The Career Development Center recently launched an initiative called “Don’t Cancel Class.”  This program is designed to provide career services directly to students in the classroom while the professor is away due to professional obligations, conferences, or administrative responsibilities. 

The Career Development staff is available to lead a classroom discussion of topics such as:

• Options with “X” major
  Career Center staff will discuss what career options are available with this particular major and what can be done to improve the marketability for this particular major.
• Career planning in general/making career decisions
  Career Center staff will discuss helpful ways to make decisions about your major. Should you keep it? Change it? And why?
• Assessment presentations, i.e. Myers-Briggs & SDS
  Career Center staff will provide assessments to students prior to the presentation and then will discuss results and use of these assessments.
• Resumes/Cover Letters
  Career Center staff will give an overview of resume & cover letter development and answer specific student questions.
• Networking
  Career Center staff will discuss the how’s and why’s of networking to land a full-time job or internship.
• Interviewing
  Career Center staff will give an overview of interviewing and offer exercises for students to practice interviewing skills         
• Social Media and the Job Search
  Career Center staff will discuss the appropriate use of social media for job searching purposes and provide strategies for utilizing it effectively.
• The Long Distance Job Search
  Career Center staff will share ways to conduct an effective job search for a city outside of the state of Alabama, while still being in school.
• Job Searching for Arts and Science Majors
  Career Center staff will encourage Liberal Arts majors as to how they can be more effective in marketing their major during their job search.
• Job Search Strategies in general
  Career Center staff will provide an overview and breakdown of the job search process.
• How to find career-related internships and part-time jobs 
  Career Center staff will discuss how to find part-time jobs and internship that improve students’ experience within particular career fields.

To schedule a “Don’t Cancel Class” session

Fill out the Don't Cancel Class Request Form 
or contact Laura Logan at llogan1@samford.edu or (205)726-4182. 

A two day minimum notice is needed, but one week notice preferred (with the exception of the assessment presentation – one week is required for this one).