The MSU Career Center, through quality programs, events and services, empowers individuals to develop skills that will enhance career readiness and success. The Career Center strives to support students, employers, faculty, and alumni by facilitating opportunities for experiential learning, networking, and on-campus recruiting. Assistance is provided that complements the career decision/preparation process in the form of personality and interest inventories, career counseling, resume writing, resume critiques and mock interviewing. In addition, special events are hosted by the Career Center that provide students and alumni with enhancements related to the job search process. Major events held on a regular basis each semester include a Career Expo, Graduate and Professional School Fair, Education Career Fair, and Cooperative Education Interview Days. Special emphasis workshops including dining etiquette, networking, resume’ building, practice interviews, evaluating job offers, etc., are held regularly.
A really tremendous asset that we have here at Mississippi State is the University Career Center. And we actually have an employee over there who's dedicated solely to the College of Business and the School of Accountancy. What that means for us is that we get a lot of programming that's specific to business and accounting that students can take advantage of to start building their resumes early, attending networking events, business etiquette dinners, learning how to interact with professionals in their field, and also learning about the field itself. There's so many opportunities like that, and it's right at your fingertips.
I've used the Career Center when it's come time when I had an interview to schedule a mock interview, because you can go in there and they'll basically just conduct a full on interview with you and kind of give you some feedback on it to help you be as professional as possible when it comes time to your real interview.
So from early on, I was going to your career fairs and from sophomore year, I was building relationships with employers and then by junior year, I had an offer for a internship in the spring. And after my internship in the spring, I had a full time offer after graduation. So something that spectacular about Mississippi State is that they set you up for success early on so that you can focus on your education and then feel confident that you're going to be successful in your professional career.
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