The Career Center is promoting MustangTrak Week this week by offering the opportunity to win $50 gift certificates to The Container Store.
The Hegi Family Career Development Center is offering the gift certificates as an incentive for students to explore the MustangTrak Web site. MustangTrak is an online database that consists of more than 3,200 job and internship opportunities for college students.
In order to be eligible to win a certificate, a student must complete an online orientation at www.smusaddleup.com and register on MustangTrak between Jan. 25 and Jan. 31.
Marva McGrew, associate director of Employment Relations at the Career Center, said that the total number of registered students on the MustangTrak Web site is lower than she expected, so the Career Center is hoping to gain more interest among students with the incentive based program.
The Career Center has already seen an increase in the number of students who registered on the site over the weekend and it expects the numbers to keep rising, McGrew said.
Students should register on MustangTrak as soon as possible, McGrew said. The sooner a student registers, the better prepared that student will be with resume building, interviews and more. Part of the Career Center’s responsibility is not to just help students get a job, but to prepare them for jobs.
McGrew also suggests students utilize the Career Center more often—not just because of its availability, but also because it is free for all students.
The Career Center provides career counseling, job listings, campus recruitment programs and networkingopportunities, according to the Career Center’s Web site. It offers students the opportunity to develop lifelong skills necessary for career management as well as guidance in forming a career path.
A student can “start from the very bottom, and go to the very top,” McGrew said.
The Hegi Family Career Development Center is unique from other college career centers because it centralizes all job/internship opportunities within its department. Every employment activity that occurs on campus is with the help of the Career Center.
Moreover, 75 percent of these job and internship prospects are open to all SMU majors.
“Employers are now looking for more well-rounded students,” McGrew said.
Because of this, McGrew said students majoring in English and history shouldn’t assume that they are exempt from earning business or technology-related jobs.
The next big event that the Career Center will host is the Career and Internship Prep Day on Feb. 10 in the lower level of Hughes-Trigg Student Center from 1 to 7 p.m.
For more information, visit smu.edu/career.
