that facilitates health improvement, and nursing or caring patients. Thus, health promotion and illness prevention are primary components of nursing practice.

And, as health care in the U.S. focuses more and more on health promotion and illness prevention, nurses and nursing will take the lead. Based the concepts of nursing, Dr. Barbara Morrison, associate professor in the Janice M. Riordan Distinguished Professorship in Maternal and Child Health, shared her insights into current trends in the field of nursing. The emerging movement is for nurses and advanced practice nurses (nurse practitioners, nurse-midwives) to move out of acute care settings and into community settings where the focus of care will be prevention and health promotion. Currently, community opportunities are frequently found in health departments, outpatient clinics and even through the Department of Indian Affairs, but with open minds and some creativity nurses are positioned to develop their own roles and responsibilities.

However, before conquering the big wide world there is a degree to complete and experience to be gained.

“Working as a nurse’s aide or cardiac monitor tech builds confidence in providing patient care and comfort with the health care environment,” Dr. Morrison explained. Other opportunities include becoming a hospital volunteer or a peer counselor at organizations such as WIC (Women, Infants and Children Nutrition Program) or clinics in underserved areas of the community, providing services as a doula or childbirth educator using your parenting skills to become a La Leche League leader, breastfeeding consultant or advocate for a health care issue you are passionate about. Previous job experience and being active and connected in life and the community also provides respected and relevant experience for an education and career in nursing. To refine your interests within and to expand your knowledge of the profession of nursing, find a staff nurse, nurse practitioner, emergency medical technician, flight nurse, staff educator, IT nurse specialist, nurse researcher or other health care provider to shadow for a day. “Be creative when looking for those experiences or create your own,” recommends Dr. Morrison. Take opportunities that come your way and make the best out of them or create opportunities to show your leadership skills.

Dr. Morrison’s advice to those applying to college and specifically to a nursing program as a high school senior is to go on mission trips, become involved in church activities, or volunteer at a soup kitchen or health services for the homeless. “These opportunities provide fodder for the application essays, making the essays and you more memorable. It makes a big difference for those reviewing multiple applications” she explained. Think outside of the box, be creative, and glean experience to show interest in the nursing profession. In turn, Dr. Morrison suggests students currently enrolled in the nursing program consider furthering their career by joining a research project. “Faculty are often very willing to have students help with various aspects of their research projects”.

In order to separate yourself from other applicants, you have to be willing to step out and identify your interests. Standing out as an applicant and future professional could be the organic product of combining a passion for nursing with an interest in another discipline or field of work. Computer program development, politics or lobbying, and ROTC exemplify some of the different paths a nurse could take and still perpetuate the nursing philosophy of care. The breadth and depth of opportunities in nursing is endless. Dr. Morrison encourages students to think beyond a hospital setting to find their career path. Additionally, it is essential for health care practitioners to speak a second language. Having worked extensively in the Wichita area, Dr. Morrison identified the need for healthcare practitioners to speak Spanish, Cambodian, Vietnamese, or Mandarin to overcome communication barriers with those in our community. Moreover, Dr. Morrison recommends learning American Sign Language to “communicate with the deaf community and even individuals with developmental delays.” She encourages students to “look for a community in need and work towards refining your skills to better serve them.” Candidates who keep this in mind will have advantage over other applicants.

Lighter Side: Welcome to the Hamster Race

Courtesy of HRM America

More and more offices are finding alternatives to the traditional desk as research shows sitting for long periods is unhealthy. From desks that adjust, to standing desks and even treadmills, we thought we’d seen it all.

Now a user of the instructions sharing site Instructables, Robb Godshaw, has posted pictures and instructions on how to build an impressive hamster wheel standing desk.

Godshaw, who is the “Artist in Residence” at Autodesk's Pier 9, a fabrication facility in San Francisco, worked with his colleagues to create 80-inch diameter wheel with a 24-inch-wide base. The wheel moves thanks to four skateboard wheels underneath. A preexisting standing desk was fitted inside the wheel.

One thing the wheel is missing? Brakes. They were suggested, but Godshaw and his team decided to make users have to walk non-stop on the wheel.

If Godshaw and his team are taking requests, we’d like to see a swimming desk next.

Office Hours

FALL 2014 EVENTS

BRENNAN HALL II | Room 225 Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Oct. 6-7 - Kennedy & Coe Interviews Oct. 10 - Ernst & Young Interviews Oct. 13-14 - Fall Break Oct. 17 - Lewis, Hooper & Dick Interviews Oct. 20 - CCH / Wolters Kluwer Interviews

FYI

Oct. 24 - International Student Career Workshop Nov. 14 - Education Career Fair | Hughes Metroplex | 2:00 - 4:00 pm Nov. 27-28 - Thanksgiving Break December 20 - January 5 - Winter Break

CAREER DEVELOPMENT | RSC | Room 205 Monday - Thursday 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Walk-In Hours Tuesday & Wednesday 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Brennan Hall II | 225 1845 Fairmount Street, Wichita, KS 67260-0042 316.978.3435 - career.services@wichita.edu www.wichita.edu/career

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