This article was contributed by Jenny Callison, freelance writer.
Preparing undergraduate students to launch their careers should involve more than just showing them how to assemble a resumé, pen a cover letter, and develop a firm handshake. For two decades, the Cameron School of Business has demonstrated this belief by offering its students a resource to help them assess themselves and their career possibilities, set goals and develop strategies to pursue those goals.
That distinctive resource is the all-volunteer Cameron Executive Network, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year and, more importantly, toasts the success of thousands of CEN alumni.
“We help a person transition from being a student into being an employee, and help them take ownership of their career development,” says Kim Nelson, who has been one of CEN’s roughly 260 mentors for more than 7 years. Recently she was appointed the network’s co-director, the first
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