Career Services Center: Who We Are

FAQ's for the Faculty

Faculty Newsletter -- Fall 2010

Create a Blue Hen Careers account or log into your current account to see what jobs and internships are available to your students.

Picking satisfying careers, locating internships and summer jobs during school, and finding employment opportunities after graduation are on-going concerns of your students and advisees. The Career Services Center at 401 Academy Street can put students of all majors - freshmen as well as seniors - in touch with resources: services, programs, events, interviews, print materials, and job vacancy information that will help with this process now, and in the years to come.

What should be included in a reference letter when I am recommending a student or a graduate for a postion?
Click here to view guidelines and a sample recommendation letter.

Whom can I contact to address my class on a career related topic?
Call the main number- 831-2392 - and ask for the staff member who is a liaison to your department. (See www.udel.edu/CSC/cscstaff.html for a list of majors.) Consider a career services speaker when you must miss a class because of a personal or professional commitment.

My students are interested in pursuing internships that are unrelated to their major, or take place in the summer. How can Career Services help when students cannot be supervised by faculty?
The UNIV 364- Experiential Internship class is available each semester for 3 elective credits, combining an internship with class reflection and related assignments. Contact Marianne Green (megreen@udel.edu) for further information.

What careers have other __________ majors from my department pursued in the past?
Major Resource Kits have been prepared for each academic major to help answer this question. Information about career options is drawn from the UD's Career Plans Survey. Web resources and print materials found at the CSC are listed on the Kit, as well. Copies may be picked up at 401 Academy Street or printed from the web site www.udel.edu/CSC/mrk.html.

What resume writing services are available to students?
Resume resources are listed here.

Where can my students look for part-time or summer jobs? Where can I list one available in my department?
Career Services' web site lists new on- and off-campus part-time and summer jobs through our Blue Hen Careers database. Summer internships are also listed in Blue Hen Careers. The twelve annual job fairs are also sources of employer networking for summer and part-time jobs.

How do Students find out about workshops, job fairs, or other career events?
Tthe Career Services home page Calendar does a great job of updating students and faculty about upcoming career events. This year's job fairs, and law school fairs, Career Week programs, and workshops, as well as career events held at other sites in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey are listed.

My students are interested in pursuing internships that are unrelated to their major, or take place in the summer. How can Career Services help when they cannot be supervised by faculty?
UNIV 364- Experiential Internship class is available each semester for 3 elective credits that combining an internship with class reflection and related assignments. Contact Marianne Green (megreen@udel.edu) for further information.

How do students find full time jobs and take part in on-campus interviews?
The Blue Hen Careers system manages the data base of jobs, internships, as well as the schedules for the Campus Interview Program.

What print and video resources does Career Services have?
The Career Resource Center (CRC) at 401 Academy Street contains directories, trade publications, and company information to assist students with career interests in. For an on-line listing, go to the Career Services Home Page and click on "Career Library."

How should faculty respond when employers request that you provide names of students for job or internship openings?
Career Services is charged by the University to meet EEO/AA guidelines in helping students identify career opportunities. Faculty should be aware that they may be in violation of Federal laws pertaining to EEO/AA should they respond to such requests.

Career Services recommends that faculty refer employers to our office (Ms. Lynn Jacobson) to post their opportunities. Should you wish to make student referrals you may do so as long as the opportunity is also posted through the Career Center so that ALL qualified applicants have the opportunity to apply.

For more information see the National Association of Colleges and Employers' A Faculty Guide to Ethical and Legal Standards in Student Hiring.

Last Updated: October 26, 2010