CAREER CARNIVAL

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CAREER CARNIVAL

• A Fun and Productive Marketing Program!

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Winter Camp The Planning Time

• The Goals
• Scheduling Event - Best time
• What Games
• Ring Master / Barker!
• The Prizes
• Promoting the Event
• The Cost
• The Outcomes

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The Goals

• To generate more student awareness of the CDCs
  services
• To promote more exploration of career issues by
  students
• To assist students in feeling more comfortable
  about utilizing the services of the CDC

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Scheduling The Event - Best Time

• When are the students on campus?
• Time of Day (11-1)
• Where do they hang-out?
• Outside
• Weather, Weather, Weather!

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The Midway Games

• Wheel of Major or Spin for your Major
• Toss for Training
• Putt for Paycheck
• Raffle
• Game we have dropped - Who wants a Career?

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Wheel of Major

• This is a Wheel of Fortune type of game
• Students spin the wheel
• List of majors is on the wheel
• The gamekeeper explains to the student that a
  better way to select a major is to see a career
  counselor

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Toss for Training

• This is a ring toss game. We changed it to a
  Toss Across game the second year.
• The student tosses a bean bag to select a degree
  level they will obtain, as well as Low GPA and
  Probation just for fun
• They receive a degree level certificate after
  this game to take to the Putt for Paycheck game
• Again this another opportunity for the gamekeeper
  to encourage them to visit the CDC

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Putt for Paycheck

• The student is given a Putter to Putt for a
  salary
• The certificate for Degree level received in the
  Toss for Training game determines the number of
  putts
• The salary amounts are 30,000, 60,000 and
  100,000
• This is an opportunity for us to help the student
  explore the correlation between education level
  and earnings potential.

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Raffle

• This will vary with each year
• We raffle the most desirable prize(s)
• Students earn raffle tickets by winning games
  (everyone wins!)

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Who wants a Career?

• In other words Who wants to be a Millionaire?
• Our Ring Master leads this game with a contestant
  answering questions on career issues (our
  favorite question is Where is the CDC located on
  campus?)
• A megaphone is very handy for this game

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Ring Master / Barker!

• This is one of our Career Counselors
• Must be outgoing
• Willing to talk to anyone and everyone
• Can talk more and louder than any of the students
• Willing to interrupt students in deep
  conversation on the Quad

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The Prizes

• Each year we contact employers that work with us
  and request donations of items we can give out as
  prizes for each game.
• The response has been overwhelming as boxes of
  gifts were sent to our office
• Some of the items logo-stamped stress ball,
  cups, toy lava-lamps, soda huggies, pens,
  microwave popcorn, key chains, and software
• The University Bookstore has even donated items
  for the raffle
• The CDC has included in the raffle a coupon for
  a free Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and Campbell
  Interest Skills Survey

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Promoting the Event

• Advertising on-campus
• Flyers posted around campus
• Sidewalks Chalked a couple of days before the
  event
• E-mails sent to faculty and staff
• Info on the CDC web site

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The Cost

• The first year we spent only 30.00 ( games,
  table cloth material, suckers)
• The second year we invested money for more
  permanent games since we had decided to make this
  an annual event (approx. 980.00)
• Each year there after no more money was spent

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So - The Outcome!

• Students have come to the CDC after seeing us on
  the Quad
• A more relaxed atmosphere where students are
  comfortable coming to see a Career Counselor

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Brought To You By
Career Development Center Southern Illinois
University Edwardsville
Jean A. Paterson Director Susan
Seibert Assistant Director
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Contact Information

• Jean A. Paterson
• jpaters_at_siue.edu

• Susan Seibert
• sseiber_at_siue.edu

3126 Founders Hall Campus Box 1620 Edwardsville,
IL 62026 618-650-3708 Our Web site www.siue.edu/c
areerdevelopmentcenter
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