The Career Collaborative is comprised of faculty and staff at UNC Charlotte who actively and intentionally support students in pursuing purposeful work. Through the Collaborative, the Career Center assists our university faculty and staff to understand what skills and experiences are highly valued in purposeful work and how they can help students develop these skills. Join the Career Collaborative today!
Career Collaborators:
- Contribute to a holistic student development approach that connects students’ academic and career goals
- Actively participate in collaborative initiatives with the Career Center to enhance students’ career readiness and competitiveness in the job market
- Integrate career and skill development into curriculum and campus activities to bridge the connection between the classroom and career
- Provide expertise and guidance to students through their lived experience
- Seek to help students see their personal identity at work through career resources and opportunities that help them achieve their own ideas of career success
Benefits of Being a Career Collaborator:
- Gain priority status for classroom presentations, assignments, assessments, and other collaborative opportunities
- Receive one email per month, highlighting essential career development resources, services, events, employers, etc.
- Connect with other Career Collaborators at semesterly events
- Gain tailored assistance in integrating career into curriculum and campus activities
- Be the first to know about and register for Career Center faculty/staff trainings
- Request financial support from the Venture Fund for career-related initiatives and professional development related to career development
- Receive a digital Career Collaborative badge to put in your signature line
The Career Center supports the career development of your students and we wish to form a collaboration with you to connect your curriculum with the post-graduation plans of your students. Review these classroom engagement resources and connect with us to help your students become self-aware, professionally developed, and career-ready. Career Presentations, Career Assignments, Career Assessments, and the Interview Preparation Program.
The Career Center creates and maintains Training for Faculty/Staff opportunities for our colleagues across the university to hone their skills and knowledge on best practices in helping students with their career education, integrating the concepts of purposeful work into the curriculum, and discovering innovative approaches to blending services into a concerted Charlotte Model of success.
As a Career Collaborator, we desire to equip you as a faculty & staff member to have productive career conversations with your students. While you can request Career Center support through our Classroom Engagement resources, we also encourage you to conduct your own career development lessons with your students using the Classroom Modules & Activities.
The Career Center provides career coaching support to our faculty and staff interested in their own career development and personal branding.
- If you are a current student or alumni – you are eligible to request a career coaching appointment through Hire-A-Niner.
- If you are NOT a current student or alumni – please contact Dr. Suzanne Voigt.
Departments at UNC Charlotte are welcome to request the Career Center's support for their internal career-related events, which may include career fairs, networking events, etc. To learn more about these services, click HERE.