Resume drop-in hours are:
Monday/Wednesday:  11am-4pm
Tuesday/Thursday:  12-4pm
Friday:  12-2pm

Career Champions

Welcome to the Career Champion Resource Page!

Career Champions are faculty and staff who are committed to student success by supporting students’ career development both inside and outside the classroom.   The office of Career and Professional Development created this community to recognize the important role of these faculty and staff and to support them as they advise, teach, and mentor students.
Join today!

Benefits of becoming a Career Champion

  • Be better informed in how to assist students in pursuing their future professional and career goals.
  • Access to training that highlights the latest resources and best practices in career development.
  • Activities and assignments you can use to add career-related content to your classes.
  • Monthly newsletter with curated resources related to current Career and Professional Development opportunities.
  • After completion of the Career Champions Challenge, receipt of a certificate and badge you can display in your email signature.

Take the Challenge

The Career Champions Challenge is a brief and flexible training program that you can do at your own speed.  It includes material to read and demoes of Career Resources you can use with students.  Complete all 8 quizzes to receive a Career Champion Challenge certificate and a magnet to display in your office.  The challenge is available  here as an asynchronous online training program.  We periodically offer a more synchronous version, delivered daily via email over 2 weeks.  Join the Career Champions program to be notified of the next Challenge.

 

Faculty Resources:  Helping students preparing for an interview.

Each month we will be highlighting one of the many career assignments and exercises you can incorporate in the classroom.  Today’s focus is on helping students prepare for interviews.  We have an online tool called Big Interview that allows students …

By Cathy Parker (She/Her)
Cathy Parker (She/Her) Associate Director of Career Education
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Announcing our next Career Champions Challenge!

The Career Champions Team is excited to announce our next synchronous challenge from August 5th-16th!

The synchronous challenge gives you daily email reminders to complete that days module.

Register here!

Can’t wait until August? You can do our asynchronous challenge …

By Sarah Gelfand
Sarah Gelfand Assistant Director of Career Education
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“Careers in Bloom”

The Career Champions Admin Team invites you to a casual celebration of our year. Please come for all or part of the event.

May 14| 10am-12pm

Science library atrium

RSVP no later than May 3rd: https://tinyurl.com/careersinbloom

By Sarah Gelfand
Sarah Gelfand Assistant Director of Career Education
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Celebrating Neurodiversity in April

In celebration of World Autism Awareness Day today (4/2) and Neurodiversity Awareness Month (April), we are posting employers and companies who are allies for neurodiversity:

Additional resources for the neurodiverse talent pool include:
Our Ability – a job and career …

By Jessica Pugliese
Jessica Pugliese Assistant Director, Employer Relations
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Women’s Community Page

It’s Women’s History Month, and we want to highlight our community page dedicated to helping women navigate their careers! Check out helpful articles and networking/employer events tailored to empowering women.  

If you need employment advice for additional identities, we have …

By Vincia Phillip (She,Her)
Vincia Phillip (She,Her) Assistant Director of Career Education
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Featured Resources

Career Readiness Competencies

The National Association of College and Employers (NACE) came up with a list of eight Career Readiness Competencies that employers …

Teamwork Rubric

The Teamwork Rubric that can be utilized for any group project in any course discipline! Teamwork is one of the …

Contact & Location

Phone
(518) 437-4900
Address

Science Library - G50
1400 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12222

CPD Service Hours

Day of the week
Office Hours Undergraduate Resume Drop-ins
Monday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 11:00 am- 4:00 pm
Tuesday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Wednesday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Thursday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Friday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (virtual) 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm