FAQ's

What are "career services"?
Career services address career related concerns such as finding career direction or finding employment. Individual coaching appointments, adult-focused seminars on career transition and job search, and web resources such as this site and HuskyCareerLink are some of the elements of career services. We also provide resources to enhance your career exploration and job finding, such as help finding key information about your target marketplace, or extending your network. We also help people develop marketing materials: resumes and cover letters, and prepare for interviews. Career Services can help you with career decision making, planning strategy for your next move, or with managing a challenging workplace situation.

What is "career development"?
“Career development” describes a cycle many people go through as they choose and pursue a career. Because the average American changes careers (not just jobs, but entire career paths) as many as five times during a working lifetime, most people go through the cycle of career development repeatedly.

The cycle begins with taking stock of your current situation, and what you want (self-assessment), identifying and evaluating viable options (career exploration), deciding on a course of action and setting goals, preparing for and executing a job search, and
managing your career. This last step includes actively taking responsibility for the currency of your skills; keeping tabs on the economic and corporate environments you work in and the trends that are affecting them; staying tuned in to your sense of satisfaction with the course and direction of your work life.