 This summer the MU Career Center family grew by one: Amanda Purchase Roberts moved from Student Affairs and joined our staff. Amanda is spearheading student employment initiatives, a concerted effort to create more consistent and meaningful employment experiences for students on the MU campus. Her focus is on the “life cycle” of employment from the recruitment, development, recognition and eventual farewell of a student employee. Amanda was recently featured in a story for the Vice Provost of Undergraduate Studies and we encourage you to read the article.
How can faculty and staff members support campus employment?
- Refer campus job seekers to contact with Amanda Purchase Roberts who will connect them with resources to be successful
- Share helpful info on finding campus jobs including this web page and infographic
- Encourage students to register on the HireMizzouTigers.com employment website
- Make sure your department is posting student positions on HireMizzouTigers.com
- Help students think about skills they want to acquire and meaningful work opportunities related to their career goals
Be looking for more updates from Amanda Purchase Roberts and student employment initiatives. The MU Career Center is lucky to have her!
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Campus Farmers' Market
September 5th from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Students can get a resume review, register on Handshake, and ask questions of career services staff from across campus. Students who register on Handshake will spin a prize wheel for goodies like padfolios, water bottles and tees. Encourage students to stop by!
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LinkedIn Photo Days are back! The MU Career Center will once again host photo days in Room 24 of the Student Success Center on the first Friday of the month this coming semester. Students as well as faculty and staff members are encouraged to attend! See our web page for details.
Friday, September 6th 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Friday, October 4th 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Friday, November 1st 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
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The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) defines career readiness as “the attainment and demonstration of requisite competencies that broadly prepare college graduates for a successful transition into the workplace.” Their definition also eight competencies that lay the foundation for the work necessary to prepare college students for successful entry into the work force.
Focus 2 has released a new module based on the NACE career competencies called, Am I Career Ready? If you’d like to learn more, please watch this video. Students are asked questions and do a self-evaluation. They receive feedback on their scores and suggestions on ways to further develop a competency that can be reviewed and printed. This is a great tool to share with students!
Also, we feature Career Readiness in our online career resource database, Mizzou Career Tools. Students may click on the career topic “Career Readiness” to view:
- NACE definitions and competencies
- Reflection worksheet to help them map their experience to the 8 core competencies
- Slide deck with details on career readiness
- Job Outlook with employer rankings of student career competencies
We know you are committed to helping Mizzou students become career ready and encourage you to share these resources in your offices and classrooms.
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As the new semester begins, many students are looking for part-time jobs and internships so we wanted to share with you best practices to help students avoid falling victim to job scams.
First, there are 4 major red flags that can denote a scam:
- An unsolicited job announcement was sent to their MU email.
- The seems too good to be true.
- The employer is asking for money or personal information in exchange for "secret" job postings or training sessions.
- The employer contact seems suspicious such as an imitation of an MU student email address.
If you or a student believe that you have received information that is connected to a job scam, please notify the MU Career Center at career@missouri.edu. Additionally, if the scam comes via MU email, please also forward the message to abuse@missouri.edu.
As always, you can access hundreds of secure and legitimate job postings on HireMizzouTigers.com. This website, powered by Handshake, is reviewed by both Handshake and MU Career Services professionals to ensure positive employment experiences.
For more information on job scams, you can visit our website here or watch the Federal Trade Commission's video below.
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Watch: the Federal Trade Commission's message on job scams
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