2013-2014 year end recap
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Personal and Professional Development is a 4-Year Process Vocation discernment is at the heart of our work. We support students' personal development as they explore how they wish to apply their gifts to make a contribution to the world. As students begin to articulate their sense of meaningful direction, we help them with their professional development so that they are able to communicate their value to employers. Personal and professional development is a four-year process. Watch this slideshow to see a recap of our work this year and how we work to achieve our Center's mission of "transforming education into application for the common good."TRANSCRIPT
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.