The Pensacola campus of Virginia College held a series to workshops to promote jobs in Florida.
According to a press release, the Career Services Department at the Pensacola, Florida, campus of Virginia College recently hosted its first-ever workshops titled “The Hiring Hour” and “Mentoring Builds Career Momentum.” The objective was to promote an atmosphere of professionalism, business networking, and mentoring, and to provide a setting for employment interviews.
Employers representing clinics, hospitals, law firms, the military, professional organizations, the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, and small business owners were present to meet graduates. The grads represented all programs offered at Virginia College in Pensacola. They were dressed professionally, and brought copies of their resumes for admittance to the event.
Senior Vice President of Career Services Scot Stapleton, representing Virginia College parent company Education Corporation of America (ECA), shared insightful comments regarding professionalism in the workplace. Pensacola campus President Dr. Kim Coolidge provided wisdom regarding the Virginia College education experience, and offered thought-provoking platitudes to the attentive group.
Education Corporation of America is a leader in the post-secondary career school market with current enrollment of over 19,000 students. The ECA website is www.ecacolleges.com/. Schools include Virginia College, founded in 1983, a private institution of higher education that offers non-degree and associate’s, bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in the areas of Health and Medical, Business, Information Technology, Interior Design, Computer Design, Cosmetology, Nursing and more in sixteen different cities. Virginia College campuses are located in Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile and Montgomery, Alabama; Jacksonville and Pensacola, Florida; Augusta and Macon, Georgia; Biloxi and Jackson, Mississippi; Charleston, Columbia and Greenville, South Carolina; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and Austin, Texas. The Virginia College website is www.vc.edu/. Virginia College also offers classes worldwide via the Internet, with student services and admissions facilities in Birmingham, Alabama, and Tampa, Florida. Information about online classes at Virginia College is available at www.vconline.edu. Additionally, ECA operates Culinard, the Culinary Institute of Virginia College, with locations in Birmingham and Mobile, Alabama, and Jacksonville, Florida. The website is www.culinard.com. ECA also operates Golf Academy of America, with locations in Phoenix, Arizona; San Diego, California; Orlando, Florida; and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The Golf Academy website is www.golfacademy.edu.
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