Welcome Veterans!
FAU’s Career Center's comprehensive range of services is available to enrolled degree seeking undergraduate and graduate Veterans. When enrolling at FAU, you bring a host of exceptional and sought-after skills that prospective employers and graduate schools seek. The Florida Department of Veterans Administration indicates ten reasons to hire military vets at their website: Florida Department of Veteran's Administration.
Employers of FAU graduates recognize skills that are unique to our veterans, including leadership, teamwork, diversity, overseas experience, and training in the latest technology! A FAU college education will equip you with an advanced set of skills and open new doors to professional career opportunities for your future.
FAU’s Career Center’s professionally trained and nationally certified career counselors will assist you in exploring career options, help you gain career-related experience through our internship program, develop your job search skills, help you craft your resume, or conduct mock interviews to help prepare you every step of the way. Upon meeting with a counselor, you may take an online career assessment inventory to help you clarify your interests, values, and skills in relation to choosing a major and or career path.
Tips for Veterans:
- Visit the Career Center early on so we can get you going in the right direction
- Upload your resume into Handshake
- Drop in during Same Day Career Advising hours to get quick answers to your initial questions
- Attend Career Center events such as Career Fairs and Career Expo, Workshops and Professional Graduate School Day
- Meet with a career counselor for assessments, internships, and to apply for graduate and professional schools, or full time jobs