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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 about to accept the diploma 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 cel ebrating 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 September. You're still in school and graduation is several months 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 frustrating process, but the USC Career Center is here to help you wade through the process. The Center uses traditional methods such as on-campus recruiting as well as the latest techno logical innovations such as the Web-based CareerConnectiorrs and video-teleconference inter viewing 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 candidate resume database. Students are also encouraged to take advan tage of the numerous resources found in the Career Library. Books on resume writing, interviewing skills, and networking are all available to help fur ther your career development. The Library also contains an extensive collection of resources on choosing a career path and job searching. bo get a neaa sian ana Degm tnmKing aDout that moment in May. Remember not only gradua tion but also the future employment possibilities that await 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 counsel ing provided from 9:00-4:00. Or visit anytime at the Website located at www.sc.edu/career. GRADUATE DEGREES • • ** Criminal Justice • Education • Health Services Administration History • Nursing • Nursing/Health Services Administration Dual Degree Physical Therapy • Public Health • Sports Medicine CERTIFICATES Gerontology • Post Master’s Nursing W3J AiSvistrong Atlantic State University SAVANNAH, GEORGIA