Welcome to the Parents and Families Career Community! Check out some content that may help your student with their career development journey at Pitt State.
Career Conversations to have with your Student
Encourage your student to recognize their own strengths, skills and values. Asking them about their interests may help bring clarity to the areas they want to focus on within their own career journeys.
Having conversations about the different types of career options that are present in the world may open up your students mind about different possibilities. Look at the different academic programs on the Pitt State pages and review the career options sections underneath each academic program.
Encourage your student to think of the different connections they are have in the lives, particularly on-campus. This can include faculty, staff, supervisors, co-workers, other students, anyone they have built a connection with on-campus.
Getting their resume critqued, updating their Linkedin profile and utilizing their Handshake account for research can help with their overall personal brand.
Provide support to your student as they search for opportunities to expand their experience. Searching for a job/internship can be stressful, providing encouragement may help. Ask how their job search is going and help them brainstorm opportunities that they may not have thought of. Point out the resources on campus and the connections they have built to think of other opportunities.
| Date | Event | Targeted Student Group |
| August | Part-Time Job Fair (Local employers) | All majors |
| September | Meet the Firms Day | Accounting, Finance, Data Science and Information Systems majors |
| September | Company Days | College of Technology majors |
| October | Fall Career Fair | All Majors |
| October | Education Fair | Education majors |
| November | Nurse Career Day | Nursing majors |
| February | Teacher Interview Day | Education majors |
| February | Wood Product Manufacturing Day | Wood Product Manufacturing majors |
| March | Automotive Orientation Day | Automotive Technology Majors |
| March | Spring Career Fair | All Majors |
Robin Ryan
The economy is not the only thing preventing this year’s new grad from landing a job. Parents often offer poor advice and the wrong job search strategies that can derail their son or daughter without meaning to. Suggesting …
