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DTC Reception for Career Fair

Next Tuesday on February 24, from 1:30-2:50, in VMMC 111, the DTC Faculty is hosting a Reception for businesses planning to attend the WSUV Career Fair or interested in hiring in the near future. All DTC students and alums are invited to attend.

In order to showcase your work and have an opportunity to meet these prospective employers in advance of the Career Fair, you are encouraged to attend the Reception. Below is the agenda for the event, some guidelines, suggestions, and deadline dates. Please read this message carefully so that you do not miss important information that you need.

1. Agenda

1:30-1:35 Welcome and Introductions
1:35-1:55 Presentation about the DTC Program, Mission, and Future
1:55-2:10 Q & A
2:10-2:50 DTC Student Showcase


2. Guidelines

Showcasing your work: We are assigning a computer to each student who wishes to showcase work. To date, there are eight computers left that I can assign to those of you who would like to show off your work. You need to write me by Thursday, February 19 if you are interested. Materials to be shown should be the best work you have done in and outside of the classroom. This would include videos, websites, design work in FA courses, digital photography, animations, sound work, etc. Be aware that the work you show should coordinate with the kind of position you are interested in applying for and be reflected in your resume. If you have any questions about what work to show, run it by John Barber, Harrison Higgs, or me. Once you have a computer assigned to you, you are encouraged to load your materials in advance of the event. No one will be allowed to load materials during the event. The cut off time is 1:30. You must put your work on the computer assigned to you and in a folder on the Mac external hard drive. Do not put your work on the desktop.

DTC Resume Book: I am preparing a DTC Resume Book that will be given out to all attendees of the Reception. I am also planning to hand copies out at the Career Fair to pertinent companies who were unable to attend the Reception. If you want to be included in this publication, I need your resume by Friday, February 20, by 5 pm. The book goes to print that evening. If you have not yet gotten feedback on your resume from John or me, then please make sure you do this asap. Your resume is your calling card, so make the best impression you can. Once again, if you are also showcasing your media work on one of the computers, make sure that the items on your resume connect in some way with your showcased work. Please send your final version of the resume as a PDF. You chance losing your formatting if you send a doc.

Attendance/Dress: Please be on time to event. I won't go as far to say to dress in a business suit, but dress in a way that speaks to your interests. So, if you want to be a Media Communications Director, yes, dress casually chic. If you want to be a web designer or video producer, then neatly artsy. Avoid chewing gum, baseball caps, shorts, low-cut blouses, dirty tennis shoes, flip flops, etc. etc. Now I sound like your mother. But I think you get what I mean––make the kind of impression you think will impress a potential employer. Be prepared to mingle and talk to the attendees during the DTC Student Showcase. And plan to attend the Career Fair that takes place beginning 3:30 pm in the FSC.

Non-DTC Majors: Some of you majored in Humanities with a DTC primary or secondary concentration. This may mean that you do not have much in the way of media work to show. If you need help figuring out your career path or direction with how to position yourself in the job market, please contact me asap.


3. Suggestions

Pick your best work to showcase, and show it off well. The best approach is a web portfolio that you put online and show on the computer screen. You can link your work (as movs, jpgs, swfs) to the site. If you need help with making a portfolio or knowing what one looks like, you can join the DTC 476 class this Thursday at 1:25-2:40, in VMMC 111. I plan to show some examples and help students develop one on that day.

If you cannot create a portfolio, then at the very least prepare a CD/DVD that can easily archive the work and make it simple to show it off.

In terms of resume help, I have been requesting your resumes for a month now. This is the last week I can give help before the Reception. I am not taking new resumes by email, but instead I want to meet with students f2f. I have time open on Thursday. So, write me for help if you need it.


4. Deadline Dates

Thursday, February 19 Write me if you want a computer for showcasing your work
Last day for a one-on-one appointment to discuss your resume
Friday, February 20 5 pm, Resumes due
Tuesday, February 24 Before 1:30: Work must be on computers in VMMC 111 (no work can be
loaded beginning 1:30)
1:30-2:50, Reception, VMMC 111
3:30-6:30, Career Fair, FSC


If you have any questions, comments or opposing viewpoints, write me. We want to see all of you who want a job get a job.

***I will be sending students the final list of businesses that will be attending after Friday, February 20. That is the cut off day for RSVPs. I will let everyone know who sent in a resume and will remind everyone about the computer assigned him or her.

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