Today in my video production class I tested the students to make sure they can properly set up our program's video cameras and tripods. With the pressure of a stop watch and competing against each other, the students, three at a time, went at it.
Most of the students did great in this challenge. The fastest three finishers faced off in the championship round. Kiiyah Stokes prevailed in under three minutes.
Thursday, October 27, 2016
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May 2016 Communications Graduate Shares Job Hunt Advice
What a treat on Monday of this week to have Andrea Butler return to the Orangeburg campus from her home in Columbia, bringing with her the exciting news of her new position at WACH-TV, the Capitol City's Fox station.
Boeing Speakers Bring Interviewing Advice to Campus
The recent Career Week at SC State included the opportunity to have professionals from the huge Boeing aircraft plant in North Charleston come speak to communications students.
In my Electronic (Digital) Media Production II class, we welcomed a pair of Boeing representatives, who spoke on the important topic of effective job interviewing.
One of the guests was David Jenkins, a manufacturing engineer with Boeing and a 2008 SC State engineering graduate. He told us how he had taken classes in this very building that used to house the school's engineering program and is now home to the growing communications program.
Brittni Lundie joined Jenkins for the talk. She is a college recruiter with Boeing's human resources office.
The speakers told the students how they can keep abreast of jobs at Boeing in North Charleston and elsewhere with the large corporation. Should you apply and get called in for an interview, they stressed the importance of preparation and appearance.
"Dress for success, dress professionally," Lundie said. She said to avoid saying or wearing anything "that will make you memorable in a negative way" such as heavy colognes or perfumes.
They also stressed to the students the importance of being confident, selling themselves and having good posture and body language. "If you stay ready, you don't have to get ready," Lundie said.
Jenkins spoke of brand awareness- the students need to establish themselves and their own brand identity. "This is my brand," he said. "This is what my brand can do for you."
Boeing offers three summer communications internships that involve moving to Seattle, Washington (all expenses paid!). The application deadline is Dec. 2 so if students are interested, don't delay!
In my Electronic (Digital) Media Production II class, we welcomed a pair of Boeing representatives, who spoke on the important topic of effective job interviewing.
One of the guests was David Jenkins, a manufacturing engineer with Boeing and a 2008 SC State engineering graduate. He told us how he had taken classes in this very building that used to house the school's engineering program and is now home to the growing communications program.
Brittni Lundie joined Jenkins for the talk. She is a college recruiter with Boeing's human resources office.
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| Boeing aircraft professionals David Jenkins (fifth from left) and Brittni Lundie (seventh from right) and my EMP II students |
The speakers told the students how they can keep abreast of jobs at Boeing in North Charleston and elsewhere with the large corporation. Should you apply and get called in for an interview, they stressed the importance of preparation and appearance.
"Dress for success, dress professionally," Lundie said. She said to avoid saying or wearing anything "that will make you memorable in a negative way" such as heavy colognes or perfumes.
They also stressed to the students the importance of being confident, selling themselves and having good posture and body language. "If you stay ready, you don't have to get ready," Lundie said.
Jenkins spoke of brand awareness- the students need to establish themselves and their own brand identity. "This is my brand," he said. "This is what my brand can do for you."
Boeing offers three summer communications internships that involve moving to Seattle, Washington (all expenses paid!). The application deadline is Dec. 2 so if students are interested, don't delay!