About Career Services
Career Services helps students & alumni navigate a world of opportunities.
Explore: First, learn about your own values, skills, interests and personality, and explore the many occupations that exist in the world of work.
Experience: Next, gain experience (through internships, volunteerism, leadership roles and part-time jobs) to "test the fit" of different occupations and develop marketable skills that employers seek.
Engage: Effectively search for a job or apply to graduate or professional school by setting target goals, researching opportunities and marketing yourself. Learn resume writing, interviewing, networking, etiquette and more. Make the transition to the world after Southwestern!
We teach career-management skills (e.g. resume writing, interviewing, job search strategies), provide opportunities to explore a variety of occupations and help students and alumni make connections to employers, graduate and professional schools and other resources. Students and alumni can access these services through visits to our office and by attending our programs.
Career Services News
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Use your technology or writing skills, work in a lab, even wait tables! US News & World Report tells you why these roles and a few others make the list of best jobs for college students. -
According to data from the National Association of Colleges and Employers’ 2009 Student Survey, grads with internship experience earned full-time jobs upon graduation at a rate nearly 10 percentage points highter than those graduates with no internship experience, the October 28, 2009, edition of the NACE Spotlight e-newsletter reports. -
For creative jobs, is a standard resume enough to market your skills? Get advice from this Minneapolis Workplace Examiner article. -
Physician assistant, intelligence analyst, CPA, HR manager, college professor: CNNMoney.com gives overview, pros and cons, earnings, growth and quality of life information about these jobs and many more. -
On October 21, 2009, Career Services hosted the 15th annual Etiquette Dinner, featuring Diane Gottsman, nationally recognized etiquette expert and owner of The Protocol School of Texas, and a free, four-course meal. Students learned critical dining and networking skills they will use their whole professional lifes. The Williamson County Sun also reported on the event.
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Southwestern Success Stories
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Lori is pursuing a Master’s in journalism at New York University in New York, NY. A former Kemper Scholar, she graduated from Southwestern with a degree in international studies and history. -
Laura works as the ESCALERA program coordinator for American Youth Works, a non-profit in Austin, TX. Laura earned her degree in psychology in 2008. -
Delilah, an English major and theatre minor, begins the Master of Fine Arts in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism at the Yale University School of Drama in New Haven, CT, in Fall 2009. -
A biochemistry graduate, Michael is pursuing a PhD in biomedical science/neuroscience at the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine. -
Carolina earned her degree in Communication Studies and Spanish and will pursue a Master of Arts in Intercultural Communication at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM.
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