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Workshops

The Career Development Center provides the following workshop topics. Within the topics, there are various workshops to assist you in selecting a major or career path, as well as obtaining a full/part-time job or internship.

For a complete schedule of workshop titles, dates, times, and locations, go to the Career Development Center Event Calendar .


Choosing Your Major

These workshops focus on the process of choosing amajor or career. You will be taught to apply the process and consider factors and online tools that can help influence your decision.

  • Choosing Your Major
  • CHOICES: Online Tools to Help You Choose Your Major

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Graduate School

The following workshops explain the steps to take in the decision-making process, researching your choices, setting a timetable, understanding testing requirements, financing, and applying to the school of your choice.

  • Should I Go to Graduate School?
  • Applying to Law School
  • Financing and Getting Into Graduate School
  • Applying to Graduate School
  • Applying to Business School

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Job Fair Preparation

Learn what to bring, how to dress, how to make a good first impression, how to research companies online, what questions to ask, how to follow-up and more. These workshops will show you!

  • How to Succeed at the Job Fair
  • Resume Writing for the Job Fair
  • Have Your Resume Reviewed by a Professional
  • How to Succeed at the Job Fair
  • How to Succeed at the Internship/Volunteer Fair

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Job Search and Networking

Attend the Job Search and Networking workshops to develop an effective job search plan, conduct an electronic job search and discover the value of networking as an important tool in job search.

  • Learn to Job Search and Network
  • Job Search for Government Opportunities

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Internships

The Internship workshops will allow you to meet with employers to find out about the internship process and the value of internships for entry into a specific company or industry. Internships for International Students will provide important information specific to international students.

  • Internships for International Students
  • Naked Resume? Get an Internship!

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Interview Preparation

Want to ace the interview? Interview Preparation workshops will help you develop successful strategies and techniques for presenting yourself more effectively during a job interview.

  • Interview Techniques
  • Dress for Success
  • Speed Interviews

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Resume Writing

Learn how to prepare a professional resume that will uniquely describe your career objectives, skills, and education. Learn the basics of preparing scannable resumes.

  • Resume Writing
  • Have Your Resume Reviewed by a Professional!
  • Resume Writing for Technical Majors

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Special Topics

These workshops address supplementary topics that can enhance and support your career development.

  • Etiquette in the Business World
  • Portfolio Building
  • Out at Work: Job Search and Workplace Issues for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Allied Students
  • Managing Your Credit for the Career Process
  • Money: It's Out There! (Scholarship Workshop)
  • Negotiating Your Salary

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Women and Careers

In collaboration with the Women's Resource Center, the Career Development Center presents the following workshops. Open to all students, these sessions take place at LA3-105 and incorporate round table discussion as well as information presentation.

  • The Internship Experience
  • Job Search and Networking
  • Marketing Yourself: Resume and Interview
  • Strategic Planning: Pursuing Your Goals

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