Does the department provide students a career placement program?
The main resource available to students is the university-wide Career Services in room 230, Dempsey Hall (Tel: 920-424-2181). It offers a number of forms of assistance for students seeking to begin their careers. Although the journalism department is not actively engaged in placement, it enhances placement opportunities for graduates in a number of ways supplementary to Career Services. For example, department faculty pass along important information about job possibilities to seniors. (Much of this information comes by way of faculty–alumni contact.) This is accomplished by direct announcement in classes and by posting printed versions on departmental bulletin boards. Faculty also advise students on the job-finding process, on an individual basis and in a number of classes, making suggestions such as how to prepare for a job interview or put together a portfolio. For instance, in graphics classes, projects assignments require preparation of a résumé, letterhead, envelope and business
