Graves Center for Calling and Career

Students

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Getting Started

Making an appointment with a career counselor
Career Planning Timeline
Taking an assessment
Career Beam - The Career Success Center
Preparing a solid resume & cover letter

Exploring Careers

Online Career Library - world's leading source of career information. It will make your efforts at researching employers, industries, and career subjects infinitely easier and more efficient! Students must log into my.georgetowncollege.edu to access Career Insider.

What Can I do With a Major In...
The Princeton Review (browse majors by field)
What is Vocation and Calling?
Lilly Information
Special report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers - updated monthly
Free Video episodes of “The Job Seeker” are released every Monday! Graduates preparing to enter the workforce face a number of challenges but one of the primary problems for many is finding the right advice. Graduates will benefit from a graduation package of audio and video podcasts, created and conducted by Sue Morem, a nationally recognized career and workplace expert. With all the time pressures new grads face, podcasts offer inspiration and support in an easily accessible format. Listeners can tune in to the podcasts on the computer or download them to an Mp3 player and listen at their leisure or on the go, even on the way to an interview. Morem’s podcasts offer advice for graduates in a wide range of areas, topics including how to create a plan for their future, and recognizing and dealing with unrealistic expectations.
Free "Professional Edge" Audio Podcasts! Now you can listen to Sue Morem’s sought-after advice on a variety of timely and important topics that will help you gain the professional edge. Sue Morem is a career expert. Listen and get the professional edge in the one activity that will take up most of your week – your job.
Free “Find Your Ideal Career” Audio Podcasts - Practical, real world advice to help college students find their ideal career path. Hosted by Michael Spremulli, The Student Profiler, a corporate personality profiler. He encourages students to call into the podcast for personalized advice.

Mentors

Looking for professional guidance and input in your career exploration? A Mentor can provide valuable insight from his or her personal and career experience, which will give you perspective as you work toward professional success. You can seek a Mentor through Tiger Net. This gives you the opportunity to connect with Mentors with experiences in areas of interest. You simply need to log in through Tiger Net and click on the Tiger Mentoring button to conduct your search. Mentoring options vary by the individual relationship. They could include correspondence addressing specific career/professional questions, informational gathering interviews, shadowing opportunities, mock interviews and even internships.

Having a mentor to provide first hand information on a particular career is one of the ways that you can be involved in helping students in their career paths. Informational interviewing involves a session where the student and professional meet and engage in a Q & A discussion. Informational interviews allow students to question mentors regarding their experience, how they chose their particular practice area or specialty, what training they would suggest and what constitutes their daily routine. This allows the student to gain an understanding of the career field as they can ask the questions that most intrigue them. Often, this meeting provides students with 'real' information that helps them decide if this is a viable career option for them.

(It is the Graves Center for Calling and Career's preference that Human Resource professionals with current interviewing skills conduct mock interviews. A mentor can connect their mentee with HR professionals in their organizations) Mentors also may offer to conduct mock interviews with students. Mock interviews can take place at Georgetown College or the alum's firm or place of business. This is where the student gets to practice an interview. Generally, this would entail a 15-20 minute interview followed by 10-15 minutes of feedback on interviewing techniques. This is a great opportunity for students to hone their interviewing skills and for alumni/professionals to offer their expertise.

Shadowing is a short-term experience where a student ‘shadows’ or observes a professional working in a field that interest them. This helps the student learn about the day-to-day activities of that particular career field, investigate the work environment, ask related questions, and get a first-hand look at the career in the real world. Shadowing is a great opportunity for students to investigate a particular industry, or clarifying the right career path.

Tips for Mentees

Choose your mentor based on his or her professional and life experiences and make your selection based on similarities.
Do your research. Learn more about your mentor’s career industry and organization before you contact him or her.
Provide a brief introduction about yourself in your initial contact with your mentor. By sharing your ideas and feelings about your career path with your mentor and letting your mentor know how he or she can help you, he or she will have a better understanding of your expectations.
Get a clear understanding of the level of your mentor’s commitment at the beginning of the relationship. Does he or she want to be contacted frequently or once a month? What method of correspondence is preferred – telephone calls, face-to-face meetings, emails?
Be respectful of the privacy of your mentor.
Respond to your mentor in a timely manner and be on time for all meetings. If a scheduling conflict occurs, contact your mentor in advance to reschedule.
Suggest topics you want to discuss with your mentor prior to face-to-face meetings.
Be honest.
Say "thanks" often!
Remember that your mentor is a person, and like you, he or she wants to be liked and respected.

Career Fair

Spotlight Job and Internship Fair
March 1, 2011
Holiday Inn North
Lexington, KY

Looking for a job after graduation? If you are, you must attend the “Spotlight Job Fair” in the first week of March. It is important that you research the companies before you attend. Dress professionally and bring plenty of resumes on resume paper. You might want to attend one of our workshops to better prepare yourself for the Fair (see the calendar). See Who's Coming

Internships and Summer Jobs

Make an appointment with the Graves Center for Calling & Career to review application materials and discuss internship areas of interest and exchange contact information on potential internship placements.

Student overview and helpful search links.

Job Search Resources

The web hosts many useful tools to assist in your career exploration. Check out the following:

America’s Career InfoNet - A first-class site with all sorts of links to employment databases all over the country--developed by our friends in the federal government! Good links to occupational and labor market information, as well as to jobs and employers.
America’s JobBank - The best federal job search site available, linking the job banks of all states, plus various U.S. territories!
ARTSEARCH - The essential source for careers in the arts. (contact Robin Fleischer for log in information)
Career Beam - the career success center
Career InfoNet - occupation, industry, and state information
Career Voyages - information on high-growth, in demand occupations
The Chronicle - jobs in higher education
CollegeGrad.com - An entry level job site for college students and recent grads with direct links to the top 500 entry level employers.
Diversity Jobs - Find diversity-friendly companies near you.
Getting Hired - Careers and Community for people with disabilities.
www.greencareersguide.com
Idealist.org - One of the best sources of non-profit career opportunities and internships available!
International Student Virtual Career Fair NOW - June 1, 2009
JobWeb - career development and job search advice Job Listings: The JobWeb home page offers links to job listings for students and alumni through their school’s NACElink connection. See the “jobs” box in the upper right corner of the JobWeb home page. (NACELink network should send information so that we can be a participating school and be ‘live’ by 3.27.09) Research Employers: Explore information about a variety of companies and get direct links to employers’ web sites. Cover Letter Rubric: Help students and alumni judge the quality of their cover letters and improve them. Interview Rubric: Challenge your students and alumni to prepare for interview success with a mock interview rubric. Resume Rubric: Offer an easy, step-by-step method your students and alumni can use to critique their resumes. Resume Samples: Access more than 40 sample resumes to get students started.
MonsterTrak
MyCareerNetwork - Your best source for career opportunities in Kentucky. We have the state's top companies looking to hire individuals who desire to live and work in the Commonwealth!
NACElink
*ONET Online** - occupational information and skills search
Occupational Outlook Handbook - offers detailed information about occupations
Top 100 Career Sites
Tiger Net - web-based career management system
USA JOBS - USAJOBS is the official job site of the United States Federal Government. It's your one-stop source for Federal jobs and employment information.
Wetfeet - research companies and industries