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The Career Planning Process
Why It Has To Start Today
By: Career Services
Moody Hall 134, (512)448-8530, http://think.stedwards.edu/careerservices
Purpose of This Presentation
 Introduce parents to the office of Career Services
 Explain the career planning process
 Encourage you to send your sons and daughters to
Career Services in their freshman year
1. Introducing…
the Career Services department
Career Services Staff
Barbara Henderson, Director
Liz Narduzzo, Office Manager
John Lucas, Keri Swanson, Emily
Salazar: Career Counselors
Andrew Harper, Internship
Coordinator; Rosemary
Hook, Career Manager for
Adult Students
Moody Hall 134 – Phone: (512)448-8530
Services and Resources
 Individual career counseling
 Career assessments
 Career and majors database:
 Job search, resume, interviewing guidance
 Job and internship database:
 Graduate/professional school guidance
 Long-term planning advice
 Social media advice
 Website: http://think.stedwards.edu/careerservices
More Services
 CPAM 1110 class (career planning for credit)
 Section 01 = Independent Study
 Other sections = Graduate school/GRE, Internships,
Student leadership
 Workshops, seminars, class presentations
 Employer presentations
 Events:
 Annual Job & Internship Fair; annual internship fair
 Graduate and Professional Fair
 Networking and etiquette events
How We Reach Out to Students
 Hilltop Careers e-mails
 SEU e-newsletter

Facebook (St. Edward's University Career Services)

Twitter
(SEUCareer)

Linked In (St. Edward's University Career Network)
 Campus flyers, posters
 Class presentations
 Faculty newsletter, Horizon
 Information booths
2. Understanding…
Career Decision-Making
Ongoing During/After College
Choosing a
major/career
Job searching/
Continuing
education
The Key:
Planning
Ahead
Gaining
experience
Exploring/
Gathering
Information
It’s a Long Term Process
 Some statistics (Kate Brooks of UT and Dr. Fritz Grupe, mymajors.com)
 80% of college students don’t know what they want to
major in, even when they say they do (SEU: 200 AEP)
 80% of college students change majors at least once
 Undergraduates try 4-5 majors by taking a course
 On average, college students change majors 3 times
 44% of students change majors between their
2nd semester freshman year and graduation day
 80% of college graduates will not be working in their
major field of study 10 years after they graduate
 College graduates change careers 4-5 times in their lifetime
Very Important!
1.
College students make TWO decisions
1st decision: Major – 2nd decision: Career
 Major : means choosing academic field of study
 Career: means deciding on a job/industry after graduation
2. Major does NOT equal Career
 St. Edward’s is not a Vo-Tech
 Students receive Liberal Arts education
Choosing a Major
 Five academic schools at St. Edward’s
 Behavioral Social Sciences
Crim. Justice, Criminology, Envir. Sci./Policy, Forensic Sci. Global Studies, History,
Latin American Studies, Political Science, Psychology, Social Work, Sociology
 Education
Teaching (Elem-H.S.), Kinesiology
 Humanities
Art, Catholic Studies, Communication, Engl. Lit, Engl. Writing/Rhet., French,
Graphic Design, Interactive Games Studies, Liberal Studies, Philosophy, Photocommunications, Religious/Theolog. Studies, Spanish, Theater Arts
 Management and Business
Accounting, Accntg/IT, Bus. Admin., Digital Media Mngmt., Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Interactive Games Mgmt., Intl. Bus., Management, Marketing
 Natural Sciences
Biochem., Bioinformatics, Biology, Chemistry, Clinical Lab. Sci., Computer Inf. Sci.,
Environ. Chemistry, Forensic Chemistry, Mathematics
More About Choosing Major
 Usually happens during freshman year
 Sometimes happens in early freshman year
 Much external/internal pressure about this decision
 Okay to be undecided and change your mind during
freshman year
 Career Services helps:
 Students completely undecided about major (AEP)
 Students torn between 2 or more majors
1 More Thing About Majors
 Students interested in: art, photography, music, theater …
 What’s the concern of parents?
 How should the student be advised?
Choosing a Career
 Major vs. Career misunderstood by students
 They think major is the only decision needed
 Important that they learn distinction early
 Often takes years to decide on career
 Requires experience, internships, research, information
interviews , career counseling meetings
 Think of a career as a Job Title:
 Majored in Psychology; Career/Job: Community Outreach
Coordinator
 Majored in Art; Career/Job: M.D. Physician
 Majored in Business Admin.; Career/Job: Teacher
Experience is Very Important
 For learning, for decision-making, for experience in
target field, and for resume building
 Best career decisions made based on experience
 In job search, employers will want experience
 Experience achieved through many avenues:
REFER TO HANDOUT (checklist)
 Students involved in extracurricular activities often
do better in classes ; peaks interest
 When to start? Will vary from student to student
Internships:
Most Important for Career
 Formal vs informal
 Paid vs unpaid
 Credit vs non-credit
 How many: Every student should definitely do one
internship directly related to specific career
 For a competitive portfolio: 2-3 internships
 Career Services resources: Hilltop Careers database,
Andrew Harper-Internship Coordinator, employer
partnerships
3 More Areas of Career Planning
 Career research/exploration
 Literature
 Information interviews
 Job shadowing
 Job search and networking
 What about Social Media Networks?
 Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Ustream, etc.
 Planning/preparing for graduate school and professional
school (law, medical, dental, etc.)
Let’s Not Forget Timelines
Fall 2011
Spring 2012
Summer 2012
Fall 2012
Spring 2013
Summer 2013
Fall 2013
Spring 2014
Summer 2014
Fall 2014
Spring 2015
Summer 2015
Fall 2015
Enter St. Edward’s
Decide on job path or higher education path
--Job: focus on relevant internships/Education: Research schools
Take prep course for GRE, LSAT, MCAT, GMAT
Have taken graduate/professional school admission test
GRE, LSAT, MCAT, GMAT, etc.
Apply to graduate/professional school
Graduate from St. Edward’s
--JOB? or HIGHER EDUCATION?
Enter graduate/professional school
3. Looking ahead…
Four years from now - 2015
3. Looking ahead…
Four years from now - 2015
Graduating Senior
 In 4 years student becomes “a resume”
 For jobs, graduate/professional school, resume must
be competitive:
 Tight job market
 Higher education competitive
 Central Texas competitive
 Service (Peace Corps, Teach for America, AmeriCorps
have become very competitive)
 What will your son/daughter’s resume look like in 4 years?
Basic Resume
Heidi Hilltopper
0000 Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78704
(512)000-0000
[email protected]
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting
Summa Cum Laude, 4.0GPA; St. Edward’s University, Austin, TX
Education alone on a resume ≠
a competitive job or graduate school.
Education without related experience, i.e. cashier at
Burger King, or
shoe sales at Macy’s, or lifeguard or
babysitter job ≠ competitive job
or graduate school either.
May 2015
Sample Job Description
 Staff Accountant
 Strong analytical/communication skills; produce accurate results
 Work comfortably with both spreadsheets AND people
 Prepare general ledger, payroll, accounts receivable/payable
 Monitor customer contracts, billing, fixed asset management
and compliance with government incentive programs
 Perform quarterly, year end close; monthly reconciliations per GAAP
 Prepare financial statements; analyze financial statement balances,
trial balances, budgets, and identify variances
 Qualifications
 Bachelor’s degree/Accounting; 2-3 years public or private accounting experience
 Ability to work in global environment; team-oriented approach
Competitive Resume
 The goal for all graduating seniors
Sample Resume
 Can you see why it’s attractive to employers or graduate
schools?
4. In closing…
What have you learned?
How can you help?
Final Exam
 What’s the name of database of majors and careers?
 What’s the name of database with jobs & internships?
 How many internships should a college student do?
 What’s the name of the career class taught by career
counselors?
 True or False: If a student is thinking about art as a
major, you should tell them to pick a “real” major like
business administration
 Where is the office of Career Services?
 When should a new SEU student visit Career Services?
How You Can Help
 4 years from now – is not on a freshman’s radar screen
 Career planning often postponed until senior year
(week before/after graduation)
 Some students never visit Career Services
 Overload: e-mails, social media, campus posters
 Career Services won’t meet all freshmen (Open House)
 Please encourage them to visit our office during their
first and at the latest second semester at St. Edward’s
Welcome to St. Edward’s
We’ll take it from here!