Campus career services helps students
By Amanda Allen, News Writing Student
OCCC Career and Employment Services department makes it a goal to find students jobs. The optimal resume website, http://occc.optimalresume.com, which was started in 2003, is a milestone, placing students in good jobs. There are over 1 million styling options to make sure students find the correct type of resume for them.
The website offers a system to configure interviews, choose the type of interview to use, and even choose an interviewer to practice with.
“We are here to help students find jobs, and by doing that we help them create resumes,” Debra Vaughn, Career and Employment Services director said.
All of the tools listed on the website are great to use to prepare for a real life interview. One of the things students can do on the website is interview online through a webcam. This is a great way for students to know what they are doing wrong in interviews, Vaughn said.
During the online interview, students are given a question and then given up to two minutes to respond.
“The student’s video response can be viewed in the top corner of the screen,” Vaughn said.
This program is a great tool for students and shows them the progress they’re making in their interviewing skills, Vaughn said.
Students are encouraged to take advantage of this free website and can register for this site with their OCCC e-mail address and their seven-digit student ID number.
Registration for this site can be done at home or in any computer lab at OCCC.
If students have any questions about how to access this site, they can call the OCCC Career and Employment Services department at 405-682-7519.
