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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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. -
The scholarship, granted annually by the Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators, honors the best teacher candidates in the state. Lingamfelter, a mathematics senior, student-athlete and campus leader, plans to teach secondary math upon graduation.
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Southwestern Success Stories
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Brian is enjoying the Bay Area, pursuing a PhD in German Studies at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA, after earning his degree in English and German from Southwestern in 2008. -
all work in Houston for Employee Benefit Solutions (EBS), a human capital consulting firm that specializes in health and welfare, retirement, pharmacy, and international benefits. -
Jessica is earning a Master of Divinity from Duke Divinity School in Durham, NC, after graduating in 2008 from SU with a degree in religion and communication studies. -
Psychology grad Sarah Fritz works as a Case Manager Assistant at Austin-Travis County Mental Health Mental Retardation Center in Austin. -
Mary, a Child Studies and Language Development graduate, is teaching 5th-7th grade math and science at the International School of Santo Domingo in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
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