How to Prepare for an Appointment

 

Once you have scheduled an appointment with the Career Development Office, it is important to show up fully prepared to ensure your meeting is efficient and effective. Below are the different services we provide in our office and how you can best prepare yourself before your appointment. 

Cover Letter/Resume Review

• Draft your resume and cover letter. Use our Resume Writing Guide and the Resume Tips and other tools provided on our Resume Writing page if you find yourself in need of assistance in this stage. We will help polish your resume and not create it for you. Do your best, but you must have something for us to edit.

• Bring two hard copies of your resume to your appointment. This way you can follow along with your Career Coach while adjustments are being made. This will allow you to answer questions more quickly and effectively because you can see what they see.

To be safe, you can email a copy of your resume to the staff member you will be seeing prior to your appointment and/or bring a USB drive with a copy on it.
 

Mock Interview

• Be sure to specify what you are interviewing for. Graduate school, Organization, Internship, Employment, etc.

• Give a list of any, if any, specific questions you would like to be asked during your interview.
• Bring two copies of your resume. Professional dress is not required for a mock interview, however if you would like to be critiqued on interview attire, you are welcome to dress as you would for an actual interview.