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Faculty and Staff

Faculty and staff are key members of Miami University’s career community. You can help our students develop the knowledge and skills they need to map their career journeys.

Bring Career to your Classroom

The career planning process takes place throughout a student’s experience at Miami. We encourage you refer your students to the many programs and services the Career Center offers.

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Professional discussing their career roadmap to Miami students in classroom

Connect with Employers

Here are some ways you can utilize your industry connections for the benefit of your students:

  • Reach out to them and ask if you can share their information with your students to get them connected.
  • Have them guest speak to your classes to build interest in their company.
  • Create opportunities for connections that enables all students access.

Career Fair Faculty Participation

Career Fairs are a great opportunity for Faculty to learn more about the industries their students are heading into. You can utilize the fairs in several ways:

  • Have conversations with industry professionals about what they do to increase your understanding and allow you to better answer your students’ questions about the workforce.
  • Network with employers you can invite to speak to your students, or recommend students to in the future.

Peer Career Coach Presentations

Peer career coaches are trained by our career advisors to offer in-class presentations on career management topics.

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What Can the Career Center Do for Me?

An overview of our services. Topics include career clusters, career advising, online resources, and more.

Run time: 20 – 30 minutes

Ace the Interview

Learn about interviewing techniques, on-campus interviewing, and important programs. 

Run time: 30 – 45 minutes

How Does Your Resume Stack Up?

An expanded overview of resumes, covering brainstorming content, visual style, structuring bullets, digital career development platforms, and more.

Run time: 45 – 60 minutes

Are You LinkedIn or Left Out?

An expanded overview of LinkedIn and Handshake, covering types of profile content, networking basics, visual styles of photos, and more. We encourage your students to create/revise their profiles during this presentation.

Run time: 30 – 45 minutes

Now That’s a Strong Handshake

Shares best practices for navigating Handshake, Miami’s online job and internship search platform.

Run time: 30 – 45 minutes

We’re GoinGlobal

Introduces GoinGlobal, the online international job board, explaining how to search for international career opportunities and navigate support guides.

Run time: 30 – 40 minutes

Career Fair or Career Scare?

Introduces Miami’s career and internship fairs, covering steps students should take before, during, and after these key networking events.

Run time: 45 – 60 minutes

Reference Letter Assistance

The following information may be helpful as you approach writing a letter of reference.

  • Letter of Reference and FERPA Release Form
  • Identify the student and the capacity in which you came to know him or her. If the contact was primarily through having the student in class(es), please give the course name(s), not just the number(s).
  • Give evidence of the student’s knowledge, maturity, understanding of material or other aspects of development during the period you knew him or her.
  • Future employers as well as graduate schools will be evaluating candidates on the basis of the following factors, among others:
    • communication skills (written and oral)
    • willingness to take initiative
    • level of motivation
    • planning and organizational skills
    • technical or professional knowledge or skills
    • flexibility/adaptability
    • interpersonal skills
    • willingness to accept responsibility/leadership
    • analytical/problem-solving ability
    • group interaction and team-working skills
  • Any information you can give to support the student’s candidacy with reference to these attributes would be helpful.
  • Accent the positive and try to qualify any negative statements with evidence of the ways in which a student is dealing with the problem. If you feel you cannot give a positive recommendation, it is best to let the student know!
  • Ask the student to provide you with a copy of his or her resume, which can enhance your own comments. Also, it would be helpful if you asked the student to share his or her career goals with you. This could also strengthen your comments.

Center for Career Exploration and Success

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