Professional Development Week Introduction
Professional Development Week
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Professional Development Week occurs once a semester and provides our College of Business students with an opportunity to complete requirements attached to affiliation to upper division. Requirements are for each student to register for and attend four workshops total. Specifically: two professional development speaker workshops, one written communication workshop and one oral communication workshop. ·Professional development topics vary each session, but can include topics such as proper business etiquette, the importance of customer service at work and in life, the benefits of getting involved in the community, networking, the value of making oneself a marketable product, and the importance of evaluating your values and beliefs to stay genuine in your goals and aspirations.
Speakers range from local business professionals to politicians and CEO’s/Employers from companies all over the nation; all serve as mentors for our students. The oral and written communication workshops are presented by local professionals and cover the importance of impeccable and accomplished oral and written communication skills in the workplace.
Although registering and attending Professional Development Week is required for affiliating College of Business students, any and all students in the College of Business and campus-wide may attend without registering.
The dates for fall 2010 Professional Development Week are October 25-29.
The dates for spring 2011 Professional Development Week are March 21-25.
Take a look at what our students say about this event….
“Making contacts with other students, teachers, and professionals will help me in the future when I am looking for a job.· I realize I need to get more involved because these connections are what are going to land me the interview and stand out to employers. ·I think it's important to attend seminars because that will help me to continually become better at what I do.”
“It gives us students a kind of head start into the professional world. It gave me the tools I need, and the help to succeed early right out of college. It has inspired me to join more student groups on campus and to be more involved in things that will help me get my name out there.”
“As a college student, my main goal is to graduate and get a job. However, I believe many college students believe that's the way it works literally. Many believe that as soon as they graduate they'll find a job easily. Although a college degree does make things easier, skills like those that were taught this week are actually crucial to college students. More and more people are getting college degrees today and having skills that make us better business professionals is the edge we need to get that job over someone else.”
