College Student Services - Transfer and Career Services

Transferring colleges can be very stressful.  A student who is unhappy with their current school is typically worries that they will make the same mistake again when selecting a college to transfer to.

In this plan we work with the student to:  

• Assess what was wrong with their college choice, and what they need and want in a transfer school.  
• Develop a 'best fit' list of transfer schools based upon the students needs and academic abilities. We ensure the transfer school options truly fit the needs of the student.
• Provide the student with insights into the transfer school options and when possible connect them with our previous students who are currently at that school.
• Form relationships with current professors to ensure stellar letters of recommendations are given.
• Manage the entire transfer process for the student. 

The number of sessions depends on number of colleges student is applying to.  Typical plan is 7-8 sessions with the student applies to 6-8 schools.

Finding internships and research opportunties can be time consuming for a college student.  Often the process of using Career Services and the tools provided by Career Services can be daunting for students when complied on top of their academic responsibilities.  We work one-on-one with students at their convience to achieve these goals. We customize a plan to a student's needs.

Internships:

College interships are difficult to achieve.  There are typically hundreds and hundreds of appliations for one positon.  A candidate's application needs to be stellar inorder to even be selected for an interview in the applicatant process.

We work with students on a one-to-one basis to help them achieve their goals. We help students with the internship application process by providing the following services:

• Customiziing their resume 
• Updating Linkedin Profiles by adding expereince, enhancing connections, gaining skill endorsements, and achieving skill assessments
• We look for opportunities to enhance none university knowlege that hiring managers are looking for in candidates.  Including project management knowledge, SDLC methodologies, etc.
• We work with students to create their own personal website (when applicable)
• We help students navaigate job searching tools such as Handshake, Indeed, LinkedIn, The Ladders, etc.
• We throughly prepare students for the interview process. We discuss key elements of the interview.  We discuss non-verbal cues in the interview. We prepare students for behavioral and situational interviews by providing numerous examples and criteque responses. We discuss how to respond to the 'Unexpected question'. We discuss the competencies that hiring managers are looking for and how a student needs to address them in their interview. We provide students with a list of questions that they should ask an employer and teach them how to close the interview for success.  And lastly we discuss what to do AFTER the interview.  How to realistical evalute the positive and negative aspects of the interview and how to engage with your interviewer after the process.

Research opportunites are no longer just for STEM majors!  Research can help students decide their path after graduation - pursuing Graduate School which tends to be more research focused or going into Industry.

Students need to know who to reach out to inquiry about potential research opportunities.  We work with students to find those opportunities at their college or through other means. We teach the students what skills to highlight on their research inquiries.

Students need to evaluate how much time they can commit to a lab or study prior to pursuing research.  They also need to know the time commitments expected if they accept the position.

Being published is typically high on a student's wish list when selecting research opportunities.  Many universities offer grants for students to conduct their own research.  Many students do not even know what type of research they are interested in conducting.  We work with students to help them gain exposure to enivroments which will eventually foster the pursuit of their own research.