Welcome to the Career Center

1
Welcome to the Career Center!
2
Organization Chart
3
Career Counseling Services

• Career Counseling Individualized career guidance
  for exploring majors, careers, and occupations.
• Career Assessments After an initial intake
  session with a career counselor, a career
  assessment may help to identify interests,
  skills, and personality attributes to clarify
  possible career/major areas
• Job Internship Search Preparation Assistance
  includes resume and cover letter critiques,
  practice interviews, and online job search
  information
• Career Workshops and Presentations

4
Career Counseling Utilization 06/07

• TOTAL STUDENT UTLIZATION 18,615
• Counseling Appointments (30 min.)
• 4231 (29)
• Walk-ins/Quick Tips (under 30 min.)
• 1991 (-25)
• E-mail/Phone
• 4758 (58)
• Presentations Workshops
• 215 Presentations to 7635 students
• STUDENT SATISFACTION
• 93 Very Satisfied or Satisfied

5
Career Technology Services

• Resume Creation with Optimal Resume Optimal
  Resume is an online service licensed by the
  Career Center that allows CSU students to create
  professional quality resumes, even if they don't
  have lots of prior resume writing experience.

• Career Center Web Resources
• http//www.career.colostate.edu
• - Podcasts
• - Career Center Blog
• - CareerRAM
• - 1484 average visitor sessions per day
  February 2007 (13)

6
Career Center Recruiting Services

• CareerRAM On-Campus Interviews Job Listings
• Recruiting services include on-line job
  listings, On-Campus Interview system Employer
  Information Sessions, and a Resume Search
  function for employers.

• Career Fairs The Career Center sponsors two
  all-campus career fairs and several
  career/industry specific fairs each year.

7
CareerRAM

• Search Job Listings - Over 10,000 job and
  internship postings each year!
• Post your resume - for employers to find you for
  on-campus interviews and job/internships
• On Campus Interviews - 200 employers interview
  students here on campus
• CareerRAM Network - Online database of alumni and
  CSU friends who WANT you to contact them about
  your career questions
• Stay Informed - Find out about Career Center
  events

Your on-line source for jobs, internships,
networking and on-campus recruiting.
8
Fall 2007 Career Expo

• Career Fair Attendees 3101 (25)
• Number of Employers 266 (26)
• 2849 Students/252 Alumni (25)
• Gender
• Males 1623 (53)
• Females 1460 (47)
• Class Standing
• Seniors 1262 (44)
• Juniors 393 (14)
• Sophomores 258 (9)
• Freshman 631 (22)
• Graduate Students 305 (11)

9
Career Fair Student Attendance by CollegeTotal
FY 07 attendance Fall Spring Career Fairs 6347
students.
10
Career Fair Employer Participation by College
11
CareerRAM On-Campus Recruiting
12
Student Employer AssessmentRecruiting Services

• On-Campus Recruiting Employer Satisfaction
• Career Center Services 3.3 out of 4.0
• Student Preparedness 3.3 out of 4.0
• Career Fair Evaluations
• Employers
• Career Center Services 97 Very Good/Good
• Student Preparedness 95 Very Good/Good
• Students
• Assisted me in my internship/job search 79

13
CareerRAM Career Internship Opportunities

• CareerRAM Job Listings FY 06/07
• 9727 full-time (-6)
• Colorado jobs 4279 (NC)
• 2792 internships (-4)
• Colorado internships 1601 (4)
• Criteria for posting jobs changed in FY 07 which
  affected totals.

14
New Services Programs
15
New Employment Sector Days Career Expo Fall
2007

• Tuesday, September 18 - Business, Communications,
  and Criminal Justice
• Wednesday, September 19 - Science, Health,
• Environment, and Social/Public Service
• Thursday, September 20 - Engineering and
  Technology.

16
New Service Career Center _at_ Lory Student Center

• NEW Career Center LSC satellite location!
• Walk-in career counseling, resume critiques,
  quick tips
• LSC, Room 116
• (Next to Sweet Sinsations)
• Hours of operation M-F 830-430.
• Over 300 students served in first 3 weeks of
  operation.

17
New Program Job Shark Podcasts

• Swimming With Sharks Podcast Series
• Follow along with Job Shark  as he gives up life
  in the sea and comes to CSU in search of a new
  career.  Job Shark quickly learns that he knows
  nothing about working on land and has to start
  from scratch developing a resume, searching for a
  career, and finding his fit in this strange new
  world.  Luckily he finds the right people at The
  Career Center who can help him with all his
  questions.

http//www.career.colostate.edu/podcast/podcast.ht
ml
18
New ServiceOptimal Resume

• Students can use this service to
• Design high-impact resumes based on your major
  and career goals
• Easily create resumes in several formats,
  including Word Compatible, Plain Text, and HTML
• Manage multiple unique resumes
• Create top-quality resumes in a short period of
  time

OptimalResume is a service provided by The
Career Center in partnership with
OptimalResume.com
19
Career Center Budget Expenses by Category
20
Career Center Budget Breakdown
21
Career Center Student Fee History
22

• Monday-Friday800 AM to 500 PM
• Ammons Hall711 Oval DriveFort Collins, CO
  80523970.491.5707970.491.1134 FAX
• career_info_at_mail.colostate.edu IM
  CSUCareerCenter (AOL, Yahoo, or Google Talk )