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Career Center Services

• Overview of Services Handout

Career Decision Making

• Four Year Student Plan
• Where are You in the Career Decision-Making Process?
• Career Decision Making
• Identify Transferable Skills
• Identify Personal Qualities
• Identify Work Values
• Career Information Collection Sheet
• Sample Questions to Ask at a Panel Discussion
• Choosing a Major (QuickTime Video Clip)

Gaining Experience Before You Graduate

• What's Right for You?
• Internships: Getting Started
• Skills & Qualities Employers Consider Important
• Get Experience before Graduation (PowerPoint in PDF)

Resume & Vita Preparation

• Resume Writing Packet (includes cover letter guidelines and sample)
• Cover Letter Writing Packet
• Resume Writing/Cover Letter Packet - Text Only Version
• Resume Writing (Webinar)
• Resume Writing (PowerPoint in PDF)
• Showcasing Your Student Leadership Experience on Your Resume
• Federal Resume Packet
• Curriculum Vitae Packet

Interviewing

• Interviewing Packet
• Interviewing Packet - Text Only Version
• Questions Employers Ask
• Illegal or Impermissible Questions
• Interviewee Questions
• Successful Salary Negotiation
• Interviewing Skills & Salary Negotiation (Webinar)
• Interviewing (PowerPoint in PDF)
• Asking Questions in a Job Interview (QuickTime Video Clip)
• The Telephone Interview (QuickTime Video Clip)

Job Search

• Finding Part-Time Jobs
• Job Searching in a Down Economy
• Developing a Job Search Plan
• Job Search (PowerPoint in PDF)
• Understanding On-Campus Recruiting (Webinar)
• Understanding On-Campus Recruiting (PowerPoint in PDF)
• Networking Packet (includes information interviewing questions)
• Networking Packet - Text Only Version
• Employer Information
• Job Fair Tips for Students
• Career Fair Preparation (Webinar)
• Career Fair Preparation (PowerPoint in PDF)
• Job Fair Tips for Recruiters
• Identify Sectors & Areas of Interest
• Identify Desired Work Tasks
• Job Search for Internationals
• Dining Etiquette (QuickTime Video Clip)
• Finding Part-time Jobs & Internships (Webinar)

Finding Employment in the Federal Government

• Federal Employment Packet
• Federal Resume Packet
• Finding & Applying for Opportunities in Federal Service Part I (Webinar)
• Finding & Applying for Opportunities in Federal Service Part II (Webinar)
• Finding & Applying for Opportunities in Federal Service Part III (Webinar)

College Work Transition

• College to Work Transition

Graduate Study

• Preparing for Graduate School Packet
• How to Write a Personal Statement
• Preparing for Graduate School (Webinar)
• Graduation School Preparation (PowerPoint in PDF)