
Faculty & Staff Tools
We value our relationships with faculty and staff and the support you provide in mentoring Oregon State University students from college to career. There are a number of ways you can partner with the Career Development Center to build classroom experiences that will help students reach their professional goals.
In-Class Presentations
The Career Development Center's team of professional career advisors frequently responds to requests for in-class presentations on a range of career topics, including résumé preparation, job searches, interviewing skills and networking basics. You may also request a custom workshop that integrates with a theme in your course, or a short 5- to 10-minute introduction to the resources offered through the CDC.
Career Assistant workshops & info sessions
In additional to professional career staff members, the Career Development Center's team of Career Assistants can present workshops and info sessions to classroom groups, clubs, and student organizations. Career Assistants are student leaders who are trained in resume, cover letter, interview and job searching best practices.

Add a Career Assignment or Offer Extra Credit
A number of courses at Oregon State integrate career development activities into their curriculum, often as part of a graded or extra-credit assignment. Beginning in summer 2025, all students will take part in career-related learning as part of the Beyond OSU requirement embedded in OSU’s Core Curriculum. The new core education requirement is one component of Oregon State’s university-wide Beyond OSU initiative to integrate career connection throughout each student’s OSU experience.
Feedback
Looking for an assignment on a topic you don't see listed here? Want to give feedback on an assignment you did use in a course? Share your feedback with our team!
Online career tools
Some of the projects included in our suite of downloadable assignments incorporate use of Oregon State's online career development tools. For example, students may be asked to draft a résumé and have it reviewed through VMock (an online tool that provides personalized feedback on résumés or CVs), or conduct a practice interview using the interactive video platform StandOut.
In order to effectively assist faculty and staff who would like to use online career tools, request presentations, or incorporate career development into their classroom in other ways, we've developed a Support Request Form as the starting point for collaboration. Please fill out the form to started.
Give Students Feedback on Their Skills
Employers are looking for new graduates who know how to articulate their skills, talents, interests and strengths. The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) has identified eight key career-readiness competencies that employers look for, regardless of degree. You can help students understand what they are experiencing in the classroom or in co-curricular activities — and learn how to communicate effectively about these experiences — by incorporating the NACE language into your coursework and providing opportunities for students to reflect.
