Director’s Cut: Career Services Update

In the new career services model, students will have open accessibility to all job postings for which they meet the employers’ qualifications, regardless of which School they attend.Requirements that delayed or restricted accessibility to job postings have been eliminated. It may sound trite, but these new guiding principles truly level the job recruiting playing field for students.

Employers are pleased with these new policies because they will have access to more qualified and diverse applicants. In our old system, employers had to post the same position to multiple career services offices. In the new system, employers only have to post a position once and they choose if the position is distributed to all career services offices on one campus or to all IU campuses.To implement these changes, we have partnered with a new career services management vendor, Handshake. In order to schedule appointments with your career coach, apply for job postings, schedule interviews, and see career events and fairs, you need to register and set up a free account with Handshake.

After Labor Day weekend, there will be numerous virtual career fairs. Career fairs are open to all students, all years, all majors. Here’s a link to the career fairs in Handshake

To register for a virtual career fair, you must first set up your account with Handshake. Once you do that, go to the list of career fairs on Handshake, click on the specific career fair you want to attend, then push the register button for that specific fair. Depending on how the employer set up interviews, you will be able to select from individual ten-minute interview times or group interviews.

If you have never attended a virtual career fair (and most of us have not), please check out Handshake’s virtual career fair tips.

Because of Covid restrictions, the Career Development Center’s office in the Wells Library will be closed until further notice for face to face meetings, but all our services are being offered virtually.

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Despite all the changes that have happened the last six months, one thing has remained constant: the career coaches at the Career Development Center and other career services offices are here to help you with your career planning.

Until the day arrives when we can meet in person and shake hands again, please set up a time to virtually meet with us so we can help you achieve your career goals.