Kohl’s Careers

Over the course of two days in September, Kohl's representatives presented in eight different classrooms on campus at the University of Alabama with the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration and Retail Program. Pictured is Nick Johnson, Kohl's Store Manager in Opelika, AL and University of Alabama Alum, presenting "Marketing for Success" to Marketing 300, which is a student lecture in Alston Hall.

Other highlights of the two days on campus include a networking lunch with Travis Railsback, Executive Director of the Career Center, and Linda Johnson, Director of Employer Development and Relations, and students networking with Molly Green, Terracia King, and Brooklyn Boring, who are Kohl's Campus Ambassadors at Alabama and former Interns. Roll Tide!

The University of South Carolina Career Center hosted an inaugural student leader breakfast where Phillip Daniels, Kohl's District Manager in Columbia, SC, was invited to kick off with a keynote address. The event was developed to connect students and employers to discuss how the student's leadership experiences translate into future employment, allow employers an opportunity to share with student leaders the desirable qualities for entry-level workers, and to provide a networking experience for students. Presidents and Vice Presidents of USC Student Organizations were invited to attend this breakfast. Phillip's impactful keynote highlighted an industry perspective on how student leadership experiences propel employees into leadership positions and Kohl's culture around leadership and core values.

Bart Staines, Store Manager

Ashley Reagin, Assistant Store Manager

On September 11, 2012, Kohl's sponsored a campus wide resume critique through the University of Georgia Career Center.  Resume Critique Days are held several days prior to the Fall and Spring Career Fairs to help students get ready for the career fair and the recruiting season. During the event, three Kohl's representatives and UGA Alums were able to interact one-on-one with students and provide professional dress and career advice from an employers perspective while UGA Career Center Counselors critiqued student resumes!

Kohl's sponsored a "Dress for Success" event with an Internship Orientation class in the Fashion Merchandising Program at the University of Georgia. Six students were outfitted head to toe in business casual and professional looks from Kohl's featuring LC Lauren Conrad, Apt. 9, Simply Vera Vera Wang, and Elle apparel.  On September 11, 2012 Lauren Fylstra, Territory University Relations Manager, presented to a full class of 120 students on professional dress and advice on how to transition from college to career. The presentation was concluded with the six business casual and professional "models" showing off their looks to their class along with a raffle of a $100 and $50 gift card!

"Thank you so much for taking the time to provide our internship class with great tips and guidelines for having a successful interview. Your presentation opened my eyes to the little details that can have a huge impact on any future career I may have. I will especially be practicing my elevator speech!" - UGA Student, Dana Seidman

On Thursday September 8th, Brian Giles presented "4th Quarter Planning" to two Principles of Merchandising Classes in the Ballantine Building with Professor Janis Shaffer, Senior Lecturer Apparel and Merchandising. This presentation kicked off a semester long project the students work on related to retailing in the 4th quarter. In between classes, Kohl's hosted a lunch with the Retail Studies Organization at the Tudor Room on campus. This luncheon opportunity was announced to all 300 members of RSO, which is one of the largest and most active organizations on the IU campus.  Ten students were selected to dine and network with Kohl's executives!

"Thank you so much for all of your hard work in planning and organizing the class presentations and visit of Brian, Bernadette, and Evan to my classes and also for planning the RSO luncheon.

Brian did an amazing job in covering so much with the students, and I thought he was so inspirational! He did an excellent job talking about the importance of planning in the 4th Q and the leadership role of the management team at Kohl's. The information he shared was an excellent foundation for the project the students are doing and it is easy to see why Kohl's is such a great place for which to work.

We also appreciate [Kohl's] sponsoring the luncheon. It was very special for the students involved, and I know they really enjoyed the one-on-one time with your team. It is so inspirational to them to have these networking opportunities and to have the personal guidance and mentoring from successful industry executives." - Indiana University Professor