5 Ways to Infuse Career Development into Your Class

Clearly list transferable skills on your syllabus.

Graduate schools and employers alike seek graduates with skills like critical thinking, communication, and equity and inclusion. Use the NACE
Competencies
to select which ones are most applicable to your course and list them on the syllabus to help students see those real-world connections.

Require students to visit the Career Studio.

In Dewing 004, the Career Studio is a drop-in, welcoming space for students to receive real-time career guidance from their peers without an appointment. Open Monday through Friday from 10am – 2 pm, this options allows students to get their questions answered in a non-intimidating environment.

Create an assignment using our numerous resources.

The ResumeAI platform gives students real-time resume feedback. Focus 2 helps them explore majors and careers. And Big Interview allows them to practice
their interviewing skills. Folding these into your course material gives students an additional competitive advantage after graduation.

Invite our staff into your classroom.

Our staff stands at the ready to tailor engaging presentations to the needs of your course and students. From job and internship search tips to
interviewing help to identifying transferable skills, we want to help students apply their K education to post-graduate success.

Build career-focused mentorship into your course.

K alumni are eager to mentor students on a variety of post-K-related topics like leveraging their K degree in the world of work, skill-building, and providing general career guidance. We can help identify alumni to serve as champions for your discipline and for students’ career growth.