Most (if not all) of us have been to the classic interview. First impressions are being made, nerves are high, and ums, uhs, and nervous fidgets seem to suffocate clear thinking.  I don’t know about you, but I’ve left interviews thinking about what I did say and what I WISH I had said.

Each graduate has essentially one piece of paper and 20-30 minutes to convince a total stranger to fork over bountiful amounts of money and entrust a business in this graduate’s hand. Can you truly create a complete profile of yourself in that short amount of time?

Hire This Grad was created to help up and coming marketing students from Champlain College and give them another outlet to show why employers should hire them. It was created to really showcase what makes them a true star in the marketing world and provides more space than an 8.5” x 11” can give them.

Each week, an new marketing student will be featured and each post will have testimonials from teachers, internships, or community service coordinators who have worked with these students and can truly attest to them as an employee, an intern, a volunteer, a friend, a student, and as an overall person. It will also have questions and answers from these students to really dive into their skills, passions, and qualities.

Hire This Grad was designed to put a face to the paper resume and transform the resume text into a complete visual painting of each marketing student. It’s still a learning process, so I encourage any employers, employees, or students alike to make comments or suggestions on what you would like to see or be featured in these posts!

Thanks, and I look forward to telling you each week why you should Hire This Grad!

Nichole Magoon, creator of Hire This Grad