Career Services and all departments at Marquette University share a similar goal: to prepare our students for meaningful and productive careers beyond Marquette. Whether students are gearing for graduate school or the workplace, they will benefit from the partnerships that are forged between Career Services and your department. Here are some concrete ideas on how we can work together for the mutual benefit of our students and our departments.

1. How Career Services Can Assist Your Department and Students
2. How Your Department Can Assist Career Services
3. Upcoming Career Events and Career Fairs to share in class
4. Presentation Request

How Career Services Can Assist Your Department and Students

1. Locating Employer Speakers and Contacts for your class
2. Presenting on career-related topics in Classes
3. Providing Online Resources and Job Search Sites for you to share with students
4. Providing ideas for your syllabus
5. Making it easy for you to refer students to the Career Services Center
6. Providing tips on Writing letters of recommendation and other guidelines for faculty
7. Letting you know Where in the World MU Grads are
8. Sharing the guide to helping students with regard to Career Development
9. Linking you to an Overview of Services

Employer Speakers and Contacts
We assist faculty and student organizations in identifying employers speakers, panelists or corporate presenters. These speakers are often MU Alumni. We can provide employer contacts that may lead to candidates for advisory boards, co-op and internship opportunities for your students, and fund raising prospects. Please contact Kristin Adler, Assistant Director, Employer and Relations.

Class Presentations
Our career counselors can make 15-90 minute presentations in class on a variety of career-related topics. These include:

1. Writing Great Resumes and Correspondence
2. Successful Networking
3. Interviewing for Success
4. Job Search Techniques That Work
5. Dress for Successful Interviewing
6. How to Make the Most of a Career Fair
7. Your First Year as a Professional
8. Dining Etiquette
9. Graduate and Professional School Process

The Kimberly-Clark Online Career Library
Students can search for jobs using any of our online resources. We also can provide Career Guides for you to give to students.

Ideas for your syllabus

1. Include upcoming career events on your syllabus
2. Offer extra credit or alternatives to missing classes for attendance at one of our monthly career events called On the Road to Your Career.
3. Invite a panel of career professionals in to speak about career or occupational issues.
4. Schedule a presentation on a variety of career-related topics.
5. Create assignments or experiences that allow for the exploration of a field of study
   1. The development of a resume and cover letter to help students clarify career goals. Research papers on what careers result from a particular major
   2. Assign informational interviews or job shadowing experiences, students can connect with professionals in their fields of interest
   3. Allow students to attend career fairs and internship fairs
6. Announce internship and full-time positions openings found on MU Career Manager
7. Talk about internships and your departments options for credit for internships which provides opportunities for students to acquire professional work experience related to their academic majors or areas of career interest.

How Your Department Can Assist Career Services

1. Share internship and full-time job postings with your class. Faculty access to MU Career Manager can be requested by contacting Kristin Adler, Assistant Director, Employer and Relations.
2. Invite alumni you know to join LinkedIn and the Marquette Alumni Association Group
3. Refer students to the Career Services Web site
4. Refer employers to post jobs, internships, and interviews through MU Career Manager
5. Share our Online Resources and Job Search Sites in class through The Kimberly-Clark Online Career Library
6. Refer students to the Career Services Center

Referring students to the Career Services Center
Departmental faculty and academic advisors are our second most frequent source of referrals for students for our services (students are our first!). We appreciate your referrals.

1. Walk-in services: Suggested for first time users or students with "quick" questions, brief resume review, etc. Hours change each semester. 
2. Direct referral to professional staff.  Individual career counseling appointments can be made by calling 414-288-7423. We are all generalists with the ability to help all students and alumni regarding career assistance.  Staff profiles are available. 
3. Our services and resources cover a wide range of career issues including:

Employer Referrals
Refer employers to Career Services and encourage them to participate in on-campus interviews and career fairs, and to post internships and jobs through MU Career Manager.  Employer services are online here.

Writing letters of recommendation and other guidelines for faculty
From NACE (National Association of Colleges and Employers)

1. Writing a Reference Letter
   Discussion of the issues surrounding a letter of reference.
2. Faculty Reference Letter
   Contains an example for use when creating a letter of reference for students.
3. Suggested Guidelines for Writing References
   Itemized guidelines to observe when writing references for students.
4. A Faculty Guide to Ethical and Legal Standards in Hiring
   Discussion of the ethical and legal standards involving students obtaining employment.

"Where in the World are MU Grads?"
Students find it very helpful AND interesting to learn where Marquette Students get jobs. This listing is based on our graduate follow up surveys