Career Services for Students
Meet with your Career Services Coordinator to discuss career exploration, career development, and career opportunities. To schedule an appointment, search for opportunities, register for events, and network with employers visit Handshake.
Career Exploration
- Explore majors and career paths
- Focus2 online assessment
- Focus2 is a free, online tool to help you define your interests and align them with majors and careers
- First time users: Create an account, your access code is "zippy"
- Returning users: Login
- Connecting UA Majors to In-Demand Jobs in Ohio
- See how UA majors and degrees align with in-demand occupations in Ohio
- "What can I do with this major?"
Career Development
Meet with your Career Services Coordinator to discuss:
- Resume and cover letter writing skills
- O*NET OnLine
- Interview preparation and mock interviews
- Soft skills and professionalism in the workplace
Career Opportunities
Meet with your Career Services Coordinator to discuss:
- Handshake networking and job board
- Full-time and part-time jobs
- Internships, co-ops, and other experiential learning opportunities
- Parker Dewey: micro-internships short-term projects/gigs
- Consult with college to determine if eligible for academic internship credit
- Part-time jobs while in college
- On-Campus Student Employment
- Preparation for graduate school
- Ohio Means Jobs
- Job search strategies
Career Programming
- View and register for events on Handshake
- Career fairs
- Etiquette lunch
- JCPenney suit-up event
- "Employer office hours"
- Employer information sessions
- Occupation specific career panels
Career Closet
UA students can borrow a jacket for:
- Career fairs, interviews, presentations, networking events, job shadowing opportunities, professional headshots (also available in Career Services), and more
- Check-out a jacket for a week at a time at no cost
- Located in Career Services in the Student Union Room 211
Career Lab
A career focused work and learning space with laptops and trained career assistants
- Handshake networking and job board- internship, co-op, and job searches
- Resume and cover letter reviews
- Mock interviews and Skype interviews
- Focus2 career exploration online assessment
- Register for Career Services events
- Career resource guides
- Schedule an appointment with a Career Services Coordinator on Handshake
Note: Buchtel College of Arts and Science Career Lab is located at CAS Room 126, hours vary
Contact Career Services
Locations:
Student Union, Rm 211
Polsky, Rm 451
Buchtel College of Arts & Sciences, Rm 126
College of Business Administration, Rm 260
Phone: 330-972-7747
Email: career@uakron.edu
Career Lab:
Mon - Fri, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Meet our staff in Career Services