Faculty Career Resource

Faculty Career Resource

Faculty are encouraged to extend learning beyond the classroom by involving students in career development activities sponsored by the FAU Career Center.


Keeping Up with the Career Center:
The Career Center’s External Academy

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The FAU Career Center is here to support faculty in empowering students to build meaningful, successful futures. We offer a wide range of easy‑to‑integrate tools, classroom resources, presentations, and career‑focused activities designed to complement your courses and enhance student learning. Whether you’re looking to embed career readiness competencies, connect curriculum to real‑world pathways, or provide students with hands‑on professional development opportunities, our team is ready to collaborate with you.

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Request a Presentation
 

Request a Presentation

Class presentations on career and job search topics by a Career Center staff member

Career Center Assignments
 

Career Center Assignments

Report your Career Readiness assignments to the Career Center for tracking and reporting

Access Canvas Course
 

Access Canvas Course

Supplement first-year through capstone courses with software tools and assignmentsprovided by the FAU Career Center

Faculty Playbook
 

Faculty Playbook

Support the career aspirations of your students and graduates and complement the work of career services offices on your campus

FAU Career Center College Liaison Team

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Golden Madume

College of Engineering and Computer Science

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Boca Raton Campus

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Erin Maharaj

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters

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Kelly Nielsen

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

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Boca Raton Campus

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Carly Orenstein

College of Business

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Boca Raton Campus

Let Us Help You

As a Career Center, we seek to be a resource to you, our faculty and staff partners, as we jointly endeavor to prepare students for their professional plans beyond FAU.

For information on how you can integrate career education into your curriculum, or to schedule a 1:1 consultation meeting,
contact the Career Center at Career@fau.edu or 561-297-3533.

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The FAU Career Center Delivers Award-Winning Services!

The FAU Career Center has been delivering award-winning services for years! In recent years, the Career Center and its staff have been recognized by the National Career Development Association (NCDA), The National Association of Student Personnel Administrators  (NASPA), the Cooperative Education & Internship Association (CEIA), the Florida Association of College & Employers (FloridaACE), Florida Atlantic University, and South Florida Business & Wealth (SFBW).

Here is a listing of some of the recognitions the Career Center and staff have received:

  • NASPA Excellence Award - Silver Winner
  • National Career Development Association (NCDA) Outstanding Practitioner of the Year
  • Cooperative Education & Internship Association Best Practice Award
  • Division of Student Affairs Employee of the Year, Leader of Leaders, Best Practice Assessment Award, Special Achievement Award, Trailblazer for Innovation, Karl F Ijams Humanitarian Award Outstanding Productivity & Center for Global Engagement Partner of the Year.
  • South Florida Business & Wealth (SFBW) Up & Comer Award for Education
  • Florida Association of Colleges & Employers Brownlee Leadership Award
  • Florida Atlantic University’s Graduate Student Worker of the Year, Staff Mentor of the Year
  • Florida Atlantic University Jefferey Gabor Exemplary Employee Award
  • Florida Atlantic University Student Affairs Customer Service Award

The FAU Career Center is dedicated to supporting FAU students, alumni, and employer partners in building toward successful futures.

 Learn More About Our Services 

Request A Presentation

The FAU Career Center facilitates presentations for a variety of classes, organizations, departments and groups from the FAU community. If you need a guest speaker or if you are unavailable to teach a class due to attending a conference or another commitment, rather than cancelling class, please fill out the form below.

Additionally The Career Center can help partner with employers and companies upon request to to present.We are available to present on a variety of career related topics such as, exploring majors & careers, internships, job search, Handshake and applying to graduate school among others. To request a presentation please complete the form below.

Requests should be submitted three weeks prior to the anticipated presentation date.

We try to process your request as quickly as possible and will contact you should we need any further information. While we try to accommodate each request, in rare circumstances we may not be able to assist due to other engagements or conflicts. Keep in mind that we follow Florida Atlantic University’s academic calendar and will be closed during school holidays and breaks.

 

If you have other questions about requesting a presentation, or to check the status of your request, contact Carmen Welch at  cwelch9@fau.edu  or 561-297-3533.

Presentation Topics

This presentation provides an overview of the FAU Career Center’s services and resources. In addition, students will complete their Handshake account. Handshake is FAU’s centralized online job search portal. When possible, this workshop will be presented at the FAU Career Center classroom (capacity 25). This allows your students a chance to see the FAU Career Center.

This workshop is meant to help students learn how to use this online resource in order to identify personal interests and their relationships to FAU Majors and potential career paths.

Learn how to utilize the soft skills you are building as a student, in the professional world.

Resume and cover letter need some updating? Let us help! This presentation will help increase your student’s understanding of how their resume and cover letter are used in the job search process and make sure they target their career goals. Your students will learn how to compose a resume that reflects their greatest strengths and talents and explore different resume formats. By the end of this presentation their resume will say, "interview me!"

Learn how to create a professional LinkedIn profile and effectively use LinkedIn, as a job search and networking tool by attending an interactive workshop. You will receive a brief overview of how to utilize LinkedIn, see examples of complete LinkedIn profiles, then be able to build your own profile. You are welcome to bring laptops/tablets or an iPad will be provided for you to use for the workshop. This presentation is ideal for all audiences, undergraduate and graduate students.

Interviews can be scary. Especially when they include questions like the dreaded “Tell me about yourself." Your students can learn how to prepare for and conduct interviews that get the job offer! This presentation addresses general preparation, researching companies, what to expect, and answering behavior-based and other tough, important interview questions.

Students will be guided through how to develop job/internship search strategies including advice for research, search techniques, and creating a career action plan.

This workshop is designed for current undergraduate students who are considering graduate school and for those who may be in the process of applying to different graduate school programs. Topics include what you should consider with the graduate school selection process as well as tips on what to expect in the application process.

Career fairs are an excellent opportunity to connect face to face with employers and make a good impression. This presentation addresses everything from how to dress, the most effective way to research companies and how to sell yourself so you get noticed.

The FAU Career Center can assist you with finding employers to present curriculum based presentations. Employers can present on a variety of topics including Developing an Effective Marketing Strategy, Business Ethics, Leadership vs. Management and more. Requests should be submitted four weeks prior to the anticipated presentation date.

Not seeing what you are looking for? Request a presentation and provide additional details on what you would like to be presented. We will let you know how we can best accommodate this request.

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