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The Whitman School's Career Center offers current students and alumni a variety of services to assist in career planning and professional development:

Workshops Career Education Workshops and
One-on-One Coaching Appointments
Career education workshops offer students instruction on pertinent issues related to their job searches and career development. Some of the workshop topics include resume development, networking, and interviewing. In addition to developing these important skills, students are provided with a timeline of milestones to achieve throughout the year. Whitman students are welcomed by a counseling team that is committed to the development of resume and interview techniques, which are essential in securing positions in many sectors of business. These one-on-one coaching appointments provide the opportunity for students to refine communication skills, develop a career strategy, or increase their visibility with a polished resume and cover letter.

Corporate Recruiters
Workshops Virtual Services
Whitman’s Career Center also provides a variety of virtual services to students. The SU job posting board, OrangeLink, lists information related to job postings for all SU students, and offers a career search management system to keep track of applications, resumes, and new postings. Students can apply to job postings and post their resumes to specialty resume books, which are shared with national recruiters. Students also have access to corporate contacts through this database to support their independent job search. Vault online career library is provided for student use in researching companies, industries, and specific professions, and to find companies geographically. SU's Bird Library, in partnership with the Whitman School, maintains a variety of subscriptions to database resources that afford a student detailed and in-depth information about industries, companies, and contacts. The Bird Reference Librarian specializes in business topics and is available to tutor students on relevant resources available at the library. Students also have access to Hoover's, Lexis-Nexis, Million-Dollar, and many other databases.

Employers are invited to participate in recruiting Whitman students through a variety of activities including career fairs and personal interviews. These events take place through the fall and spring semesters, which coincide with recruiting cycles for corporations.