Digital Technology and Culture

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Career Fair Follow Up

 The DTC Program sponsored a special reception yesterday for businesses and organizations looking to hire digital media specialists.  The event aimed at showcasing the work of our students.  It was the first time we hosted such an event, and I have to say that it was a success in that it connected students with potential employees.



Students are now writing me and asking what to do to follow up.  So here goes:  If you were given a business card and asked to contact him or her, or asked to stay in contact, you should . . .



1.  Send a note thanking that person for attending the event

2.  Remind him or her of whom you are and what you discussed at the Reception

3.  Reiterate your knowledge, talents, and interests to that person

4.  Ask for a follow up meeting



Do not hesitate;  rather, be assertive about getting a job.  Even if that person says to you that nothing is open now. Ask to learn more about the position.  If it is indeed a job you really want, ask for a time frame for recontacting that person. And then contact him or her again in that time frame.



--Dene

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