Persistence pays when job hunting Somewhere along with the two-car. two-children, and white-picket-lenced-house idea! exists the dreamy noton th3t the college experience lasts tour years and ends with a se cure job lined up upon gradua tion As the college career waxes and wanes, the reality ot the job upon-graduation scenario is be lied Still, you might wonder it some people do actually experi ence that vision. The idea wouldn't be in our heads ft it didn't happen to someone Right’ Many have never met or even heard about that kind ot some one. It is true, however, they do exist Meet Andrew Seres and Sarah Schirmer. Seres. 21, was recruited by Macy s executive training, pro gram tor operations Translated, this means that he I! be doing ev erything trom inventorying and shipping to overseeing pro!it per square toot, per store "(It’s) a measure ot how come this area of the store gets more people around it and buying than anoth er area." Seres said After coming to the university not knowing what he wanted to do and changing from a math to a chemistry major. Seres finally settled on a double major in mar keting and management Until that final academic switch. Seres never had an always-wanted-to do type of job Am I happy9 That's an un derstatement," Seres said. "I'm enthusiastic, excited, scared, nervous, anxious, and ready for it I start Sept. 14, I decided to take the summer off to play "I'm gomg to be on the sum mer staff of the summer camp where l grew up, in Tumwater. Washington, six miles south of Olympia " he sad Seres got the job through the Career Planning and Placement Service "I'd like to plug them, he sad, adding he is writing to University President Myles Brand about not cutting the ser vice or its funding I think it's one of the most valuable assets the school has. Seres said. "It gives you the tools to write a resume, talk with Great Coffee and Espresso on Campus Find the Coffee Comer's GREAT locally roasted coffee and espresso on campus at EMU Fishbowl Skylight Cafe Breczewoy Cafe Willamette Hall Atrium Allied Arts and Architecture Cafe The COFFEE CORNER lid people, talk to recruiters I interviewed with over 30 companies, not because l want ed me tobs but because ! want ed the experience .“ he said Macys is in Chapter 11, but now I have the experience on how to get a job Executives are payng thousands o< dollars for these services and this is free " Seres said one of the best classes he took was CPS 199. College to career, taught by Deb Chereck, CPPS associate direc tor. This should be required lor everybody to go through." he said Seres believes he got through the interview process to the ac tual job because of his attitude "Recruiters are more im pressed with attitude, behavior, and personality, not the phony stuff," he said. Attitude applies to all pbs Who wants to hire a ieik9" Seres revised his statement Attitude is for pbs where you have to work with people He added that he also showed gen uine interest in the company, wrote them a thank-you note, and remembered their names All the feedback I got from Macy s incorporated the idea that my personality and behavior patterns fit with their corpora tion. ' Seres said You know if a company is worth your time if they II let you be nervous Some companies were so nice I had cottonmouth and they gave me a lifesaver Seres attitude was backed up by experience from his sum mer job, working for Vector Cor poration During the summer of 1990. Seres was hired to sell kitchen and some sporting goods Throughout the following school year, he commuted to Portland every other week to tram as an assistant to the dis trict manager By the summer of 1991. Seres recruited other col Sarah Schirmer legs students to do the sates "I learned more on the |Ob than m school. Seres said "You learn applicable stuff as opposed to theory, but both are equally important Schirmer s experience is simi lar m some ways and different in others Sehirmer, 22, will be a sales representative with Warner Lambert, a pharmaceutical and consumer health care products company, a position she really wanted to get About ninth grade. I (real ized) I wanted to do sales, Schirmer said "I though I d do retail sales through college and then go onto something bigger I wouldnt say it s a dream It’s more my path Warner Lambert came to campus m January but didn't want to interview Schirmer be cause she didn't graduate until spring Schirmer wrote the com pany a letter again asking tor an interview, got one on campus, a second interview in Portland, and will be traveling to Vancou ver. Washington, to finalize ev erything Once I started talking to them, they decided to adapt to me." Schirmer said Turn in JOBS. 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