Blackie talks employment during outbreak with Maine Public
Maine Public interviewed Crisanne Blackie, director of the University of Maine Career Center, for the story “Maine’s College Seniors Face Uncertainty After Graduation.” Blackie said the economic uncertainty brought by the coronavirus outbreak has unnerved college seniors as they try to finish their final semester and search for employment. On the other hand, employers continue to post job opportunities, and Blackie said she continues to encourage seniors to consider opportunities they might not have in the past. “I think if they can go for it and embrace the uncertainty and say, ‘I’m willing, maybe, to take a job that I hadn’t looked at before, because it wasn’t really what I was interested in. But I could do this job, or I could do an internship, or I could volunteer,'” she said. “And look at everything that they do as an opportunity to develop skills, to learn about themselves. They may be surprised at where they end up — in a very different place than where they thought.” The Bangor Daily News shared the story.