The Allstate Campus is excited to announce that we’ll be hosting a Boot Camp next week! Now I know you’re probably thinking drills and sprints, but this camp in particular doesn’t require much physical activity. In fact, it’s strictly designed to take the necessary steps toward your future. It’s what we would like to call “The workout for career success”. We’ve extended an invitation to the College of Public Safety students who are pursuing an A.S degree and have completed 75% of the program’s plan requirements. We would like for those students, as well as the Corrections, Law, or Fire Academy students to come on out and join us this upcoming Tuesday, on April 12^th from 4:30-6:30 pm.

Each student will be given the opportunity to undergo several steps that are essential to preparing for a career. We’ll start with taking a professional picture at our photo booth which can then be used as the profile pic on their LinkedIn account. At this point of the boot camp, the student will also be given an USB drive for their personal access. From there they’ll participate in a mock interview, which allows students to practice with interview questions and acquire some helpful tips. The next two stations will serve as guide for completing the background check process through PASS (Police Applicant Screening Service) and then a resume review, with resume tips from one of our advisors. Following that we’ll have the Burning Glass table, which is a job search tool that aids with finding jobs and/or career within the area of your choice.

Last but not least, we have the final station which is where you’ll find the recruiters we’ve scheduled to be a part of our career boot camp. Each table will have a different recruiter, giving each student a chance to network and ask any questions they may have in regards to a specific career field. Here you can find the list of recruiters who have volunteered to attend this special event:

• Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office
• Winter Garden Police Department
• Gulfport Police Department
• St. Petersburg Fire & Rescue
• McRoberts Protective Agency

After visiting each station and completing a short survey, there will be dinner for the students and additional time to visit with any of our staff and the recruiters listed above. Our sole purpose for the career boot camp is to provide students with a learning experience catered to professional and career services. So we encourage students to come out ready to interact and professionally dressed! Also, it would be helpful is students who already have a resume, bring a copy with them for advisors to review on the spot.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact our Career Outreach Specialist, Dee Mortellaro at (727) 614 -7019.

Save the date and we look forward to seeing you there! 🙂