Encourage your students to take advantage of the services offered by the Center for
Career Development. Announce to your classes the services and upcoming events
available through Career Development. Explain that students should begin visiting the
Center for Career Development their freshman year and continue visiting on a regular basis.
Share with us any information concerning your major and the careers and graduate
programs related to it. Any information you provide us about your department will be
shared with students deciding on a major.
Encourage your students to attend workshops, career fairs, and other events
sponsored by the Center for Career Development. Announce upcoming events
to your students and consider giving extra credit for attendance.
Communicate to students the mission of the Center for Career Development. Help students
understand that, while Career Development will not find the job for them, we will teach
them all the skills they need and will assist them in finding a job. They will gain more from
learning these skills instead of having the job search done for them since they will eventually
have to utilize these skills again when they make a job or career change in their future.
Promote the importance of acquiring good job search skills. Explain that by planning
ahead and seeking assistance from Career Development early on, they will hone good job
search skills that can mean the difference between a job and a career.
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