About Career Services
Career Services helps students & alumni navigate a world of opportunities.
Explore: First, learn about your own values, skills, interests and personality, and explore the many occupations that exist in the world of work.
Experience: Next, gain experience (through internships, volunteerism, leadership roles and part-time jobs) to "test the fit" of different occupations and develop marketable skills that employers seek.
Engage: Effectively search for a job or apply to graduate or professional school by setting target goals, researching opportunities and marketing yourself. Learn resume writing, interviewing, networking, etiquette and more. Make the transition to the world after Southwestern!
We teach career-management skills (e.g. resume writing, interviewing, job search strategies), provide opportunities to explore a variety of occupations and help students and alumni make connections to employers, graduate and professional schools and other resources. Students and alumni can access these services through visits to our office and by attending our programs.
Career Services News
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Use your technology or writing skills, work in a lab, even wait tables! US News & World Report tells you why these roles and a few others make the list of best jobs for college students. -
According to data from the National Association of Colleges and Employers’ 2009 Student Survey, grads with internship experience earned full-time jobs upon graduation at a rate nearly 10 percentage points highter than those graduates with no internship experience, the October 28, 2009, edition of the NACE Spotlight e-newsletter reports. -
For creative jobs, is a standard resume enough to market your skills? Get advice from this Minneapolis Workplace Examiner article. -
Physician assistant, intelligence analyst, CPA, HR manager, college professor: CNNMoney.com gives overview, pros and cons, earnings, growth and quality of life information about these jobs and many more. -
On October 21, 2009, Career Services hosted the 15th annual Etiquette Dinner, featuring Diane Gottsman, nationally recognized etiquette expert and owner of The Protocol School of Texas, and a free, four-course meal. Students learned critical dining and networking skills they will use their whole professional lifes. The Williamson County Sun also reported on the event.
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Southwestern Success Stories
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A religion graduate, Peter is pursuing a Master of Divinity at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC. -
Susannah, a Spanish graduate, works as a full-time volunteer paralegal through the Sisters of the Humility of Mary at the Florida Immigration Advocacy Center, a position she found through the Catholic Network of Volunteer Services’ website. FIAC is one of the leading non-profit immigration law firms in the region, and Susannah works on the Children’s Project. -
Spanish and French major (and German minor) Erin will continue with her international pursuits through a 2009-2010 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Germany. Following her fellowship, Erin will enter a graduate program in international affairs. -
After earning her degree in kinesiology in May 2008, Kelyn entered graduate school in exercise physiology at Texas Christian University in Ft. Worth, TX. -
Landon is a biomedical flight controller at Wyle Laboratories in Houston. He graduated with a degree in physical science from Southwestern as part of the 3-2 engineering program.
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