Undergraduate Career Fair Prep, Interview Prep, Handshake Overview and Resume Drop-Ins will begin on 8/24
Monday: 10am-1pm | Tuesday:11:30am-3pm | Wednesday: 10am-12pm| Thursday: 12pm-3:30pm |Friday: 10am-1pm

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.
  • A modular Career Development curriculum that allows you to include specific class discussions, activities, and assignments relevant to your students.
  • Resources and assignments for connecting the relevant NACE Career Readiness Competencies to your existing content
  • Individual assistance with including career content in a new or existing class.
  • A community of professionals with which to collaborate about challenges and best practices.
  • Monthly newsletter with curated resources related to current Career and Professional Development opportunities.

Get more involved

Become a Teaching Career Champion

The Teaching Career Champions program was designed to assist instructors in connecting their coursework to specific career readiness competencies and to encourage the inclusion of relevant career development activities in the classroom.  Learn How

Become an Advising Career Champion

When students need career advice, they tend to go to people they already know and trust.  This is often an academic advisor or a faculty member.   The Advising Career Champions program is designed to meet students where they are at.  The program helps faculty and staff stay informed about career resources so they can assist students with their career questions.    Take the Career Champions Challenge  to become an Advising Career Champion

Career and Professional Development Programming to Share!

This Fall, the Office of Career and Professional Development is providing on-going support throughout Career Fair Season! Danes Make Moves is a 3 part series of events designed to provide students with real-time and holistic help to assist in their …

By Sarah Gelfand
Sarah Gelfand Assistant Director of Career Education
Read more

5 Questions with a Career Champion!

Please enjoy this month’s 5 Questions with a Career Champion! This month, we chatted with Naishaly Vélez Galán, who is a Survivor Advocate within the Office of Health Promotion:

My favorite Career Champions Challenge Module was Module 2: Exploring Careers …

By Sarah Gelfand
Sarah Gelfand Assistant Director of Career Education
Read more

Career Champions Professional Development Series!

Please join us for our Fall 2025 Career Champions Program Professional Development Series! Each workshop will focus on different career topics or software’s which can enhance your conversations with students. Please see below for the schedule. Email sgelfand@albany.edu

RSVP here

By Sarah Gelfand
Sarah Gelfand Assistant Director of Career Education
Read more

Career Champions Networking Hour!

Please join us for a Career Champions Networking hour on Monday, September 15th from 10-11am! We will have coffee, tea, and muffins. Please enjoy casual conversation with career-focused colleagues! Please feel free to share with anyone who may be interested.

By Sarah Gelfand
Sarah Gelfand Assistant Director of Career Education
Read more

Congratulations to our newest Advising Champions!

The Office of Career and Professional Development and The Career Champions Admin team is proud to announce our 2025 Summer Advising Champions!

Dr. Marcie Newton, Writing and Critical Inquiry

Isabelle Cavazos, Writing and Critical Inquiry

Dr. Allison Craig, Writing and …

By Sarah Gelfand
Sarah Gelfand Assistant Director of Career Education
Read more

Featured Resources

The Career and Professional Development team is proud to support faculty as they work to incorporate career topics into the …

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

This infographic gives tangible advice for first-year students on how to create and optimize their resume (regardless of experience!)

CPD Service Hours

Monday 9:00 - 5:00
Tuesday 9:00 - 5:00
Wednesday 9:00 - 5:00
Thursday 9:00 - 5:00
Friday 9:00 - 5:00