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Faculty and Staff

Faculty and staff are key members of ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ’s career community. You can help our ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈs develop the knowledge and skills they need to map their career journeys.

Bring Career to your Classroom

The career planning process takes place throughout a ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ’s experience at Miami. We encourage you refer your ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈs to the many programs and services the Career Center offers.

  • Encourage ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈs to visit the Career Center as early as their first year
  • Develop a resume in a ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ’s first year
  • Complete their Handshake profile and select their career cluster(s) in the ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ’s first year
  •  to discuss customized career topics
  • Start talking to ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈs about finding an internship
Miami's Internship Policy
Professional discussing their career roadmap to Miami ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈs in classroom

Connect with Employers

Here are some ways you can utilize your industry connections for the benefit of your ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈs:

  • Reach out to them and ask if you can share their information with your ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈs to get them connected.
  • Have them guest speak to your classes to build interest in their company.
  • Create opportunities for connections that enables all ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈs access.

Career Fair Faculty Participation

Career Fairs are a great opportunity for Faculty to learn more about the industries their ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈs are heading into. You can utilize the fairs in several ways:

  • Have conversations with industry professionals about what they do to increase your understanding and allow you to better answer your ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈs’ questions about the workforce.
  • Network with employers you can invite to speak to your ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈs, or recommend ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈs to in the future.

Online Resources

  • Handshake (Faculty account available on request)
  • VMock for resume assistance and interview practice
  • LinkedIn
  •  for industry information

Peer Career Coach Presentations

Peer career coaches are trained by our career advisors to offer in-class presentations on career management topics. Presentations can be scheduled weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Please submit your request at least two weeks in advance.

What Can the Career Center Do for Me?

An overview of our services. ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈics include career clusters, career advising, online resources, and more.

Run time: 20 – 30 minutes

Ace the Interview

Learn about interviewing techniques, on-campus interviewing, and important programs. 

Run time: 45 minutes

How Does Your Resume Stack Up?

An overview of resumes, covering content, style, structuring bullet points, digital career development platforms, and more.

Run time: 30 – 45 minutes

Are You LinkedIn or Left Out?

An overview of LinkedIn and Handshake, covering types of profile content, networking basics, visual styles of photos, and more. We encourage your ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈs to create/revise their profiles during this presentation.

Run time: 30 – 45 minutes

Now That’s a Strong Handshake

Shares best practices for navigating Handshake, Miami’s online job and internship search platform.

Run time: 30 – 45 minutes

Career Fair or Career Scare?

Introduces Miami’s career and internship fairs, covering steps ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈs should take before, during, and after these key networking events.

Run time: 45 – 60 minutes

Reference Letter Assistance

The following information may be helpful as you approach writing a letter of reference.

  • Letter of Reference and FERPA Release Form
  • Identify the ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ and the capacity in which you came to know him or her. If the contact was primarily through having the ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ in class(es), please give the course name(s), not just the number(s).
  • Give evidence of the ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ’s knowledge, maturity, understanding of material or other aspects of development during the period you knew him or her.
  • Future employers as well as graduate schools will be evaluating candidates on the basis of the following factors, among others:
    • communication skills (written and oral)
    • willingness to take initiative
    • level of motivation
    • planning and organizational skills
    • technical or professional knowledge or skills
    • flexibility/adaptability
    • interpersonal skills
    • willingness to accept responsibility/leadership
    • analytical/problem-solving ability
    • group interaction and team-working skills
  • Any information you can give to support the ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ’s candidacy with reference to these attributes would be helpful.
  • Accent the positive and try to qualify any negative statements with evidence of the ways in which a ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ is dealing with the problem. If you feel you cannot give a positive recommendation, it is best to let the ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ know!
  • Ask the ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ to provide you with a copy of his or her resume, which can enhance your own comments. Also, it would be helpful if you asked the ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ to share his or her career goals with you. This could also strengthen your comments.

Center for Career Exploration and Success

45 Armstrong Center
550 E. Spring Street
Oxford, OH 45056
513-529-3831
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