Join Clarence Anthony Jr., Ph.D., assistant director of graduate career development at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), to explore common issues among students who are struggling with the job and internship search. Students often have questions and misconceptions about searching for jobs and internships due to their lack of experience with the world of work. To enhance students' career readiness, career services professionals can use the highlighted coaching strategies to develop plans for the job and internship search.
Following this program, you will be able to:
- Recognize common misconceptions that students have about the job and internship search, and identify immediate takeaways that can be used in working with students individually and in groups;
- Discuss ways that career services professionals can disprove fallacies about the job and internship search; and
- Explore actionable steps to offer training, skills, and strategies in coaching students to prepare for the job search.