CDC
has job opportunities for all students
By Joyce Kelly
On-line Forty-Niner
The
Career Development Center at Cal State Long
Beach holds the tools and keys for any student
who needs help in developing a career or
seeking a job.
The CDC is the location for students to
seek help not only for a job or internship,
but also for help in determining which major
to consider. The center has career counselors
who administer career assessment evaluations
and make interpretations from the results.
“If you really want to make your academic
experience meaningful, start getting to
know yourself as soon as possible,” said
Angi Carrillo-Humphreys, a business-liaison
career counselor.
Some students are under the impression that
the CDC is only for the convenience of junior
or senior students who are looking for jobs
and internships. The CDC will help freshmen
and sophomores to decide what they would
be better equipped to do in their futures.
Humphreys believes that students must research
careers and get experience, especially through
internships. “Only then will you be most
marketable to employers,” she said.
Career counselors are able to help any student,
no matter what their major and with whatever
help that is needed. The career counselors
require an appointment, but they also take
turns to help with walk-in counseling hours.
Hours for walk-in counseling are Monday
through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and
Friday from 9 a.m. to noon.
“Each counselor is a liaison for the different
colleges, but each is able to help any student,”
said Paul Fornell, CDC associate director.
Alumni also utilize the resources. Cal State
Long Beach alumni are charged a fee of $75
per year or $25 for individual services.
Fees are charged to alumni because there
are no funds to support that service.
“To purchase the array of information that
can be obtained from the center would cost
thousands of dollars on the outside,” Morton
said. Vinh Lam, a management graduate
student, said he was not interested in looking
for a job while he was in school. Now, he
searches for jobs on the computers in the
CDC library because they are faster than
the ones in the public library.
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