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The Counseling and Career Planning Center’s main objective is to assist students in developing vital links between academic life and the world of work. Students are encouraged to utilize the Career Center and establish these connections beginning with the freshman year and continuing through graduation and beyond. The Career Center staff is interested in and committed to career development.
The Office will help you assess your personal career skills and goals. We provide information and contacts through a host of on-campus and off-campus programs. In addition, we will help you get experience through internships and fellowships.
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Before you can know what you want to do professionally, you really need to know yourself. What are your skills, strengths, and interests? Which aspects of work are truly important to you? Our unit contain an online assessment site (www.livecareer.com) that can help direct your self-exploration and clarification process. These sites are simply tools that can give you some new ways to describe yourself.
- Optimal Resume
Optimal Resume helps students find jobs faster with an award-winning suite of online career tools to help them building a better resume and cover letter, manage an online portfolio, hone interviewing skills and develop a personal brand online.
- Resume Development https://www.optimalresume.com/optimalresume.html
https://www.optimalresume.com/optimalinterview.html
- Workshops
Making a positive first impression is crucial in a job interview. An employer’s opinion of you is not solely based on your skills, but also on how you present yourself. By dressing professionally you can show employers that you mean business. This workshop addresses the importance of appropriate dress as it relates to interviewing and business situations. Information is shared about the differences between business attire and business casual.
Employers sponsor internship and co-op programs to identify, test, groom and recruit candidates. Internship and cooperative educational programs are increasingly popular as a recruiting tool. In a recent NACE survey, eighty-five percent of employers across all hiring sectors reported that they sponsored experiential learning opportunities. More than 98 percent of those use them to recruit for their work forces. Discover your dream internship —near or far — with University of Dreams.
Professional networks/organizations exist to promote a particular field, provide a forum to discuss issues of mutual interest and, most importantly, to link people together with common goals. The Counseling and Career Planning office can help you identify a professional or relevant association in your local area with which to get involved.
- Web Casts
Graduate and professional schools offer an opportunity for you to undertake advanced study in areas of interest and/or to accomplish a career goal. There are some professions that require an advanced degree such as law, medicine, and postsecondary teaching. However, if you are uncertain as to your career goal, careful thought and consideration should be given before applying to a program. Making an informed decision about pursuing a graduate or professional degree requires an in-depth self analysis, research of schools, and development of a plan. It is recommended that the planning and preparation begin approximately 18 months before expected entrance. This would include the self analysis, the research of graduate programs, and a plan of action.
Choosing a Major is not always the same as choosing a career. While some careers require a specific undergraduate major, many do not. Nursing and engineering are examples of careers which require a specific undergraduate Major. Other majors can significantly increase your likelihood of entering a career field. Journalism, social work, and accounting are such degrees. Meanwhile, a degree in Liberal Arts might take you in several directions. You can begin exploring the connection between majors and careers right here by finding a general description of the major, career options, typical employers and salary and employment outlook information at Wiley College.
- Graduate School Visits
Campus visits are an important component to making your graduate school program decisions. Just when you decide to visit is up to you, but the most crucial point of visitations is to get your own perspective on what you can expect from certain graduate schools. Here a few of the graduate school visits that are scheduled this year year:
Southern Methodist University www.smu.edu
University of Texas www.uttyler.edu
Oklahoma City University www.ocu.edu
- Graduate School Fair
Graduate or professional schools offer an opportunity for you to under take advanced study in areas of interest and/or to accomplish a career goal. Making an informed decision about pursuing a graduate or professional degree requires an in-depth self analysis, research of schools, and development of a plan. It is recommended that the planning and preparation begin approximately 18 months before expected entrance. This would include the self analysis, the research of graduate programs, and a plan of action that the unit of Counseling and Career Planning is dedicated to helping you with.
- Career Fair
The Career Fair is our largest fair offering full-time employment, internships, summer jobs and volunteer opportunities in a wide range of career fields. Employers from a wide variety of industries attend this career fair to offer full-time and part-time employment, internships, as well as summer and volunteer positions. One-on-one interviews will be also be conducted on the day of the fair with qualified candidates. This next Career Fair is scheduled for Thursday, March 3rd, 2011.
Counseling and Career Planning Brochure
Counseling and Career Planning Newsletter (Coming soon!)
Wiley College Student Profile
Graduate School Exit Survey
Evaluation Survey
Visit the Counseling and Career Planning Office today find out about current job positions. Below are just a few HOT JOBS that are offered specifically to Wiley College students:
Walmart Eastman Chemical Company
Sam’s Club Brookshire Food and Pharmacy
Chase Bank Verizon Wireless
- Career Computer Lab
The Career lab is open for your use during regular office hours. Computers with MS Word are available to access the Career Development Center website, create resumes, research employment opportunities and access interactive software programs designed to
Identify careers that match your skills and interest.
- Career Library
Find information on majors, occupations, employers, graduate programs, and scholarships. The latest career magazines, books, and materials will be found. Search for full-time employment, part-time and seasonal jobs, and internships.
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