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t Enter Dr. Melinda Robinson-Moffett, Middle
Georgia State's director of Career Services. She
Spring 2016 worked with Hill to help him inventory his skills –
playing up his leadership and management
abilities – and “de-militarize” and condense his
resume.

“I was mind-blown at how good my resume
looked after she helped me,” said Hill, 42. “The
civilian workforce is an arena I haven’t been to
before, but now I have confidence moving
forward in my job search.”

Those words are gold to Robinson-Moffett,
hired in 2015 to turn Middle Georgia State’s
Career Services office from an admittedly under-
used resource to an essential service for every
student – and alumni.

“Career Services isn’t a one-stop shop,”

Robinson-Moffett said. “When a student
first walks in that door, it should
be the beginning of a long
relationship. A student enrolls,
works on a degree, graduates,
becomes an alumni, gets a job,
changes jobs. There is a need for
counseling and mentoring
through all of it.”

For Robinson-Moffett, that can mean gently
advising a young student who says he plans to
enter the medical field but hates science and
math. Or helping a non-traditional-age Business
major, nearly overwhelmed with school and
family responsibilities, understand the impor-
tance of creatively carving out time for an
internship – or at least part-time or volunteer
work related to her career goals.

“Even if it’s just one or two hours a week
between classes, they have to find a way of getting
practical experience,” Robinson-Moffett said.
“Earning a degree is not enough.”

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