Careers Services is Here To Help!

by Greg Hill

Texas State Career Services provides compassionate, comprehensive career assistance, incorporating leading practices to guide students and alumni through all stages of their career development.

Any Texas State student engaged in their own career exploration is invited to Career Services, on the 5^th floor of LBJ Student Center (245-2645).

We strive to ease the difficulty that can accompany the career decisions of students and alumni.  After registering with Jobs4Cats, the department’s online career information system, clients are encouraged to explore their career potential through one-on-one counseling, interests and skills assessment and interpretation, and a resource library of career books, brochures, and magazines.

Individual career counseling and planning assistance is available to students for selection of a major and the establishment of career goals.  Career assessment tests and web-based guidance programs are also available for use in this process.  Assistance and information is also provided to students pursuing graduate and professional school goals.

As career direction sharpens, the department helps students to “test-drive” their chosen occupations through informational interviewing, job shadowing, internships, and other opportunities for career experience.

Internship programs are available to refine career goals, gain practical experience, and expand students’ views of the world.  Job Shadowing also provides this opportunity for students, as they visit organizations and gain firsthand knowledge about different career fields.

Career Services also provides preparation for full-time employment, including resume and cover letter critiques, practice interviews, job fairs, and on-campus recruiting.

Whether a client pursues a job or a post-graduate program, Career Services helps to maximize search strategies, improve resumes, cover letters, and admission essays, and provide practice interviewing.  Finally, the department coordinates a wide range of workshops, publications, and job fairs, all geared toward helping students find a safe and satisfying place in the professional world.

So, whatever help you need in finding and pursuing your own career passions, please contact us.  We are on the fifth floor of LBJ Student Center (512-245-2645, www.careerservices.txstate.edu) .  Call for an appointment now—career counselors are standing by.