Faculty and Staff: Career Services Tour

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 our internship resources as well as the internship books in our reference center. Passwords are are needed for some resources.

Remind students that internship databases and books list both paid and non-paid opportunities which may be pursued for academic credit or not (please note: all credit-bearing internships are processed through the Dean of Studies office.

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 and encourage students to come into the office for help in developing a personalized action plan.

Employment
Do your seniors or recent grads look to you for job leads? Encourage them to work with Mike or Donna to develop a personalized action plan which, among many other things, might include steering them toward our Recruiting Program, loading their resume or checking for leads in JobCentral, networking with alumni or parents in our Career Advisor Network, or prospecting for opportunities.