CS101 - Setting Up an Effective Career Services Department

This course offers strategies to provide employment and job search skills training that enables students to seek jobs in the field for which they are trained. You'll learn how to offer comprehensive career services regardless of whether your career services department is staffed full- or part-time. The course provides strategies for an institution to set up a Career Services Department, enhance and run it, and measure results. It describes how a successful career services department can ensure that your students have the skills and self-confidence to succeed in the workplace. You'll learn techniques to increase placement rates and reach out to the community to meet and maintain relationships with hiring decision-makers.


 

Course Reviews


Course Rating
"Great way to share ideas!"
"Enjoyed the course and found the discussions stimulating and informative."
"We have an established department but I found this course very helpful."
"I think the information provided by this course is vital to any institution starting a Placement Department and I found it highlighted the areas in which I need to improve upon. THANK YOU!"
"Excellent course and very useful. "
"Thank you for this course. It was not only a reminder of what can and should be done to assist our students; in addition, it was gratifying as we are here to help our future! "
"I found the information that was shared to be very helpful and insightful. It reaffirmed my ideas that I felt were important to the success of our department. Thanks for all of the positive energy that I received from my participation in the forums."
"This course really made me realize what I am not providing to my students and graduates. I feel it was an extremely worthwhile endeavor to now be able to set up and operate a Career Services Department to assist all those who need and use it. Thank you so much. "
"I found this course extremely helpful as to Career Services. For someone who had to take on this additional duty, I felt it was a great way to set up or improve a student service. Feedback from our accrediting commission during our reaccreditation helped to confirm this."
"This was a great course! There is lot of great useful information. I would recommend this course."
"This course was a great overview of looking at Career Services and the approaches to consider."
"The information about how to effectively assist students and graduates on resume writing, job searching, and how to begin the resume writing process, have been insightful for me. I've slowly started applying what I've been learning."
"This course gave me many ideas of how I can improve the Career Services Department at my institution."
"The course touched on all aspects of its subject. The focus on how Student Services relates to all departments of the institution and how it impacts students' lives was especially enlightening. "
"Very informative course that provides the necessary tools to develop a Career Services Department."
"This was a great resource for knowing all aspects of my job."
"Thank you for providing this course. It was helpful to understand the basics and need for a Career Services Department "
"I appreciated starting with writing a mission statement for a career services department. That section prompted me to take time to write my own statement, as I had not yet written one. "
"I've been doing Career Services for many years and there were some good reminders and a tips I picked up. "
"I would've loved more examples for some of the things mentioned (ex. What types of questions have been successful in gaining feedback?) Also, the technological references were outdated and would benefit from being updated."
"I enjoyed the ability to read and review posts by other student. It was thought provoking to learn what benefits they received from each unit."
"Thank you, the course provided vital information for setting up a Student Career Service Department from mission statement to job placement. "
"Great job creating this training. The reader voice option was very useful."
"Great course. It made me aware to touch base with recent graduates longer after graduating. I will also invite new students to meet with me on a weekly basis to discuss their options of companies after graduating, allowing for a longer period of time for the individuals to determine the scope of work they want to be involved in."

Course Structure


Course Format

  • Can Start Anytime
  • Self-paced (within course enrollment timeframe)
  • 4 Hours of Activities

Completion Requirements

  • Study Course Content
  • Pass ALL Required Quizzes

Certificate of Completion

  • 4 Hours of Continuing Education
  • Available for download at the end of the course

Technology Requirements

  • A Web browser with JavaScript and cookies enabled
  • Adobe Flash Player
  • Speakers or headphones

Course Objectives


Module 1: Overview of Your Career Services Department

  • Develop a written statement about your institution's Career Services Department.
  • List the services offered by your Career Services Department and what your constituency needs to know.
  • Create summary information about the industries for which you train.
  • Determine who benefits from the Career Services Department.

Module 2: Your Career Services

  • Develop and list career services offered by the institution now and in the future.
  • Develop a Career Services Department Resource Library.
  • Create Job Search Seminars.
  • Determine whether programs are required and/or would benefit from internships or externships.

Module 3: Projects for Your Students

  • Create employment skills and job search projects that students can easily complete on their own or in a group.
  • Put together a list of meaningful employment and job search learning activities for students.
  • Assist students to gain confidence as they transform from student to job seeker.
  • Provide students with skills to stay on the job and seek job advancement.

Module 4: Measuring Your Career Success

  • List companies that hire your graduates.
  • Create and implement surveys of students, graduates, employers, and potential employers.
  • Utilize survey information to make changes and improvements.

Module 5: Community TV

  • NA

Lounge Group


This course provides you with a lifelong peer-to-peer learning opportunity through a specific Performance Group created within the Career College Lounge, a learning community of career college professionals. This allows you to learn and share with your peers at any time you want, even after you complete the course.

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