Mary Heim skipped lunch and landed a job. While her friends went off to lunch, urging her to join them, Mary opted to attend Southwestern Community College’s Job Fair instead. “I really needed a job as soon as I graduated and my instructor Bob Clark told me the Franklin Press was going to be at the fair,” said Mary, a May 2008 graduate of SCC’s advertising and graphic design program. “So during my lunch I went to the fair and met with the publisher from the Franklin Press. I’m so glad I did because they had an opening in my field!” She was hired immediately as a graphic artist and the publisher, Rachel Hoskins, said “Mary hit the ground running. She didn’t need training since she had all the skills needed for our job. In fact, her skills are top-notch.” Mary said she owes that to her instructors who “were so supportive of me. They taught me so much above and beyond graphic design. They taught me about working with customers and how a big part of my job would be satisfying customers’ needs.” Hoskins reports that Mary is quite successful in that department, too.