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The College Road Show: Maintaining a Robust Volunteer Program at Your WFO

The College Road Show: Maintaining a Robust Volunteer Program at Your WFO. John Gordon, WFO-LMK Mike Sabones , WFO-IWX Daniel McCarthy, WFO-IND Edward Fenelon, WFO-LOT. Basic Outline. SCEP/Volunteer Program How to write an excellent Resume Interview How to separate yourself from the rest

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The College Road Show: Maintaining a Robust Volunteer Program at Your WFO

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  1. The College Road Show:Maintaining a Robust Volunteer Program at Your WFO John Gordon, WFO-LMK Mike Sabones, WFO-IWX Daniel McCarthy, WFO-IND Edward Fenelon, WFO-LOT

  2. Basic Outline • SCEP/Volunteer Program • How to write an excellent Resume • Interview • How to separate yourself from the rest • Application Process • Weather Job Jeopardy • WES cases, hydrology, NWS Hazardous Wx Ops

  3. SCEP/Volunteer Program • Student Programs • SCEP • STEP • Volunteer • Other NOAA Programs • Students discuss their experiences Purdue student Matt Rudkin assisting at a NWR programming day in Goshen, IN

  4. Reality Check / Writing an Excellent Resume • More graduates than jobs (Knox 08) • What can you do • Volunteer • Civic Organizations • Web Work • Lists • Posters • Examples of “Go-Getters” • Resume tips include.. • Highlight experience • Use good grammar • Review content • How to improve your chances • Leadership • Show initiative http://www.ucar.edu/governance/meetings/oct08/followup/head_and_chairs/john_knox.pdf

  5. The Application Process • What to expect on USAJOBS.com • Experience Questions • Evaluating quantity and quality • Answering honestly • RESUME • Time to shine • Volunteering • Projects Separate yourself from the rest!!!

  6. Interview – Separating yourself from the rest • Prepare the students for a telephone interview • Who will be participating • What to have ready • No speakerphone or cell phone! • BE COMFORTABLE • Final Statement & Questions to ask

  7. Weather Job Jeopardy • Fun way to learn & review • Interview Questions • Weather Trivia • Forecast Challenges • Workforce Prep • NWS Operations • Careers

  8. Networking Dinner

  9. Student Volunteer Program • Recruitment • Survey Office for projects to work on • Survey Students for skill sets • Project Reward System • Field Trips: UPS Meteorology, Fort Knox Weather Office, CPM, River trip, ASOS, 88D, Spotter Talks, Assisted in Damage Surveys, etc • Volunteers took part in training with the forecasters and HMTs.

  10. Web Work 4.  Super Tuesday February 5-6, 2008 2. Kentucky's Record Rain March, 1997 Top 10 Lists of Most Significant Weather Events • Floods: Michael Matthews • Tornadoes: Andy Boxell • Tor. Outbreaks: Andy Boxell • Flash Floods: Jake Stengle http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lmk/?n=top_ten

  11. Web Development • Local StormReady Page: • August Vernon • Station Digest Page • National Heat Page

  12. Historical Weather Posters • Historical Weather Posters: • April 16, 1998 Hailstorm & Tornadoes • Super Tornado Outbreak – April 1974 • Winter Storm – December 2004 • Bullitt Co. Tornado of 1996 • Lexington Ice Storm of 2003 • The Great Flood of 1937 • Super Tuesday Tornado Outbreak - February 5-6, 2008 http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lmk/?n=outreach

  13. 2008 NWA Annual Meeting • All students contributed: • Designed the program • cover • Typed abstracts and • organized the abstracts • and posters in the program • Accommodations in • Louisville • Contacted speakers to • confirm talks • Designed several guides

  14. GIS (Geographical Information Systems) • Jane Marie Wix did a flash flood hotspot project with GIS and uploaded onto AWIPS and the Intranet for use by the forecasters. • Working on tornado track database, plotting tornado data from 1800s to current.

  15. Power Points • Jake Stengel Created 1937 SDF Flood PowerPoint for an educational tool • Andy Boxell Created office tour PPT

  16. Student Projects • Entering in 100s of spotters into spotter database and then adding lat and long information for all spotters • Revamping EF Field Guide Kit with pictures from our CWA. • Answering phones and calling county contacts in severe weather events, as well as issuing Storm Reports. • Evan Webb worked on a heavy snow climatology study with SOO and forecaster • Design and manage the NWS booth at the KY State Fair • All took part in Office Beautification Day

  17. The Go-Getters - Volunteered at both LMK and IND in 2005. • Received SCEP in 2006 • Now a Journey Forecaster for the Louisville NWS Office. Andrea Lammers

  18. The Go-Getters • Volunteered Full Time at LMK in Summer 2007 • Received SCEP in 2008 • Received Intern position at Wichita, Kansas in 2009. Stephanie Dunten

  19. The Go-Getters • Volunteered at LMK Summer 2008. • Received Agricultural Meteorologist Position at University of Kentucky in 2009. Michael Matthews

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