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Take Advantage of Career Center Services Brittnee Benesch Graduate Assistant Career Center Think ahead for a moment. It's the month of May and you're walking across the stage at USC getting ready to accept the diploma that you've worked towards for four long years (or five years for some of us). Your friends cheer, your mom cries. It's a happy occasion for everyone. You spend the weekend celebrating with friends and family and basking in the -glory of your accomplishment. Then reality hits. It's Monday morning, two days after graduation and you don't have a job. You've got a degree, a mortarboard and tassel, but no job. Panic sets in. What are you going to do?? Hey relax! It's only March. You're still in school and graduation is over a month away. What better time to stop in at the Career Center and get started on your next stage of life? Finding a job can be a difficult and frus trating process, but the USC Career Center is here to help you wade through the process. The Career Center's services are available to students and alumni of USC. The Center consists of two program areas: career devel opment and employer relations. The career development program provides career assess ment, career information, career counseling, computerized career guidance, and job search assistance. Employer relations assists in part time and summer employment, co-operative education opportunities, paid and unpaid career internships, job shadowing, and full time employment opportunities upon gradua tion through the web-based Career Connections program. The Center uses traditional methods such as on-campus recruiting as well as the latest technological innovations such as the web based CareerConnections and video-telecon ference interviewing to connect students and employers. Students and employers have twenty-four hour access from anywhere in the world to the Center's web job listing and can didate resume database. Students are also encouraged to take advantage of the numerous resources found in the career library. Books on resume writing, interviewing skills, and networking ire all available to help further your career develop ment. The library also contains an extensive collection of resources on choosing a career path and job searching. So get a head start and begin thinking about that moment in May. Remember not only graduation but also the future employ ment possibilities that await you after your walk across the stage here at USC. Let the Career Center's professional staff guide and assist you along your career path. The Career Center is located on the sixth floor of the H. William Close Building. Office hours are 8:30-5:00 Monday-Friday with on call counseling provided from 9:00-4:00. Or visit us anytime at our website located at www.sc.edu/career. Benefits Include • 3 Weeks Sick Leave • 3 Weeks Vacation • 11 Paid Holidays • Life/Health/Dental Insurance • Retirement Package • Deferred Comp. Plan You may apply using your PIN# by calling our JOB-LINE (803) 896-5070 or in person at: Recruiting and Employment Services 4502 Broad River Rd. . Columbia, SC 29210 (803) 896-1649 Equal Opportunity Employer SCDC Jobs on the web: http//www.state.sc.us/jobs/N04 w are currently seeking permanent employees to join our winning team. We currently have positions in a variety of fields to include Professional, Administrative, Medical, Security, Maintenance, Food Service, Information Management, Education, and Industrial. If interested please call (803) 896-1649 for an application.