On April 4, 2024, the Spring Career Celebration event was held in the Oakland Center’s Habitat, helping students explore career opportunities.
The event was put on by the Career and Life Design Center, with a total of 17 employers, mainly from automotive, business and marketing careers, attending the event. Yejie Lee, a Career and Life Design coach, helped prepare the event. Lee primarily works with the College of Arts and Sciences.
There was an opportunity to do professional headshots for LinkedIn profiles to help stand out as a professional to employers.
“Help contacting employers to invite them to this event was my primary responsibility, but also help students get prepared for this event, coaching them on elevator pitches, getting their resumes ready,” Lee said. “So some of them have been invited in person because we already have a connection with them and some of them have been invited via email.”
The Career and Life Design Center made events like this to get their students to reach out and build face-to-face relationships with other employers and get some experience meeting professionals.
“To just really help students find internships and jobs for the summer but then also help build connections and help employers build networks with OU,” Lee said.
Not only does the Career and Life Design Center hold career fairs and celebrations, but they also have multiple opportunities to help students use the tools and resources around them.
Other opportunities include meeting with a coach to help explore options and get an idea of the life one wants, applying for on-campus jobs and internships, attending career and life workshops and dropping in on the Career studio.
The Career and Life Design Center continues to give Oakland University students opportunities to build their environment and portfolio. Every semester, the center has at least 1-2 different career fairs to let students know that they are able to make connections without being on their own after they graduate.
Each season, they have a fall career fair, a winter career fair and a spring career celebration. Each career fair is different, some fairs may focus more on education and sciences, some on business and marketing and some on arts and engineering.
A good way to stay up to date with the Career Services Center is to look at Handshake. They post future events and give notifications and emails to give students a heads-up. They also help prepare by doing workshops to help students have a proper elevator pitch, solid resume and a good professional picture.
For any students who couldn’t attend the Spring Career Celebration, they can email the Career and Life Design Center at [email protected] or visit the Career and Life Design Center in the North Foundation Hall in Room 103.
Additionally, for students in need of help with building their resume and finding jobs or internships to help their careers, drop-in Career Studio hours are 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
