<p>Good suggestions to get the Volunteer office to be more proactive. It’s a regional hospital with only two ladies running the volunteers, but I’d hope that they’d be more helpful in view of the years he spent there, and that he was responsive whenever they needed someone for an extra project or to assist with the new volunteers…not to mention the bagels he delivered to them when he stopped in to say hello during college vacations… </p>
<p>He got reference letters from the assisted living facility and Congressman (letter actually was signed by the Office Director…which he knows from his work in the office! LOL). He should have gotten a letter from the volunteer office. He was selected for their annual scholarship so I don’t think he considered that a reference letter would be good too, but it’s definitely something he should get.</p>
<p>He was expressly told by his advisor NOT to go to the career fair, by the way, since the focus was on helping the Seniors to find jobs. Hmmmmm. Frankly, NorthStarMom, I’m really, really disappointed in PSU’s lack of any organization or support for internships in his major. I suspect that larger majors have much more support. Emphasizing to the kids that finding your own internship is part of the process is a cop-out, especially when alumni networking and support is referenced as a valuable take-away from the school. </p>
<p>He’ll see if there’s any way to reach out to alumni, and see what the response is.</p>