This report addresses several educators' attempts to prepare their students for entering the "real" art therapy world. Two important components necessary to prepare students for entering the professional arenas are introduced: the need to translate theory into practice and the ability to communicate and negotiate with other helping professionals. A summary of a course project designed by art therapy professors to prepare art therapy students for job interviews is outlined. A survey was initiated to determine the effectiveness of this project with students who had participated. The results revealed that the students who responded thought that the exercise was indeed helpful in obtaining positions. This report concludes with a summary and discussion of the results and with a "call to arms" to all art therapy educators.