Incorporating a career assignment into your course or student group is a wonderful way to support your students' career development. Utilizing the Career Brand Toolkit modules, students can work through a module as an assignment for your course/student group, and upload their certificate of completion for easy grading in Canvas. Each of these modules take approximately 30-45 minutes to complete (not including reflection activities, which are optional). You can also separately request a Big Interview assignment, which will help students practice their virtual interviewing skills and receive AI feedback.
Once you have requested a career assignment for your course/student group, specific instructions will be provided through email. There is no limit on how many career assignments you can request per course/student group.
If you have any questions about these career assignment modules, please contact Dr. Suzanne Voigt.
Who Am I
Goal: Students will be introduced to the idea of purposeful work: Work that aligns with what they are good at, what they care about, and how they want to impact the world.
Career Conversations & Networking
Goal: Students will learn how to connect with real professionals in careers of interest — without feeling awkward, fake, or unprepared — and further develop their social network.
Developing and Organizing My Career Targets
Goal: Students will move from vague career goals to a more focused and flexible plan that includes job functions (i.e., what they want to do), industries they are interested in, organizations aligned with their goals, geographic locations, etc.
Refine and Build Your Brand
Goal: Students will understand how AI can support their messaging, help articulate their skills, and reinforce their professional brand.
Building Skills and Experience
Goal: Students will understand the many types of experiences available to them, determine what fits their needs and schedule, prepare to apply, and maximize the value of any internship or experience they receive.
What Brings Me Joy
Goal: Students will learn what “energizes” and what “drains” them as well as how to use those insights when making academic and career decisions.
What You Need and How to Get It: Career Gap Analysis
Goal: Students will identify the skills, experiences, and knowledge they need for their target careers, understand what employers are really looking for, utilize AI in their research, and build a personalized action plan.
Professionalism in the Workplace
Goal: Students will understand the value of being present, communicating effectively, using critical thinking skills, and appropriately interacting with others in professional settings.
Communicating Your Brand in the Interview
Goal: Students will understand that an interview is just storytelling with strategy.
Big Interview is an online interview platform that allows students to conduct free practice interviews virtually and receive instant AI feedback. Click on the link below to learn more and request a Big Interview assignment for your course.
If you have any questions about a Big Interview assignment, please contact Megan Corkery.
- Career Coaching Appointments
- Drop-In Hour Attendance
- Career Fair Attendance
- Career Meet Up Attendance
- Professional Clothing Closet