The 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Career Center has changed its name as part of its efforts to improve accessibility for students. Executive Director Marcie Kirk Holland explained that the Career Center鈥檚 name change from the Internship and Career Center was prompted by student feedback and data from Student Affairs Marketing and Communication, or SAMC.
Students in focus groups hosted by SAMC felt that the word 鈥渋nternship鈥 was implicit to 鈥渃areer鈥 and therefore redundant. Furthermore, the resulting abbreviation was confusing to many students.
鈥淪AMC found that the ICC acronym meant nothing to incoming students,鈥 Kirk Holland said. 鈥淲hen people said, 鈥楪o to the ICC,鈥 students didn鈥檛 know what they meant.鈥
The Career Center鈥檚 name will no longer be abbreviated.
Accompanying the name change are changes to the Career Center鈥檚 website, which include reducing the number of acronyms on the page and using more straightforward names for services and activities. These changes are designed to meet the needs of individual students at every stage of their career, combating the misperception that students need a baseline level of knowledge or experience to access the Career Center鈥檚 services.
An example of a change made for clarity and accessibility includes the activity 鈥淩esume Review with the Career Center,鈥 previously known as Resume Boost. The new name makes clear the purpose and content of the activity, whereas the former name sounded catchy but required some decoding. In keeping with the goal to increase student access, Resume Review with the Career Center will be held at multiple locations across campus, including each of the colleges.
These changes to the Career Center鈥檚 name, website and service delivery are ultimately geared towards making its services more direct and easily understood by students who could benefit from them.
鈥淲e are committed to paying attention to the feedback that we get,鈥 Kirk Holland said. 鈥淓quity and accessibility are a cornerstone of our work.鈥
Julie Huang, a second-year student majoring in English, is the news writing and emergency communications intern in News and Media Relations.