Career Development
October 2005

What the Purdue University HTM Department does to help its students get ready for interviews!

We believe that there are many things that the HTM Department does to encourage and aid students to be prepared before their interviews. Each semester there are over 35 companies that come to Purdue to interview students for permanent jobs as well as internships. First, the Career Center holds an orientation meeting which explains the procedures the students must follow in order to interview. This includes proper dress, proper resume formats, being on time, thank you letters and follow up procedures. All students are encouraged to use the resource materials that are on file in the HTM Career Center which include written materials, videos, CD’s, and etc. If a student is interviewing with a company and they have a presentation, the student is required to attend this.

The HTM Department uses its web site as a major resource by including links to the following types of information:

• Tips for Interviewing, Dress and Negotiation

• Salary Calculator

• Resume and Interviewing Tips

• Your First 90 Days

• What Can I Do With My Degree

Last, HTM faculties have been a tremendous resource by mentoring and sharing their experiences with students. We have over 18 full time faculty and students are encouraged to go to the faculty members and ask about various career strategies. Also, faculty brings industry recruiters, human resource people and people at all corporate levels into their HTM classes and they incorporate this as part of the curriculum. The HTM home page can be found at  www.cfs.purdue.edu/HTM/

Bio:

Jill Poehlein joined the Hospitality and Tourism Management Department (HTM) at Purdue University in the clerical capacity in 1989. She was promoted to the Career Center Coordinator in 2000. Jill works with approximately 600 students and 50 or more companies that recruit HTM students. She works with the students to prepare them for the interviewing process for internships and management positions after graduation. Jill coordinates all HTM on-campus scheduling and interviewing of the HTM Career Center.