Class Assignments & Career Services

In order to introduce students to Career Services and career-related topics, instructors often include required and extra-credit assignments as part of their course curriculum. We want to make it easy for you to incorporate Career Services into your courses, so we have outlined the most popular packages on this sheet.

Mock Interviews:

A Career Services counselor will visit your class for a 30-60 minute presentation on interviewing tips and what to expect during a mock interview. Students are expected to contact Career Services to schedule one-hour-long appointments during which counselors meet with them individually and conduct interviews. Students are able to receive individual feedback on their answers and suggestions from the counselor. Each student receives a feedback form that can be turned in as proof that they have completed the assignment.

Resume Review:

Career Services offers drop-in hours for resume review everyday. If a counselor has an appointment they will ask the student to set an appointment or come back at a later time. Counselors are available during drop-in time to meet with students for brief 10-15 minute resume review sessions. Students who need help writing their first resume and those who need to have their resume reviewed outside of drop-in hours must schedule an appointment. Counselors will sign reviewed resumes when students indicate that it is an assignment.

Additional Information:

Career Services welcomes new ideas from faculty and staff and is willing to customize presentations and/or projects for any group of students. Additional topics suitable for class assignments include career reports, career plans, job searches, and more. Please contact us to notify us of any assignments given and/or to customize something special for your students. Our office phone is 817-531-6512, and we also can be reached by sending a message to smata@txwes.edu or rfisk@txwes.edu. The faculty and staff section of the www.txwes.edu/careerservices contains a link to contact information for each liaison for each academic area at Texas Wesleyan University.

Please keep in mind that, as you assign extra-credit assignments, Career Services becomes very busy with graduating students during the last several weeks of every semester. We request that instructors set assignment deadlines that are well before the last week of classes and encourage your students to schedule appointments early.