High schoolers get taste of University
Job search workshop
will review strategies
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The wave of us pet iallv
young faces that hit the cam
pus Thursday was not the Uni
versity's new carop of freshman,
but the 2.U00 teens were here
for an education, of sorts
Thousands of high st hool
students took a break from
their usual si hool day to par
ticipate m the lMth annual For
eign I .an gunge ami Internation
al Studies Day. organized bv
the University's Yamada Lan
guage (.enter
The day is "designed to
expose high school students
from the state of Oregon to for
eign language programs .it the
University of Oregon.'' said
coordinator Jeff fulum. manag
ing director of the center "It's
important to develop that in
International students thinking about entering the U S job mar
ket may be interested in attending a job «>an:h strategies workshop
from t to 4 to p m today in the IA11 ’ Hon Linder Room
The workshop, coordinated fiy the International Students Assoc i
fltlon and the I hiiversity Career (‘enter, will rev lew basics of resume
w riting and interview ing. is well as tips about w hat not to do and
w here to start looking
It is las oming increasingly popular to slay in the Iinited Stales to
work after graduation, hut |ob search strategies aren't the same here
as they are abroad. ISA Assistant Coordinator Susa line Steffens said
A lot of students tend to stay on and work," Steffens said "Stu
dents are getting attai bed to Amerii a and it is more and more pop
ular to stay hero and work," she said
(lotting work permits and w riting resumes is so different in Amer
ii a than in their (international students'] ow n t ountries.” site said
An example of such job market differences is w riting resumes in
lairojNi and the United States, Steffens said
In l.urope. resumes are longer, more soecifh and more oersonal
students.
Students attended short
international language and cul
tural presentations throughout
the {lay. From Chinese to
Ukrainian and everything in
between, students got a small
taste of the University's inter
national offerings
“You're not gonna learn a
language in a half hour." Cor
bett High Si hool student Sarah
Dishman said "You get the
gist of it It s a nice experience
"Corbett only offers Spanish
it's nice that you can learn lan
guages other than the one
you're in."
Dishman spent the day with
friends Sierra Steenson and
.she viit!
Kuropnan resumes may lie three or four pages .nut include tnfor
mulion su< h as the applh .nil s elementary school. whereas in the
l tailed Slides |ob applications mainly require only brief information
.iIhiiiI job history, she said
fbe IS \ is-irkinv; a till ibe ( ,ne. > ( ridel l<i presell! helpful hints
for students n anting to stay in the I tailed States to work after grad
nation
•’ho workshop and discussion ysill include a skit about what not
to do in a job interview as well as time for students to ask questions
about applying for jobs
International students are allowed to stay in the United States for
a year of "pra< to al training after they graduate, allowing them to
work and gain exponent e if they choose without renewing their visa.
Steffens said
II is sometimes more difficult for international students to gel |obs
in the United States if they have limited l.nglish skills and little
knowledge about the differences in job markets here and abroad,
Steffens said
Martha Sherwood demonstrates the Ukranlan art of traditional egg
painting, called Pysanky, for a group high school students .
laimc .~>i mmm, also irom me
Multnomah County high
school, learning about Irish
singing, hull fighting and "the
Duck dance." The girls, who
said they spent most of the day
"getting lost," were impressed
with the University's size
The event featured more
than 120 volunteer presenters
Irani mo university s foreign
language and international
programs. Julum said the help
of the University's language
departments was critical to the
sum ess of the day
Obviously there's '/ess
involved in coordinating
something like this.'' he said
"But it's fun ”
Do you think
you can fill
these shoes?
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