Tools & Resources
The Center for Career and Professional Development (CCPD) offers a wide array of in-person career services for degree-seeking students to help prepare them for Life after Mary Washington. We offer the same services to alumni of the University. Our office strives to reinforce to our students and graduates the importance of the ten core competencies and how they will contribute positively to their lives and careers.
- Our Services
- First-Years and the Career Center
- Your Key to Success: Handshake
- Crafting Your Elevator Pitch
- Using the STAR Method to Answer Interview Questions
- Pre-Law Advising
Some highlights of what the CCPD provides include:
- Individual and group career coaching for all years and all majors
- Pre-law and pre-health coaching
- Two Career and Internship Fairs per year
- Regular events to promote professional preparation
- Weekly drop-in hours staffed by Peer Career Consultants for quick questions or document reviews
Network MaryWash is a system that enables students and alumni to quickly and easily connect for internship, career, and other advice. Ask a question online, and our system will find the alumni best equipped to answer, so you’ll receive responses from those with the most relevant experience.
Students and recent graduates from all majors can gain real-world experience by completing short-term, paid, typically-remote, professional projects. Micro-Internships allow you to demonstrate skills while exploring potential career paths—all on your schedule.
These unique projects are posted at all times of year by companies of all sizes, from Fortune 100 corporations to emerging startups. Micro-Internships move quickly, so it’s important to log in regularly to see opportunities before they’re gone!
Micro-Internships are facilitated via the Parker Dewey platform, connecting you with organizations in need of your skills.
Focus-2 is an easy-to-use online career self-assessment system that can help you explore your values, interests, personality, and skills and their relation to possible majors/programs and careers. With access via the web, you can explore career options for all the majors/programs offered at 十大网赌平台, using self-guided, interactive exercises.
All information can be saved as you go for quick and easy retrieval, and all results can be combined in a personal portfolio. You can print out all your results yourself. We also recommend you meet with a career coach to further explain your results and discuss career planning.
Access code for new accounts: eagle
Handshake is an online recruiting platform for higher education students and alumni that partners with universities and employers to streamline and simplify the recruiting process. The employers on Handshake are working directly with universities to recruit students. The University of Mary Washington has chosen to partner with Handshake because it is an excellent platform for students to find everything from their first internship to the job that launches them in to their dream career.
The membership on Handshake is made up of over 14 million students and alumni from over 800 universities.
Big Interview is a free interview training system that features a new and innovative way to help you prepare more effectively for a job interview. Training and practice are combined to help improve your interview technique and build your confidence. You can access a video curriculum and question library to learn how to craft your answers and then record your responses to review yourself or share with others for feedback.
Forage offers web-based simulations of work assignments for employers across a range of industries. This tool is designed to give students realistic job previews and facilitate access to employers seeking their talent.
Coursera Career Academy offers 十大网赌平台 students, faculty, and staff free access to courses and microcredentials from industry leaders like Google, Microsoft, IBM, Meta, and Salesforce. Topics include computer science, business, IT security, project management, and communication skills.
The Virginia Talent + Opportunity Partnership (V-TOP) offers courses to help students develop workplace readiness skills and prepare for successful internships. Invest in your professional development by taking their free, online, self-paced courses to get workforce-ready.
Work-based learning is an educational approach used to help students become workforce ready through activities such as job shadowing, internships, and apprenticeships. Work-based learning experiences allow students to translate skills they’ve learned in the classroom to the workplace.
十大网赌平台’s Work-Based Learning Roadmap is a resource to help you navigate the work-based learning opportunities available on campus. This self-paced Canvas course will guide you through experiences you may choose to pursue throughout each year of your studies.