Career Development Center - Services
Career Counseling
- Self-Assessment Services
- Workshops and Seminars
- Career Library
- Career Shadowing
- Alumni Career Network
- After Dinner Ments
- Mock Interviews
- Graduate School Resources
Career Counseling
Open to students and alumni, career counseling addresses issues such as choosing a major, exploring career options, gaining career-related experience, summer jobs, graduate school questions, and job search strategies. Career counselors can also help you develop a personal career search strategy and improve your interviewing skills. To schedule an appointment just call 236-2292.
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Self-Assessment Services
If you are trying to decide on a major or have a major but are unsure about possible career options, the Career Development Center can help!
Individual Career Counseling Appointments- are the best way to begin exploring interests, values, and skills and relating them to possible major and career options. Other self-assessment options can be discussed during these sessions.
SIGI 3 - is a computerized career guidance system to help you research information about your values, interests, and skills. It will also provide information regarding occupations
Stong Interest Inventory- is a computerized instrument that will help you identify your career-related interests. Make an appointment with Dora or Wes for more information.
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator- is a computerized instrument that will help you identify personality traits that relate to majors and career options.
Self Assessment and Career Exploration Links
Workshops and Seminars
Each year the Career Development Center offers numerous workshops on various topics including: Making a "Major" Decision, Writing a Winning Resume, Interviewing Skills, plus much, much more! For a complete workshop schedule, click on the workshop button on this site, call 236-2292 or stop by the Career Development Center in room 310, Krannert Center
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Career Library
The Career Library includes up-to-date career books, video tapes, and handouts. Regardless of where you are in the career search process identifying a major, writing resumes, alumni contacts and career advancement. We also have registration booklets for graduate school exams such as GRE, GMAT, and LSAT, as well as resources for information on every graduate program in the U.S.
No appointment is needed to use the self-help Career Library which is open Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Due to the extensive use of these books, there is no check-out service.
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Career Shadowing
The Career Development Center encourages all students who are trying to decide on a major, career field, or just wanting to know more about a particular occupation to set up informational interviews and career shadowing with professionals in the fields that they are considering. The CDC counselors are available to meet with students one-on-one to discuss the benefits of these activities, the best ways to go about setting them up, as well as providing resources for finding contact names in specific professional fields.
Alumni Career Network
Over 600 alumni have volunteered to participate in the Alumni Career Network. This network enables you to contact alumni throughout the United States to gain information about career fields and/or to solicit assistance during your job search. Make an appointment with a staff member to learn how to use the database.
After Dinner Ments
After-Dinner Ments consists of alumni panel discussion programs held throughout the year. Students learn about career fields, about connections between college majors and career choices, and about college-to-career transitions. Great networking too! Check out the Workshops & Programs link for dates of the next program.
Mock Interviews
The Career Development Center coordinates a mock interview program where students are interviewed by a staff member or an employer and then given feedback on what they could do to improve for real interviews in the future. Just call the office to schedule an appointment, and be prepared to submit a copy of your resume and a job description in advance. We make this process as real as possible, so be sure to dress for the part on the day of the interview.
Graduate School Resources
The Career Development Center’s library houses information on all of the graduate programs in the U.S., as well as booklets on the tests required for graduate school admission. We’re happy to meet with students to discuss graduate school essays and interviews as well.