Teaching human resource management from a parallel perspective to facilitate student career preparation and job seeking success.

Human Resource Management, Career Preparation, Experiential Learning

Most career center directors say students have a lack of interest in formal career preparation and professional development, which is preventing them from successfully gaining employment. Further, students often have unrealistic expectations when it comes to the amount of effort and motivation required to attain employment. The proposed workshop focuses on using the traditional Human Resource Management course as a vehicle to facilitate student’s career preparation and job seeking capabilities by introducing a dual focus delivery of the HRM course content from both the traditional employer/manager perspective with an additional focus from the applicant/employee standpoint.

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