Get to Know Us
The Career Services department is a division of Student Affairs and our staff is a team of professionals who are committed to providing quality services to our students and alumni as they make the transition from backpack to briefcase. The mutual goal of both our faculty and Career Services is student success. By working together, faculty and Career Services can ensure the transition from student to a member of the work force is as seamless as possible.
Think of the path our students take to their professional career as a camping trip. Our faculty does an outstanding job of "filling the students' backpacks" with the knowledge and practical skills they need to thrive once they reach their destination. At Career Services, we provide the maps and compasses and serve as guides for students conducting their career exploration.
How can we help you? Following are some of the Services We Offer:
We help your students find the right fit - We help students determine the
right career for their interests, career goals, skills, values, and personality. During their
academic careers, students return to career services to develop essential job-search skills. We
are a student's best resource for job outlook, salary, and employment trend information.
We know employers who want to know you - At Career Services, we
work directly with employers, who often ask for the contact information of faculty members who
could help them to target students in a particular major or discipline. Ideally, employers would
like to develop mutually beneficial relationships with faculty, and can provide many forms of
support. We can help facilitate that connection. We also have resources to help faculty understand
their ethical responsibilities toward students. (See the Faculty Guide for further
information.)
Our Career Day attract many recruiters to one event - Our Career Day
provide excellent opportunities for your students to meet representatives from the companies in
their industries of choice and establish a network of contacts. We provide information to assist
your students in researching the employers beforehand and provide tips so they are prepared to
effectively engage recruiters.
We help students master the job interview - There is no better way
to prepare for the job interview than by experiencing an "actual" interview. At Career Services,
our staff or recruiter volunteers will conduct mock interviews with your students, then provide
a constructive critique of their performance and effective interview strategies.
We'll bring the information to your class - We specialize in conducting
presentations to the classes you teach and the student organizations you advise about a host of
career-related topics, such as resume writing, job-search strategies, and interviewing skills. In
addition, we can arrange presentations by professionals (many of them alumni), who can relate
their experiences and how their major has helped them in their careers. Through our Absent professor Program we can help out in a pinch: If you need to or are considering canceling a
class, just contact us and we can schedule a presentation instead.
We assist in identifying quality experiential education opportunities - Experiential
education is such an important part of your students' overall educational experience. Just ask any
employer. Through our network of employers, we can help your students identify internship and
cooperative education opportunities that will best serve them in their academic and professional
pursuits.
These are just some of the Services We Offer. We value your involvement and hope that you will
encourage our students to participate in the many services that we offer. Please contact Career
Services to determine how, together, we can achieve student success. We look forward to working
with you.
