TCU’s fall career fair is next week on the 18th and Student Support Services (SSS) is trying to make sure students are able to dress for the part. Students have until 6 p.m. tonight, Sept. 12, to pick up a full outfit for next week and beyond.
“When you look good, you feel good, which allows you to perform good,” Jowelle Mitchell, the assistant director of SSS STEM and Health Sciences, said.
The Business Attire Pop-Up Shop is in its third year. The point is to help students who, for whatever reason, do not have business attire. They can select one item or a whole outfit.
“Anybody and everybody in every major can benefit from this,” said Dr. Cynthia Montes, the director of SSS and SSS STEM and Health Science.
“The first year we worried if students would actually come to the event, we were worried how the message of the booth would be received by students because we didn’t want it to seem like charity and have that be a deterrent,” Montes said.
Despite Montes’ worries, the pop-up booth has been extremely successful.
“Year one, our goal was 50 students, but over 400 students came to the booth! Then, last year it picked up even more momentum and had even more volunteers and over 550 students,” Montes said.
Something special about the event is that students aren’t the ones volunteering.
“One of the things we really pride ourselves on with this event is that all the volunteers at the event are faculty and staff,” Mitchell said. “We don’t have students volunteering at the event because this is the time for them to be served.”
The booth offers eight dressing rooms to try on business attire, a raffle for all participants and a five-minute speed networking session with Career Services, where they will review your resume and provide business tips.
The Business Attire Pop-Up Shop closes at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 12.