Zach Hadley, BS ’19, practices what he’ll do with his future degree in urban planning and sustainability. Here, Zach hosts a meeting at the Athens City Pool on behalf of his internship host, the City of Athens Mayor’s Office. Photo by Ellee Achten, BSJ ’14, MA ’17
From Ohio Today
Two years ago, Zach Hadley ’19 was lost. The bright geography sophomore, making the grade with a high GPA, didn’t know where to start to land his first internship.
“I had zero direction. Do I just mail resumes to people? Do I email CEOs? I had no clue how to do this,” Hadley says. “I was super embarrassed … because that’s such an important thing to know. I know how to graph a parabola, but I don’t know how to find a job.”
Not finding answers in the classroom, Hadley visited OHIO’s Career and Leadership Development Center (CLDC), where Assistant Director Kacey Schaum reviewed his resume and assessed his communication skills through a mock interview.
…Today, he’s working in the City of Athens Mayor’s Office, his third internship in two years—a feat he credits to those first steps into the CLDC.
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