The Fleishman Career Center collaborates with faculty and staff to identify small but meaningful ways to integrate career education in their existing syllabus, assignments and activities. Select from a variety of options below, ranging from quick and easy methods, to more advanced opportunities in partnership.
- Share your career journey with your students.
Consider formal and informal ways to integrate career conversations into your course. For example, consider sharing your career journey with your class during your initial lecture. This will help to build rapport with students and also add another low-stakes way to emphasize the importance of career education and career planning in your course from the very beginning. - Refer a student to the Fleishman Career Center.
Never underestimate the power of your referral! Use the Career Services Referral Form to connect students with the Fleishman Career Center to explore interests, majors, careers and more. - Join a Career Cluster.
Career Clusters help students to learn about different industries through a weekly newsletter filled with jobs, internships, events, blog posts, advice, alumni spotlights and more. You can receive the same tailored newsletter that students receive by signing up for one or more of the seven career clusters:
- Request a presentation or workshop.
Request a presentation or workshop on topics such as major and career exploration, identifying and articulating skills, the internship and job search; preparing application materials and articulating skills, networking; professional communication and more. Instructors are able to customize the workshop topic and length to what would work best for their course and students.
Suggested topics for 100–200 level courses and large lectures:
- 15 - 20 minute mini session on Career Exploration
- 15 - 20 minute mini session on Making Connections/Networking
- How to gain experience as a new student
Suggested topics for upper level courses:
- The job and internship search
- Developing a resume/cover letter and skill articulation
- Financial literacy
- Networking
- Using LinkedIn
- Post-grad planning
- What can you do with a major in…
- Mention the Fleishman Career Center as a resource in your syllabus.
Include the following blurb in your syllabus:
"The Fleishman Career Center and partner career offices are here to support your career development! Visit bit.ly/fcnewappt to schedule with a career consultant for help with exploring majors and careers, creating resumes and cover letters, interview preparation, networking, the internship/job search, and any other career-related question you may have. Also visit careertools.binghamton.edu to access online career resources and learn more about upcoming career fairs, programs, and workshops. Stop by the Fleishman Career Center in University Union (UU-133) or email at careers@binghamton.edu with any questions."
- Use or adapt a sample career assignment in your course or student program.
Review our sample assignments below and email jlanerwa@binghamton.edu to request the fillable PDF version or a Word version to be revised as you see fit. Our team can also design additional assignments based on your course and the needs of your students.
- Career Competency Assessment: Students do a pre and post course/program assessment of their 8 Career Readiness Competencies, researched and developed by The National Association of Colleges and Employers.
- Research you: this assignment facilitates students' understanding of their values, interests, personality and skills (VIPS), a foundational step for students to discern interest in careers as they explore.
- Make Career Connections Using Mentor Match: This assignment will prepare students to conduct informational interviews with Binghamton University Alumni using our online mentoring platform, Mentor Match.
- Explore career paths using Candid Career: Students watch pre-recorded informational interviews of professionals talking about their career, career path and skills, etc. Students then reflect on their interest level and likes/dislikes about the career.
- Job Analysis and Exploration Activity: Students search for and identify their ideal (future) job and then analyze the job description to assess their interest in the role, the skills they currently have and skills they still need to develop.
- Form Alumni and Employer partnerships and project-based learning.
Partner with alumni and/or employers to network with your students, or consider developing a project-based learning opportunity for your class or student group. The Career Collaborative team can support you in developing these relationships.
Reach out to Jessica Lane-Rwabukwisi (jlanerwa@binghamton.edu) for more information. - Encourage students to take a career course.
The Fleishman Career Center manages several career courses that provide students with career readiness skills and experiences. Each course is designed for students at different stages of their career development journey.
- Career Exploration Course (CDCI 200)
- Credit-bearing Internship Program (CDCI 395/385)
- Design your Post-Graduate Plan (CDCI 476/HDEV 476)
Contact the CDCI team at cdci@binghamton.edu for more information about these courses.
- Consider hosting office hours at the Fleishman Career Center.
Hosting office hours at the Fleishman Career Center (UU-133) will expose students to our space, resources and peer and professional staff who are here to support them. - Partner with the Credit-Bearing Internship Program.
Faculty and academic departments have the opportunity to partner with the Fleishman Career Center to further integrate high-impact learning experiences into their students’ curriculum. By working together, we can increase and enhance opportunities for students to develop career-readiness skills and connections that will help them be competitive for post-graduate opportunities. There are several ways to partner with the Fleishman Internship program.
Offering internships for credit towards a major
Academic departments can offer credit for high-impact experiential learning. Through the Credit-Bearing Internship Program, departments can accept CDCI credits toward student major requirements.
Examples of current academic partnerships
- Partnering with the Writing Initiative to offer students the opportunity to earn credits toward a writing minor by participating in an internship and CDCI course.
- Collaborating with the Psychology Department to provide students with 4 psychology elective credits or the option to substitute an internship and CDCI course for a 400-level seminar.
Self-contained department partnerships
The Credit-Bearing Internship Program offers a self-contained internship model that benefits students and campus departments. The self-contained internships require both internship hours and class instruction taught by an internship supervisor or professional staff member within the department or office. The model allows customization of the syllabus and assignments to focus on the specific work students are doing in the internship. This is a great program for on-campus internships who are looking to attract student interns.
Examples of current Self-contained partnerships
- TRIO Student Support Services: Tutor Training Internship Program
- Center for Civic Engagement: Community Schools Internship Program,
Student Conduct Community Outreach and Education (COrE) Internship Program
The Fleishman Career Center’s Credit-Bearing Internship Program is excited to partner with you. Please contact cdci@binghamton.edu to discuss how we can collaborate to support your students.
