Career Advisors across KU help you discover interests, develop skills, find experiences, and establish connections. There are four different career service offices at KU and each offer some or all of the appointment types below.
- Business Career Services
- Engineering Career Center
- Journalism and Mass Communications Career Center
- University Career Center
Appointment Types
- Initial major/career exploration
- Ensure you are set up to use important career resources
- Identify upcoming career exploration programs and events
- Determine how your interests and skills relate to careers
- Engage in career exploration activities or review career assessment results
- Make a plan for engaging your career ideas
- Quick reviews of existing documents
- Small revisions to an existing resume/curriculum vitae/cover letter
- Make a plan for revisions and updates
- Major overhaul or deep review of an existing document
- Or, start a resume/curriculum vita/cover letter
- Target your resume/CV to a specific job/internship/etc.
- Identify professionals working in careers you want to explore
- Review and register for networking resources (e.g., KU Mentoring+, LinkedIn)
- Draft networking messages & requests for informational interviews
- Review resources to help with internship searches
- Begin the search process for an internship or job
- Find resources for job shadowing (pre-health and pre-law)
- Make a plan for next steps
- Comprehensive planning for seeking an internship and job searches
- Determine “job targets” to focus your search
- Explore effective tools & resources to conduct a job and internship search
- Make a plan for continued, focused engagement in your search
- Discuss what happens during the typical interview process
- Find out common tips and techniques for interviewing
- Understand how to research organizations
- Practice answering and asking interview questions
- Receive real-time feedback
- Develop strategies for answering difficult questions
- Find credible salary information to assess current offer
- Practice how to navigate salary conversations
- Explore graduate school application process, timeline and resources
- Use online resources to research graduate schools & programs
- Receive help determining whether to go to grad school
- Get feedback on career narratives in admission essay/personal statement