Kathleen Powell, Director of Career Development 1127 Park St.
641-269-4940

The Career Development Office (CDO) is a comprehensive office designed to service the career needs of all students and alumni. The CDO assists students in their career planning and development by offering individual career advising, programming and testing. Students are encouraged to visit the Career Development Office for help in choosing a major; finding a summer job, internship, part-time or full-time employment; and using the graduate/professional schools search process. Career counselors will work with all students, providing exposure to career options through a full-service career and occupational library, paper-based interest inventories and computer-based career development tools and Internet resources. In addition, the Career Development Office staff works closely with alumni, employers, graduate and professional school personnel and faculty to provide success in the job-search and graduate/professional school process.

The CDO houses many resources, both paper and computer, to find graduate/professional school information, internship and employment opportunities. In addition, The Career Development Office provides the necessary test materials for application to a variety of graduate and professional programs including: General Record Exam (GRE), Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), Law School Admission Test (LSAT), and PRAXIS (formerly NTE, the National Teachers Examination).

Students seeking employment after graduation benefit from presentations on résumé writing, job search strategies, and interviewing techniques. Popular programs, “Wine, Dine, and How to Act Fine” and “Mix and Mingle,” cover many of the above topics with the addition of an etiquette seminar and the benefit of having outside speakers and employers participating. The Career Development Office co-sponsors, with other institutions, a variety of career fairs throughout the year. The Career Development Office participates in the Spring Interview Day, Selective Liberal Arts Consortium recruiting events in Boston, Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C The Career Development Office hosts on-campus employers from a variety of industries and disciplines as well as Career Connections with alumni returning to campus.

The Career Development Office maintains a database of employment and internship opportunities and informs students of these opportunities via the CDO Newsletter and the internship newsletter; Intern Connection: Building a Career with Experience. Students and alumni/ae can access job and internship listings as well as upload their résumés for employers to view by registering with our online system. This service is provided free of charge and is accessible 24/7. Credential files and résumé referral are additional services provided by the Career Development Office. For information on any of the above, please contact the Career Development Office, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. To schedule an appointment, please call 641-269-2940. Visit us at Career Development Office.