Career services for faculty
The Career Center is open to all students and alumni. Faculty are an
important part of the relationship between students/alumni and the
Career Center. Faculty involvement is a key to their success and here
are the services that we offer to help you. For a brochure of faculty
services, click
here.
Employer/alumni contacts: We will assist in providing
guest speakers for your class. The Career Center can provide contacts to
faculty and staff seeking classroom mentors, speakers, and case study
materials.
Class presentations: If you must miss a class session,
one of our staff members will serve as a guest lecturer for you and
instruct your students on various aspects of the career-related topic of
your choice.
Presentations available
The following topics are just some of the many presentations and
career workshops the Career Center conducts for student groups,
organizations, and classes. We can create or customize any
career-related presentation to meet your needs. To request a
presentation or workshop, please contact us.
- Orientation to the Career Center
- Virtual Career Center orientation
- Planning for a career
- Exploring majors and careers
- Preparing resumes & cover letters
- Business correspondence tips
- Dining etiquette
- E-mail etiquette
- Career fair etiquette
- Networking: The art of mixing and mingling
- Finding and securing an internship
- Conducting a job search
- Job search etiquette and ethics
- Job search on the web
- Successful interviewing
- Evaluating job offers: Negotiating salaries
- Surviving the first year (for seniors &
recent graduates)
Saints4Hire faculty/advisor report: The Career Center
can provide you with a monthly update of employment opportunities
available to students in your college/school through campus
recruiting. All openings are listed in the Career Center’s online
system, Saints4Hire.
Career center library: Located in 257 OM, the
professionally staffed Career Center contains volumes of books,
directories, and other publications.
Webinar presentations: We have access to many career-related archived webinars and
are happy to showcase a topic during your class session. Our office
will also advertise live webinars that will be held in our office.
The roadmap project: Our roadmap project guides
students through career development using four phases: (1) assessment,
(2) developing a cover letter and resume, (3) branding, and (4)
communicating qualifications. Each phase requires the student to
discover career paths, explore their interests, conduct informational
interviews, job shadow, ask intelligent questions, and reflect on their passions.
The roadmap project can be completed as part of your curriculum for your
students. Our office is happy to facilitate the phases and work with
your students on their results.
Work study and regular student labor: If you
are looking student to work in your office or division, please post your job via
Saints4Hire. All on-campus and off-campus work study positions are
posted in the online jobs database.
Internship experiences:
Faculty whose departments allow credit for internships
are encouraged to collaborate with the career center. Career
center staff work with employers on posting their internship.
Faculty meet with students to set learning objectives and
provide evaluation at the end of the internship. If you would
like your department's internship information included in our
internship packet, please contact the career center.
Curriculum development: Faculty and staff may wish to
collaborate with our staff about integrating career-related topics into
classroom curriculum. Our roadmap project encourages collaborative
programming to increase students’ career development.
Programs and events: Every semester, we
offer a wide range of programs and special events covering
topics related to career exploration, job and internship search,
and preparing for graduate and professional school. Many of
these programs are sponsored with academic units.
We also conduct three targeted networking career/job fairs during the
fall semester and offer our large community career and internship fair
in the spring. Our website lists upcoming major career fairs and
programs and registration information.
Referring students to the career
center: Faculty and staff are encouraged to
refer students to us. We work with students at every
academic level from first year through the graduate
school level. Our services and resources cover a wide
range of career issues including:
- Helping a student identify his or her
interests, skills, and values, possibly with a
referral to career testing
- Helping the student explore possible careers
related to his or her major or to the student's
interests, skills, and values
- Developing a career plan and learning the
skills needed to move into the first job after
college or make an effective career change in
the future
- Assisting with the internship search
- Teaching resume writing, cover letter
writing, and interviewing skills
- Critiquing resumes and cover letters in
career assistance appointments
- Helping the student identify resources for
job announcements
- Helping the student learn and conduct an
effective job search including suggesting
possible industries and employers related to
their career goal
- Helping the student apply to graduate and
professional schools
- Critiquing graduate and professional school personal
statements or essays