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Career Success
Academy™
CESD supports
career development for students at WVU with a comprehensive program
that lasts from the freshman year through graduation.
The Career Success
Academy™ is a special initiative to support students in developing
their careers. The basic mission of the Career Success Academy is
to provide students with career support from the freshman year through
graduation. We operate the Career Success Academy for West Virginia
University.
The Career Success
Academy offers five courses to students.
- Exploring
Career Options - Identify student interests and abilities in order
to choose a general career direction and an academic program that
supports it.
- Becoming Career
Ready - Assess a student's personal and professional skills, and
identify specific areas for improvement that are needed for the
student's chosen career direction.
- Gaining Experience
- Undertake activities to acquire career-related experience, and
use this experience to assess the career choice.
- Finding the
First Job - Develop and successfully execute a strategy for obtaining
a first job that is consistent with the student's career interests.
- Starting Your
Career - Prepare to start a career and understand what it takes
to be successful.
In addition to
the learning clusters, the Career Success Academy offers other
assistance.
- A network of
alumni to serve as mentors for students and provide the Career Success
Academy with information on job opportunities.
- Career profiles
to give students examples of successful alumni in a variety of career
areas. Students will find that there are numerous opportunities
for interesting careers from every major, whether humanities, sciences,
or professional fields.
- Career connections
to help alumni when they have career needs like counseling and job
referrals.
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