Penn Career Services celebrated its 100th anniversary last Friday alongside student leadership, office staff, and University administrators.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Sept. 25 event was held at the organization\u2019s 3935 Walnut St. office and included remarks from members of Career Services, Penn President Larry Jameson, and Senior Associate Vice Provost of Student Affairs Tamara Greenfield King. The speakers discussed the organization\u2019s development<\/a> over the past century and its current operating practices.<\/p>\n Penn Career Services Executive Director Barbara Hewitt kicked off the celebration with a discussion about various challenges the organization faced during its \u201cearly years,\u201d and a look into how the office has adapted over time. Originally called the University Placement Office, she explained that the department was tasked with sending placement registration forms to employers for students.<\/p>\n In an interview, former Career Services Director Patricia Rose reflected on how technological developments impacted the office and freed employees from \u201cdrudge work\u201d on a daily basis.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe had slots like at a post office, and people would throw resumes in the hopper,\u201d Rose, who managed the department from 1982 to 2018, said. \u201cIt was a very mechanical process, and that all went away when people submitted resumes electronically.\u201d<\/p>\n Get the DP delivered straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n