University Career Services recently announced that CavLink has replaced HoosTRAK as the new online job search service at the University.
The new system will allow students to search job sites more easily and in a more organized manner, according to Barbara Hampton, associate director for employer services.
CavLink will provide information about job opportunities for college students as well as job search agents, she added.
The decision to change programs came after an evaluation of different types of recruitment systems currently in use.
"We were looking for a system that would house all our different events and that we could tailor to University students while broadening the number of jobs students could research," Hampton said.
CavLink is provided by the National Association of Colleges and Employers and, unlike HoosTRAK, now allows students to search for jobs on a national level rather than within a job pool geared solely toward University students, Hampton said.
"Students are always wondering where the jobs they are looking at are coming from," said Heather Rudd, career counselor in Arts & Sciences Career Services. "We've always had employers post job listings who were specifically interested in University students, but now with CavLink, students can access more general job listings all over the country."
According to Hampton, the new system will give students a broader perspective in terms of the job market that they could not have with the old system.
Additionally, the new program can be customized to a specific student body, Rudd said. It will also allow students to voice their opinions about the program.
"With the new system and its capabilities we strongly encourage students to give us feedback through the Web site," she said.
UCS has launched efforts in an attempt to make the transition to the new system as easy as possible for students.
"The system is not too significantly different from HoosTRAK as far as the student perspective is concerned and there will be an orientation weekend to make it much more user friendly," Hampton said.
Program orientations are scheduled to take place the evenings of Aug. 27 and 28 in Newcomb Theater and the afternoon of Aug. 29 in Newcomb Ballroom.
Beyond the orientation sessions, UCS has created tutorial videos on its Web site to help first-time students navigate the system, Hampton said.
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