Faculty/Staff Information
Welcome to the Career Services Faculty & Staff Resource Hub
At the Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, we believe that preparing students for life after graduation is a shared responsibility—and faculty and staff play a critical role in helping students explore careers, build professional skills, and make informed decisions about their futures.
This page is designed to support you in integrating career development into the student experience—whether you’re incorporating career readiness into your curriculum, advising students on job or internship searches, or connecting them with opportunities in your industry network.
Career Services is here to partner with you. Whether you’re interested in bringing our staff into your class, co-hosting a workshop, or simply want to learn more about how we can support your students—don’t hesitate to reach out.
Together, we can help our students connect their academic experience to meaningful career pathways.
National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) Competencies:
There are eight career readiness competencies, each of which can be demonstrated in a variety of ways. Career readiness is a foundation from which to demonstrate requisite core competencies that broadly prepare the college educated for success in the workplace and lifelong career management.
By integrating the language of these competencies into assignments, discussions, and feedback, you enable students to identify their strengths and effectively communicate them to employers, graduate programs, and other future opportunities.
The services we provide to your students include:
Job search strategies
Résumé writing assistance
Interviewing strategies
Internships/Co-op/SCEP
Job postings
Career fairs
Would you like to make a presentation to classes or student groups on career-related topics customized to a course, subject area and student audience? Sample topics include: What can I do with a major in…? Industry specific résumés, job interviewing and job search strategies. Complete a presentation request form.
You can also do the following:
- Arrange employer information sessions and guest speakers in your classes.
- Schedule meetings with employers to promote your academic programs.
- Provide current labor market trends/resources to support your academic programs.
- Present classroom videos on job search topics.
- Serve as a resource on ethics and legal standards on student hiring.
- Provide FERPA guidelines on writing recommendation/reference letters
Resources
Class presentation request form
A faculty guide to ethical and legal standards in student hiring
Suggested guidelines for writing references
Sample faculty reference letter
Writing a reference letter – discussion of the issues surrounding letters of reference
NACE Salary Calculator
Email us and tell us how we can help you.