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The Office of Pre-Professional Advising is designed lo assist students who hope to gain admission to professional schools. We’re here to help you: • assemble your credentials packet • meet important application deadlines • prepare for professional tests • coach you on how to interview more effectively • help you fine-tune writing skills needed for admissions essays There’s More... Also through our office, you can use a resource room with Internet access to conduct research on professional schools; attend group workshops designed to increase your competitiveness; and receive our newsletter to stay informed of upcoming deadlines and programs. And It’s Never too Soon to Start... Remember, you have to contact us before we can help you. If you have any plans that include professional school after graduation, please come to our office. Or pickup the phone and give us a call. The Office of Pre-Professional Advising 777-5581 • 127 Sumwait Follow up is KEY... to SUCCESS! Sandy Tomes Program Manager Career Center The Career Fair is over. So now what do you do? You’ve made numerous contacts and have real interest in several companies. Hopefully, you acquired a business card and made notes on the back of the card regarding positions and per tinent information concerning each company. If, for some reason, you do not have a name and address for a company you want to contact, the Career Center can help! We have a list of the participating companies with the representative name and company address. Within a day or two after the Career Fair, write to each of the com panies of interest. Thank the repre sentative for speaking with you and inquire about the next step in the application process tor current and future opportunities. These opportu nities may be full time jobs for sen iors but could also be experiential learning experiences for freshmen, sophomores and juniors. Include a statement regarding your conversa- ■ tion at the Career Fair so that the rep resentative will remember you. Be sure to mention your telephone num ber and email address for ease in responding to you. Keep the tone of the letter positive and upbeat. These follow-up letters are extremely important because you now have a foot in the door after the Career Fair and you don’t want the door to slam shut. Follow up letters can be emailed, faxed or mailed to your contacts. They are your tickets to an interview so treat them with tender loving care! The Career Center Library has several resources regarding job search letters. One excellent book is 201 Dynamite Job Search Letters by Krannich and Krannich. This book and others will give you examples that will assist you in creating your own letter. The On Call counselors will be glad to review your letter and offer suggestions. www. gamecock; sc .edu ...we won’t be silent.