2013-2014 year end recap

Professional & Personal Development

A 4-Year Process

We help students name the thread that ties their education to their vocation

Discernment

What do I major in?

What jobs are there for my

major?

Freshman year

We communicate to students that employers value all majors.This information helps free students to choose majors that align with their authentic gifts and interests.

Employers often value professional experiences more than a particular major.

Career Fairs provide all majors with opportunities to get the professional experience that employers value.

400 students took the iStart Strong assessment this academic year to explore how their interests align with majors, work, and experiential learning opportunities.

Career Counselors

• Rose NakamotoScience & Graduate Engineering

• Dean KuBusiness & Engineering

• Jen FerrariArts & Humanities

• Jill KleesAlumni & ECP

Our counselors have met with 1,555 students in individual appointments since the start of the academic year. Our part-time alumni career counselor has met with 200 + alumni so far this year.

Sophomore & Junior

year

We support students as they explore how to apply their passions to work so that Silicon Valley and the globe is their lab for learning

Internships provide students with real-life experience to test out their skills and interests.

Internship Search Tools

We provide resources and support for students in all disciplines to search for internships across the nation and the globe.

Careers for the Common Good exposes students to pressing social and environmental needs and the corresponding career applications for business, engineering, humanities,

arts and science students.

We offered 5 Career Preparation Boot

Camps this year customized for the following areas:

~Healthcare~Sustainability

~Start-ups~High Tech

~Internships for freshmen & sophomores.

These Boot Camps included company site

visits and alumni/recruiter

networking opportunities.

Through a grant-funded initiative, we educated faculty and staff about trends in recruiting and industry

Faculty/staff Events- Site visit to Google for Arts & Sciences Faculty

- Virtual Consulting

Projects for the Classroom

- Recruiter Panel on “Why do

Employers Hire SCU Grads?”

- Support for advising students

on “Green Careers”

We supported more than 200 faculty & staff this year through class presentations, events, and individual consulting

We delivered 50 + class and department

presentations to students

Senior year

We help students make meaning out of their experiences by identifying the place where their interests, skills, and the world’s needs intersect. Students graduate able to

articulate the value of their academics and experiences to employers.

Employers note that our graduates are humble and ready to work hard.

We promote the message that

seniors must be ready for their job search as soon as

they begin fall quarter.

70 companies participated in OCI

this year

1,690 interviews were conducted

40 companies provided an

information session on campus

Career Connect (Alumni Association & Career Center Partnership)

Evenings with Alumni in Industry

We provide opportunities for students to network with alumni

We teach students how to use the extensive alumni network on LinkedIn

We manage 8 job and career networks

on LinkedIn to promote job and

internship opportunities by

industry

We conduct mock interviews to help students prepare in advance for the real thing!

Students who engage with the

Career Center throughout their 4

years are better able to

communicate their value to employers.