Highlights
Career Services has developed a wide range of high quality services to respond to changing needs, opportunities and constraints and has gained national recognition for innovative programming.
We have been successful in providing services in the most efficient manner by working closely with the colleges and campus units and by receiving their support for the various projects undertaken. Through this support, we are able to provide intrusive career information earlier in the student’s academic career, resulting in more effective decision-making by the student. Finally, it has also allowed for sharing and learning among career services providers across campus, thus reducing duplication of effort.
Vision
The University of Arizona Career Services empowers all UA students to make fulfilling career choices.
Mission
Through partnerships with academic units, student services, employers and the Career Services office, The University of Arizona assures that all students are provided with the opportunity to realize their career potential.
Strategies
- S1 - Students are provided the opportunity to have a career plan related to their academic goals
- S2 - Students are provided the opportunity to have career experiences prior to graduation.
- S3 - Students are capable of developing placement alternatives.
Services
Career Services offers a variety of services to accomplish our mission and strategies:
Services for Students Undecided About Their Career: Career counseling, interest inventories and career planning workshops.
Services for Students Wanting to Obtain Career-Related Experiences: Assistance with making career choices and/or ways to secure career-related experiences. Workshops on resume writing, interviewing and job search strategies and Career-Related Experience opportunities (internships, cooperative education and community service.)
Services for Graduating Students: Job search and graduate school counseling, workshops on resume writing, interviewing, job search strategies and applying to graduate/professional school, and campus interviewing and resume referral programs featuring national employers.
Technology Available: DISCOVER, a computerized career planning tool; Wildcat JobLink, a web-based job listing service; Wildcat eFolio, a personal, on-line portfolio system; Career Search, a searchable database with information on over 3 million organizations; Vault with industry guides, company profiles and a wealth of information about occupations and job searching; Going Global with information on international organizations, country employment information and international job listings; UA Resume Builder, a web-based resume building software and UA Interview Prep, a web-based interactive interviewing tool.
Career/Job Fairs: UA Wildcat Student Employment Fair, UA Education Career Day, UA Fall Career Days, UA Spring Career Days, and UA Graduate School Day.