Brochure of  Services

Career and Major Decision-Making Assistance

• The Self-Directed Search (SDS), and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), interest and personality inventories
• Alumni Mentoring Database for informational interviewing and job shadowing
• One-on-one career counseling
   

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Preparing for the Job and/or Graduate School Search

• Walk-in resume and cover letter critiquing

• Videotaped mock interviews

• Individualized assistance in developing a job search strategy

Internship and Job Location Assistance

• Internship, campus, part-time and summer job postings

• Career Expo, held every fall and spring semester with more than 100 employers

• On-campus interviews

• ReferenceUSA - a database of more than 12 million potential employers

• eRecruiting - an online job and internship program

• Individualized assistance in locating potential internship and full-time employers
   

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  Graduate School Assistance

• Graduate school directories

• Assistance in developing a graduate school strategy

• Admission test study guides and practice CD-ROMs

• Personal statement critiques

• Panels and workshops on a variety of graduate school-related topics

Printed Resources

In addition to more than 700-volume library containing resources on all aspects of career development, the Career Center has the following resources:

• Resume and Job Search Handbook

• Job Search Handbook

• Graduate School Handbook

• The "Careers for" series, providing information on job titles, employers and graduate schools of recent Truman graduates from each of the seven undergraduate divisions