Career Services offers a variety of workshops designed to help students make decisions about their careers and majors; market themselves to employers; and steps to consider when considering graduate school. We would welcome the opportunity to develop a specialized program for one of your classes, or campus organizations you advise.

Partial list of possible workshops

• How to Recession Proof Your Resume
• How to Develop an Effective Job Search in Tough Economic Times
• Effective Interviewing Techniques for Employment
• Employers Conducting Major Specific Mock Interviews
• How Personal Values Impact Career Choices
• Job Fair Etiquette: How to Prepare and "Sell Yourself" at a Job Fair
• Graduate School Information Workshop

The National Association of Colleges and Employers has created the following guidelines to assist faculty when employers ask for student referrals and/or students ask for letters of recommendation

• Faculty Guide to Ethical and Legal Standards in Student Hiring
• Guidelines on writing reference letters
• Suggested Guidelines for Reference Givers
• Sample Faculty Reference Letter
• What Can a Faculty Member Say or Write?

The program is a unified effort of Advancement (Adv), Career Services (CS), Faculty and Administrators to coordinate campus visits for distinguished visitors (alumni, friends, honorary degree recipients, volunteers, prospective employers). The Host is the individual who invites the visitor and covers any campus expenses (e.g., lunch). The visitor usually covers his/her own travel expenses.

This coordination service is available to the campus community but no one is required to avail themselves of it. The attached form provides direction to Career Services, who will coordinate the itinerary. It will also be helpful for the deans to use the form when alumni offer their services. This will help build goodwill and provide a streamlined way to record alumni interest and potential.

Faculty-initiated visitors and guest lecturers may continue outside this process, although they can utilize the program should they prefer

• Campus Distinguished Visitor Program Procedures
• Campus Distinguished Visitor Program Request Form