Strides Made By Career Services

Writer Emma Bittner Designer Kellie Woodin

Career Services has gone under a few dramatic changes in the past year. While a new director, Ladd Flock, was hired for Career Services last semester, big changes started occurring in the spring.

As promised, specialized career advisors were hired for each major to replace the general career advisors the center used to have. Career Services also redesigned its website to make it more user friendly and interactive. Additionally, Career Services started pushing Handshake, a site similar to LinkedIn for college students, to help connect us to companies, recruiters and internships in the area.

In an attempt to help place students in jobs, Career Services revamped the back half of the Student Leadership Suite, BMC 1.202, to allow for interview rooms when recruiters come to campus. In the 20-21 school year, Career Services will start hosting companies to be able to talk to and interview students.

Career Services overcame many hurdles during the COVID-19 pandemic as all university aspects were moved online. In order to help students continue to search for jobs, Moody Career Services helped host a virtual career fair.

“Career Services did an incredible job transitioning when everything became virtual,” said Alex Allen, Communication Council’s Career and Alumni Chair. “They have continued to have Zoom advising appointments and are really pushing Handshake to help us find jobs in this weird time.”

In terms of plans for the future, Career Services’ main goal is to build better relationships with alumni. They want to host alumni in Moody through panels to share their expertise with students who are looking for jobs post-graduation, as well as students searching for internships. Additionally, Career Services wants to partner with the Communication

Council to host headshot workshops, so people can have progressional headshots done, as well as resume writing workshops.