{"id":5520,"date":"2022-10-17T14:53:40","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T19:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/becomeatexan\/?p=5520"},"modified":"2022-10-17T14:58:54","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T19:58:54","slug":"career-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/becomeatexan\/career-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Career Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Have you heard of Career Services at Tarleton? We had the chance to sit down and talk with Doug Smith, a Career Services coordinator here at Tarleton, and he was able to give us the rundown on all the great things they can offer students!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What does Career Services have to offer students?<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What most people think we do is just do resumes and job search – and that is some of what we do. We are first and foremost, wanting to prepare students to be successful in a career or their next steps. That might be grad school, professional school, military, whatever their next phase in life is. We want to prepare them for that and that involves professionalism, any documents necessary (resumes, et cetera), and interview skills. We want every student who leaves here to have a head start above most students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. JOB SEARCH.<\/strong> Students come to us and say, \u201cI need a job.\u201d So we’ll help them find a job. [When] students come ask for a job \u2013 like \u201chey, can you get me a job?\u201d I have to be very clear, we can’t get jobs. But we can give you all the right resources to help you be successful in the job search. We always recommend looking at Handshake<\/em>. We have companies all over the nation on Handshake<\/em>, but the simple answer is to stop by. We have coaches that will help walk people through that process. It’s very intimidating looking for a job, but we’ll sit down with the students and help them sort through all the steps and the resources. <\/li>
  2. MAJOR AND CAREER EXPLORATION.<\/strong> There’s hundreds of majors and we want to make sure the student chooses the right one for them. We have career counseling [to help] with that. We have licensed mental health counselors on staff so we can cover more than just the surface-level stuff. <\/li>
  3. CAREER CLOTHING FUND.<\/strong>  [The Career Clothing Fund] is up to $200.00 and you just apply if you need professional clothing for a job, a job interview, an internship, really anything professional. It’s a very simple application and you can spend it on your choice of clothing. <\/li>
  4. WORKSHOPS.<\/strong> We have a workshop on every topic you can imagine.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    Where do you find interview preps, resume preps, and other career service resources?<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Well, we have handouts, so anytime you come, we can give you as many handouts as necessary. But, for the most part, [students] come by appointment. You can schedule an appointment on EAB just like you would for an advising appointment, and in that appointment is when we can discuss all that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    If a student gives us a potential job that they might apply to, we will structure about 10 questions about that job and have a mock interview with them and then give them additional tips and resources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Some of the additional software I think students would want to know about: <\/p>\n\n\n\n