Contact:
Ken Lamont, Coordinator, Career Center
43-500 Monterey Ave, Palm Desert, CA 92260
760-773-2524;
Klamont@collegeofthedesert.edu
The Employers Meet Students practice is designed to offer career
development experiences that allow students to consider
nontraditional careers and to broaden career choices for LEP
students. Each spring and fall the colleges hosts an "Employers Meet
Students" series. These three-day events host 23 of the area’s
largest employers. Employers are organized into the following
categories: Hotel & Resorts, Law Enforcement, Communications,
Hospitals, Forestry & Parks/Recreation; Banking & Finance;
Government, and Education. Students are interviewed by and conduct
informational interviews with the employers. As part of these
events, students are also invited to attend job search workshops
hosted by the Job Placement specialist.
The workshops assist students
in preparing for an interview by covering a number of topics
including resume writing, mock interviews, dress for success, etc.
Comments solicited from employers after each event are used to
improve the next one. Comments are also reported to the
administration in the "College of the Desert Career Center Year-end
Report and Goals."