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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. Ā Ā 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.
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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.

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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.Ā  Learn How

Become an Advising Career Champion

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

Announcing the Fall 2024 Industry-Focused Career Fairs!

Please see below for the dates of our 2024 Industry-focused Career Fairs! Please encourage students you work with to attend. Students in all class years will find this experience valuable.

Part-time job fair- August 28th|11am-3pm|ETEC lobby

Business fair- September 10th …

By Sarah Gelfand
Sarah Gelfand Assistant Director of Career Education
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First Destination Survey is live!

As you continue to mentor, guide, and support our newest alumni (class of 2024), please encourage them to take the first destination survey! This survey empowers student to share their post-graduation plans with the University.

By Sarah Gelfand
Sarah Gelfand Assistant Director of Career Education
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Faculty Resources:Ā  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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Featured Resources

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

Career Readiness Competencies

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!)

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 - 5:00 1:00-4:00
Tuesday 9:00 - 5:00 1:00-4:00
Wednesday 9:00 - 5:00 1:00-4:00
Thursday 9:00 - 5:00 1:00-4:00
Friday 9:00 - 5:00