As we celebrate the success of the class of 2017, let’s take a look at where some of our newest Wildcat alums are headed! Julia Sacha ’17 and Obai Kamara ’17 share with us their upcoming career plans and ways they leveraged the Center during their years at Davidson.
We’re so excited for you – tell us about where you’re headed next #AfterDavidson!
I will be working as a clinical research coordinator for the Mountain Diabetes and Endocrine Center in Asheville, NC.
What resources from the Center for Career Development proved most valuable to your professional development as a student?
The Career Center helped me ensure that my cover letters and resumes communicated everything I wanted them to. They were also very encouraging during the application process. Rebecca [Glavin] knew my interests and even started forwarding me job applications on Handshake.
What is the most surprising interview question you’ve been asked?
I was once asked what the organization’s staff should dress up as next Halloween.
What one key piece of advice would you offer to rising Seniors?
Celebrate small victories. If you don’t get a job you were hoping for, you’ve still learned something about yourself in the process and increased your ability and comfort with communicating who you are and what you care about.
We’re so excited for you – tell us about where you’re headed next #AfterDavidson!
I’m happy to say that I have found a job close to home, working as a cost and schedule analyst for Augur Consulting firm in Crystal City, Va.
What resources from the Center for Career Development proved most valuable to your professional development as a student?
As a college student at Davidson, we are involved in a lot of things, and I think the Center for Career Development does a good job of focusing our many talents and accomplishments in a way that makes us the most marketable to employers. I’d say the walk-in meetings were the most valuable for me because I was able to get a lot done in a short amount of time.
What is the most surprising interview question you’ve been asked?
Someone asked my where I was from, which was surprising because it’s one of the first things on my resume!
What one key piece of advice would you offer to rising Seniors?
Get to the Center early and often. The more you practice interviewing, the easier it becomes to vocalize everything you have been working on for the past three years. The staff is very friendly and they want to see you succeed, so they will do everything in their power to help you.