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Networking aids future job search
Alexandria Phillips
Issue date: 3/13/09 Section: News
Networking may play a key role in aiding a student with finding employment after college in a rapidly dwindling job market.
The perfect college experience depends on the involvement of the college's students, according to Michele Keenan, Panhellenic Council president.
There are many opportunities to become involved with some of over two hundred recognized organizations at Drexel, including volunteer-based groups, club sport teams and fraternities and sororities.
"Students who become involved are just generally happier and healthier because they have a purpose and have a lot of good times doing what interests them," Keenan said.
According to Steve Quatrani, InterFraternity Council president, freshman students who actively participate in an organization on their college campus are more likely to return the following school year.
"It is important for a student to take an active role in the Drexel community because they meet more people that way and getting more involved makes you appreciate where you attend school more," Meredith Myers, a pre-junior business major, said. "If I wasn't involved in organizations, I would probably hate it here."
There are many benefits to being a part of a student organization, including networking.
"There are many networking opportunities available by partaking in a student organization. Many students in these organizations grow very close and can contact each other even after graduation for job opportunities," Kristen Smith, Undergraduate Student Government Association president, said.
According to Michael Whitzer, a sophomore mechanical engineering major, networking through members of an organization can even help a student obtain a co-op.
"Instead of having only people you know in your 'network', you are able to contact those in your student organization and have the ability to reach out to their networks also," Smith said.
Though the United States is facing a continual decrease in job opportunities, the networking available to students by being a part of an organization is one of the key tools that may help them find a job.
The perfect college experience depends on the involvement of the college's students, according to Michele Keenan, Panhellenic Council president.
There are many opportunities to become involved with some of over two hundred recognized organizations at Drexel, including volunteer-based groups, club sport teams and fraternities and sororities.
"Students who become involved are just generally happier and healthier because they have a purpose and have a lot of good times doing what interests them," Keenan said.
According to Steve Quatrani, InterFraternity Council president, freshman students who actively participate in an organization on their college campus are more likely to return the following school year.
"It is important for a student to take an active role in the Drexel community because they meet more people that way and getting more involved makes you appreciate where you attend school more," Meredith Myers, a pre-junior business major, said. "If I wasn't involved in organizations, I would probably hate it here."
There are many benefits to being a part of a student organization, including networking.
"There are many networking opportunities available by partaking in a student organization. Many students in these organizations grow very close and can contact each other even after graduation for job opportunities," Kristen Smith, Undergraduate Student Government Association president, said.
According to Michael Whitzer, a sophomore mechanical engineering major, networking through members of an organization can even help a student obtain a co-op.
"Instead of having only people you know in your 'network', you are able to contact those in your student organization and have the ability to reach out to their networks also," Smith said.
Though the United States is facing a continual decrease in job opportunities, the networking available to students by being a part of an organization is one of the key tools that may help them find a job.
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