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University of South Florida Board of Trustees Workgroup for Research, Innovation, Engagement & Job Creation

Drema Howard, PhD Director, Career Services

Career Services Helps Students

Choose a career and match it to a major

• Individual Career Counseling Sessions
• Career Assessments
• Career Development Today – 2 credit career course
• Major Possibilities Program
• Career Exploration Resources
• Career Planning Workshops
• Assistance with graduate /professional school

exploration and application

Gain employability skills/ career-related experiences

• Part-time & Internship opportunities
• Cooperative Education Course/On-site Training

Experience

Career Services Helps Students

Prepare for an effective job search

• Individual Job Search Coaching Sessions
• Practice Interviews
• Resume , Curriculum Vita & Cover Letter Critiques
• Virtual & Printed Job Search Strategy Resources,

Labor Market Projections and Employer Directories

(located on Career Services website, in Career Reference Library and Career Corner in USF library)

• Professional dining etiquette programs
• Professional attire, Suit-a-Bull Lending Clothes Closet

(in collaboration with Enactus)

• Job Search Strategies & Professional Development

Workshops (i.e. Networking, Leverage Social Media in the

Job Search, Creating Your Professional Brand, Researching Employers, Behavioral Based Interviewing)

Career Services Helps Students

Connect with hiring employers

Employ-A-Bull, our online job posting and recruitment management system. Allows students to:

• Maintain resume in searchable database that can be

accessed by employers

• Submit a resume to apply for current employment
• pportunities posted by local, state and national

employers

• Apply for and schedule interviews with employers

conducting on-campus interviews in Career Services Interview Suites

• Communicate with employers having an Employ-

A-Bull account

• Receive immediate alert when new jobs matching a

student’s qualifications is posted

• Receive the latest announcements and updates on

career and employer events

Career Services Helps Students

Connect with hiring employers

• Online Job Posting Service
• Part-time Jobs
• Internships
• Cooperative Education
• Full- time, Professional Employment
• On-Campus Interviews
• Open Schedule, any student meeting hiring

criteria may schedule interview timeslot

• Pre-Select Schedule, employers pre-screen

submitted resumes and select candidates and grant permission to schedule an interview timeslot

Career Services Helps Students

Connect with hiring employers

• Career Fairs (fall and spring)
• Accounting Career Fair
• All Majors Career Fair
• Science, Engineering & Technology Career Fair
• Internship & Part-time Job Fair
• Statewide Job Fair (collaboration with all SUS Career

Services)

• Employer Pre-Recruitment Events:
• Prepare for the Fair Week: Resume Re-Write
• Employer Information Sessions
• Job Shop Employer Recruitment Visits (Library)
• Employer of the Week (COB/COE)
• Employer Conducted Workshops/Class Sessions

Career Services Helps Students

Connect with hiring employers

• Career Fairs (fall and spring)
• Accounting Career Fair
• All Majors Career Fair
• Science, Engineering & Technology Career Fair
• Internship & Part-time Job Fair
• Statewide Job Fair (collaboration with all SUS

Career Services

• Employer Pre-Recruitment Events:
• Prepare for the Fair Week: Resume Re-Write
• Employer Information Sessions
• Job Shop Employer Recruitment Visits (Library)
• Employer of the Week (COB/COE)
• Employer Conducted Workshops/Class Sessions

Example of Organizations Using Career Services to Recruit USF Students & Alumni

Ambient Healthcare JP Morgan Chase American Express KPMG Aramark Lockheed Martin Baker Hughes Masonite Bright House Networks Microsoft Busch Gardens Mosaic Catalina NexTech Systems CIA Northwestern Citi Office of Comptroller of Currency Coca Cola Prudential Deloitte Raymond James Draper Labs Sogetti USA Drug Enforcement Administration Sprint DTCC Sun Trust Duke Energy T Rowe Price Ernst & Young, LLP TECO FBI Travelers General Motors Company US Marines Gerdau US Navy Granite Construction USAA Hertz Verizon Wireless Honeywell Walt Disney Jabil Circuit WaWA

Connecting Students & Employers Across the Campus