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Guest Speaker: Liz Ohanesian

Last week freelance writer Liz Ohanesian came into our Journalism 310 class and talked about her career as a journalist and gave us a few tips before we enter the real world. I think she gave great advice on what to expect once we get out there looking for a job.

How to Use the Career Center and Find an Internship

With graduation day coming closer many students around California State University, Northridge are starting to worry about their future and not having an internship or job right out of college. However, many people do not know about the career center and the resources they offer to the many graduating students of CSUN.
“I didn’t know what kind of internship I wanted until I went down to the career center and met with someone,” said Michael Callahan, a journalism student at CSUN. “I found an internship at Fox Sports through the career center.
“They also went over my resume and helped me edit it so I could send it over to them,” said Callahan.
If you are new to the career center and looking for an internship, these six steps should help you find what you’re looking for.
1) Visit the Web site: http://www.csun.edu/career/
2) Look at the many brochures and read over the internship information and opportunities
3) Find and meet with a Peer Educator
4) Go over couple of career options with them
5) Make a Resume
6) Send it out
The career center is a great place for students who feel lost about their future and are worried about not finding an internship or a job.
Many internships turn into jobs if the intern commits to his/her work and shows a positive attitude around the office.
“After interning at Fox Sports for about six months my internship turned into a full-time job,” said Callahan. “I feel like I’m making a decent amount of money for a college student, and I think it will increase once I graduate.”
The career center also provides work shops and puts on special events such as job fairs and graduate school fairs where students can go out on campus and meet with potential employers or learn about graduate schools they may want to attend.
For more information on the career center visit, http://www.csun.edu/career/ or go down to suite 105 in University Hall.

How to conduct an interview

Having trouble conducting an interview?  Follow this 8 easy steps and you should be able to become a better interviewer in no time!

1)  Do research on your topic.

2)  Get a sense of the type of questions you want to ask.

3)  Prepare some questions.

4)  Answer them yourself to make sure they are not closed-ended questions (Always ask open-ended questions).

5)  Go out and interview someone.

6)  Take good notes.

7)  Make sure to get contact information in case you need to get in touch with them.

8)  Look over your notes after the interview, fill in any blanks you may have.

Always remember to be confident with you questions and don’t shy away from asking them.  Don’t look for the answer you want, always extend the interview if you can because you never know what else the interviewee might say next.  Your entire story angle could change due to one interview, so remember to keep the interview going.

Farmers Market YouTube Video

Drums at the Farmers Market!

Welcome to Richmond, Kentucky

South of Lexington, Kentucky is a the nice small town of Richmond. If you ever drive by here, stop, relax and visit the beautiful sites, such as the White Hall Historic House, or take a swing at the Arlington Golf Center.

The White Hall Historic House is a beautiful 44-room mansion which was built back in 1799 and later remodeled in the 1860’s. Much of the old furniture remains in the house, which gives the house an antique feel as you walk through it.

The Arlington Golf Center was built in 1970 and is open all year long. The dress code requires you to wear collared shirts and bermuda shorts or slacks.

Richmond is home to a couple of newly recognized Blue Ribbon elementary schools as well as Eastern Kentucky University. They have a wide variety of academic programs ranging from biology to theater arts.

City Hall maybe another place you may want to visit where all elected officials seem friendly and are willing to help. Try to get in touch with Mayor Connie Lawson, who always goes out of her way to make you feel welcome to Richmond.

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Mayor: Connie Lawson – 8590623-1000 ext. 2008 (Work) , 859-661-0285 (Cell)

Total Population: 27,142 – Male 12,895 (47.5%) , Female 14,257 (52.5%)

Race: White – 23,976 (88.3%) , Black or African American – 2,246 (8.3%) , Asian – 297 (1.1%)

Housing Size: Avg. Household size – 2.14 , Avg. Family Size – 2.78

Housing Units: Total – 11,857 , Owned Units – 3,802 (35.2%) , Rented Units – 6993 (64.8%) , Vacant Units – 1,062 (9%)

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