Career Services at Fisher
Career planning starts as soon as you enter Fisher, even if you haven't decided on a major or chosen a profession. Your future starts now, and we’re ready to help.
We offer many ways to explore your options, build your network, and test-drive possible career paths. The Career Experts can guide and support you in identifying your interests, aligning your academics to career goals, and building experiences toward your success. Through our individualized Career Action Plan, each student will have access to a step-by-step career roadmap from day one helping them gain relevant skills and knowledge to be successful in the world of work and beyond.
Work-Study Jobs on Campus
In mid-to-late August, you will receive an email with instructions on how to access Handshake, our career management system for students and alumni. Handshake is easy to navigate and provides job postings for on/off campus, full-time, part-time, work-study, internships, and volunteering. The email will provide tips for searching for work-study positions in Handshake. Please note that there are more students seeking work-study jobs than there are openings, so apply early.
Career Services
From your first year into alumni status, Career Services is your partner for making plans toward success. During the campus library renovations, our offices will be in Kearney Hall (K-059). You may contact us via email at ccap@sjf.edu. Here's how we can help:
Career Coaching
We offer in-depth career assessments that provide insight into how your skills, interests, and values match up with a variety of career fields and potential occupations. We'll also meet with you for individual coaching sessions for help with resumes, internships, job search, interview practice, graduate school applications, and more.
Professional Documentation
Career experts will work with you to develop and personalize your résumé, cover letters, professional profiles, and personal statements to ensure they reflect your best qualifications and tell your story.
Internships and Pre-Career Experiences
Internships, site visits, mentoring with alumni and professionals, networking events, and additional workshops provide essential practical hands-on experience, build competencies, and allow you to “test drive” career options. In addition to providing you with skills, some opportunities can also be done for credit. You will find these opportunities posted in Handshake.
Online Resources
Our Newly designed website for students hosts a plethora of resources no matter where you are in your career journey. You can find our Career Action Plan as well as additional resources and samples to help you Explore, Prepare, Practice, and Pursue your future.
Career exploration: We offer several self-guided tools (but of course we want to talk with you as you discover your options), including Focus 2 Career and My Next Move. You can also take several career exploration assessments with a CCAP advisor to help refine your ideas. Other resources include tools to explore What Can I Do With This Major (login required), sample resume booklets, interviewing guides, and assistance for graduate school applications.
Job/Internship postings: Handshake, Parker-Dewey, plus a catalog of preferred job boards organized by academic majors, are your tools for online searching.
Networking: LinkedIn is a great tool to begin networking with alumni to explore career paths and opportunities. Students also have access to LinkedIn Learning for free to help prepare and skill up for their futures!
Events
Career Services brings you several career-focused events every year such as workshops, employer site visits, the Fisher Flight program, and a comprehensive job fair in the fall. We also host employer information sessions throughout the year, a variety of pop-up programs, and a podcast to give you the basics for building a great career.