Campus Support Services
Student Affairs Statement on Intolerance

Faculty

The Career Development Center wants to assist you in your role as an academic advisor. When students turn to you for advice about their majors and their careers we'd like to supplement your own expertise with a little bit of ours! 

• The Career Game Plan is a list of suggestions that can help a student develop the skills and experiences that will help to make him/her a better candidate for employment or graduate school.  Suggestions are grouped in career development stages. 

• Recent increases in litigation over references as well as federal and state legislation protecting the privacy of job applicants have left many faculty and employers confused about what is appropriate.  As students ask you for assistance or recommendations for graduate school or employment, you may want to refer to The National Association of Colleges and Employers'  Guidelines for Reference Providers.

• You may suggest that your students also utilize the services of Reference Now.  Reference Now is a web site that stores professional and academic references, letters of recommendation, writing samples, and more.  Students can have these references sent directly to potential employers.  It can be especially useful for education majors and graduate students.

• You may also find it beneficial to familiarize yourself with the "Resources" section of the web site.  We greatly appreciate referrals from faculty; however, the information that students frequently request can often be accessed by a "click of a button"!

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• The Office of Career Services' staff is dedicated to working with faculty to help students achieve their career goals.  If you would like one of the Career Development Center's counselors to speak to your classes about a specific topic or the services offered, please e-mail, call 724-357-2235, or visit us in 302 Pratt Hall to schedule an appointment!