Career Services stewards three career fairs throughout the academic year

Career Development Services at Miami University

The Career Exploration and Testing Center, part of the Student Counseling Service, and the Office of Career Services both offer programs and services to help students in the process of making career-related decisions.

Generally, the Career Exploration and Testing Center assists students who have not yet determined career goals while the Office of Career Services helps students implement career goals once they have been formulated.

Career Exploration & Testing Center

The Career Exploration and Testing Center (CETC) helps students with choosing a major and making preliminary career decisions. The following services are available:

Career Counseling
eDiscover and eChoices
Peer Counseling
EDL 100

Career Testing
Reference and Online Library
Outreach/Programming

Career Counseling: Students may meet with a professional counselor to receive individual guidance on how to identify appropriate careers and majors.
eDiscover and eChoices: Two computer-assisted career guidance programs enable students to assess skills, interests, and values. The results are then matched to careers and majors. These programs also contain information on approximately 2,500 different careers.
Peer Counseling: Trained undergraduate Career Assistants provide peer counseling on a walk-in basis. They help students navigate the many CETC resources, understand computer testing results, or offer ideas on majors and careers for consideration.
EDL 100: A two-credit course that allows students having difficulty choosing a major or finding a career to systematically go through the career exploration process. Students learn about themselves through assessments, explore options, and identify possible careers and majors. This course is typically offered to first- and second-year students.
Career Testing: Several widely recognized assessment instruments are available and the results are interpreted by a professional counselor.
Reference and Online Library: The CETC has a wide variety of books and online resources for gathering information about careers and majors.
Outreach/Programming: A variety of outreach programs are available upon request to campus groups (i.e., residence halls, classes, clubs, etc.). Descriptions of common programs are provided on the CETC Web site.

Career Services

The Office of Career Services offers the following services:

Career Advising
Workshops and Group Sessions
Career Fair
Internship Services
On-Campus Interview Program

Miami CAREERlink
Mock Interview Service
Career Resource Center
Web-based Resources

Career Advising: Individual assistance is available on:
Workshops & Group Sessions: A variety of programs are scheduled throughout the academic year that cover such topics as:
Career Fair: Held every September, this is one of the largest collegiate career fairs in the country. More than 150 employers ranging from Procter & Gamble to the Peace Corps are available to discuss career options within their organizations.
Internship Services: A variety of services and programs are provided to students seeking internship experiences, including an online database listing hundreds of internship opportunities and the Spring Internship & Career Expo (Spring ICE) held each year in February.
On-Campus Interview Program: Each year, 300-350 organizations visit campus to interview students for entry-level positions. Many of these employers also interview intern candidates.
Miami CAREERlink: The Office of Career Services maintains a Web-based database of its registrants for review by prospective employers. Both employers who actively recruit on campus, and those who are unable to visit Miami, use the Candidate Database to identify potential candidates for employment or internships. Numerous employers use Miami CAREERlink to pre-screen students for their on-campus recruiting visits.
Mock Interview Service: Trained interviewers conduct digitally recorded mock interviews and critiques throughout the year.
Career Resource Center: Located on-campus in Hoyt Hall, this library houses:
Web-Based Resources: The Office of Career Services has an extensive Web site which provides additional information on all of the above services. Numerous career and job-search Internet sites are also linked.