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.
Health Related Professions: Prep for Multiple Mini Interviewing – The Multiple Mini Interview (MMI), is an interview format that is currently trending in health related professional programs across the nation as well as internationally. The MMI gauges an applicant’s potential to successfully interact with patients and colleagues. The MMI is designed to measure communication skills, specifically verbal and nonverbal skills that cannot be measured using standardized written exams or by reviewing coursework transcripts. The MMI typically consists of six to 10 very short interviews that revolve around a specific scenario. (Info taken from the AMA)