Welcome, faculty and staff!

Using Career Services to Support Classes

• Get lessons and activities:
  • Canvas Commons: We've created several ready-to-use career modules, pages, and activities that can be imported directly into your Canvas course. Find these activities in our Canvas Commons folder: From your main Canvas page, click Commons on the left menu, then click the “Filter” button on the top right. Scroll down to “Shared with” and select “CCV – Career Services.”
  • Teach@CCV: We have many activities and teaching resources available on the Career Services page in Teach. We encourage you to use these materials and are happy to provide support as needed. If you have a particular need/wish for an assignment or activity you don’t see there yet, let us know!   
• Request a presentation: Click here to request for Career Services to join your class via Zoom to deliver a presentation or demonstration of our online tools.
• Request embedded Career Services: Click here to request to embed a Career Services team member in your Canvas course. We can work with your class for up to two weeks to assist students with an activity or assignment (e.g., work with Focus 2, write resumes).
• Request to assign students to contact Career Services: Click here to request adding an assignment to your course where students contact us on their own. Please provide details on the assignment so we can best answer your students' questions and plan our time.
• Find guest speakers: Visit our Teach page to find a list of volunteer speakers and topics. If you contact any of our partners, please let us know how it went!

Answering Students' Career Questions

• How do I choose a career?

​Check out our Career Exploration page for directions on using CCV's career exploration tools, Focus2 and Career Coach, and other resources.

• What education/training do I need to get a job in my desired career field?

​Career Coach has information on typical educational requirements and CCV transfer agreements. Focus2 has links to professional associations, which often include lists of accredited programs. To find more detailed information about training/credentialing programs, O*Net has links to information by state (these program lists may not be exhaustive). If you have a student who is interested in learning about the fastest growing well-paid jobs in Vermont, Pathways to Promising Careers clusters top jobs by major interest and required education.

• How can I know if the career I'm interested in is right for me?

​​The best way to know is to try out the career! See our Job Shadowing and Informational Interviews pages for more information.

• How can I get a job with no experience?

​It can definitely feel daunting when it seems like most employers want to hire someone with experience. But how do you get experience? One important thing to remind students is that the skills they develop at other types of jobs and as a student are transferable to other careers. Second, experience doesn't have to be in the form of a paid job. Internships and volunteer positions are valuable experience and may be included on a resume as experience (just include intern or volunteer in with the job title). Informational interviews and job shadows, as well as networking, can help a company get to know more about a student and make it easier for them to find a position without the "required" experience.

• How can I find a job to help me pay for college/living expenses while taking classes?

​College Central Network, CCV's job search site, has job postings for temporary and part-time jobs, as well as career jobs. For directions on using this site, see Job Searching.

• How can I find an internship?

​See the Internship page.

• How do I write a resume?

​​See the Resumes page.

• How do I write a cover letter?

​See the Cover Letters page.

• What skills should I work on now to help me find a job after I graduate? 
  • ​​​Students can look at the required skills for their desired career on Career Coach or Focus2. This can give them an idea of what skills they may need to work on.
  • Focus2 also has a module called "Am I Career Ready?" (at the top right when you log in). This goes through the eight core career competencies identified by the National Association for Colleges and Employers (NACE). It will ask students questions related to each area, and then it will give them suggestions for ways to improve their skills where necessary. Students can retake this to see how they've improved throughout their college career.
  • The Professionalism page also has information on developing professional attitudes and habits.