Now, though, the center should be woven into the fabric of a student’s college journey as they survey the rapidly shifting work landscape and assess the best options for a post-diploma future. Just as important, the facility is also available to Texas Tech alumni.
“I think there’s a perception that we’re something students are supposed to use when it’s time to graduate and find a job,” said Killough, who has been with the center for 22 years. “We try to make it clear that we want to be involved throughout their undergraduate experience.”
To reinforce that pragmatic reality, the center has levers students can pull at various times during their days at Texas Tech. Beginning a professional career can be a daunting and intimidating task, and it can be complicated when students arrive on campus with one idea about what they want to do in life only to have their mind changed by a class or an instructor’s wisdom.
Likewise, life after college as far as work has changed dramatically during the past couple of decades. The once-bucolic portrait of people going to work for an employer and spending their entire career there is now an outlier experience.
More typically, people change jobs and even careers regularly, sometimes as a result of dissatisfaction or unexpected factors and sometimes because employers can change through growth or downsizing following economic pressures and other challenges. The job someone was certain would be a dream on arrival can change and is no longer be appealing.
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