A series of new job search strategy sessions and open houses put together recently by Temple's Career Center have attracted the national media spotlight.

On Sunday, June 7, the nightly "CBS Evening News" broadcast featured a segment on the Career Center's programs for graduating seniors. A team led by CBS News correspondent Kelly Wallace had attended a special April session in Mitten Hall — Wallace called it a "boot camp" — to help seniors polish their job search strategies and skills. Wallace interviewed six Temple seniors: Lauren Beller, Cedric Hall, Tia Johnson, Nadine Mompremier, Daniel Santiago and James Wilson. As part of the session, each student had to create and present a 30-second personal introduction to a mock prospective employer.

"It was fun," said Mompremier, who earned a B.B.A. in business and law in May. "When they had the camera on us, it wasn't as nerve wracking as I thought it would be."

Other recent visitors to the Career Center include Washington, D.C.-based National Public Radio education correspondent Larry Abramson, whose report on the tough job market for grads aired on "All Things Considered" on May 6; and Associated Press higher education reporter Kathy Matheson, who wrote a widely distributed wire story about the Career Center's job search open house on commencement day. Matheson's article ran in more than 200 media outlets nationwide on May 14, including The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, The Miami Herald and The Boston Globe. The Philadelphia Inquirer also published a story on the open house for new grads on May 15.

"Having the national media on campus created even more of a buzz around a new program that we were already really excited about," said Rachel Brown, the Career Center's director. "Temple students are so great. They just have so much energy and so much to offer. I’m just glad a national audience got a chance to see that."