Faculty and Staff: Career Services Orientation

Exploring Careers
Do your advisees ever ask, "what are my options?" or "what can I do with my major?" Let them know there are career counselors who support your efforts and who will help them find their answers. Be sure to refer them to our career resources and our print library of books in Career Services (Starbuck). What Can I Do With This Major has career choices, internship, employment, Career Advisor, Graduate School, and academic department resources for specific majors.

Internships
Skidmore was founded on the guiding principle of "education of the mind and the hand." Guide your students to a variety of high impact experiences in our internship resources. Passwords are needed for some resources.

Remind students that internships may be both paid and non-paid, and pursued for academic credit or not (please note: all credit-bearing internships are processed through the Office of Academic Advising.

Graduate School
Would your advisees be interested in searching the Web for graduate school programs in their discipline(s)? Are they concerned about financing their graduate studies? Tap into our collection of graduate school resources.

Employment
Do your seniors or recent grads look to you for job leads? Encourage them to work with Donna, Penny, or Megan to develop a personalized action plan which, among many other things, might include teaching them how to create effective resumes and cover letters, steering them toward our recruiting program, and relevant employment opportunities, networking with alumni or parents in our Career Advisor Network, or prospecting for opportunities.