Overview of Services

Career Advising | Job Search Counseling | Coop Ed/Internships | Employment File | Job Vacancy Info

On-campus Interviews | Career Fairs | Student Computer Lab | Career Library

Job Search Resources | Alumni Mentor Network | Topjobs

The Career Services Center counselors advise and assist students and alumni in gaining a better understanding of their individual interests and abilities and how to apply these interests and abilities to choosing and pursuing a career. Assistance is available by appointment with Center staff and includes individual counseling, career advising, and administration and interpretation of career interest inventories. Though many of the inventories listed below are available for online completion, CSC staff members strongly encourage individuals to make an appointment for follow-up counseling once an inventory has been completed and results provided. Contact the Career Services Center at 270.745.3095 to set up an appointment with a counselor for help in interpreting results and obtaining career planning assistance.

The following inventories are available through the Career Services Center:

The DISCOVER Career Planning Program is an online system that the Career Services Center (CSC) subscribes to and offers free to students and alumni. The DISCOVER Program includes career related interest, abilities and values inventories. These inventories can be completed online with results provided immediately upon completion. To use DISCOVER, submit an application to CSC and log into Topjobs (https://wku-csm.symplicity.com/students/index.php)

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erv/services.htm). Once logged in, each student or alum should select the menu item "Career Exploration" and click on the link to request a free User ID for DISCOVER which will be provided online. Once a person has their DISCOVER User ID, they may log in wherever they have Internet access, at any time, and as often as they like through Tobjobs, or they may log in directly from the CSC Home Page at: www.wku.edu/CareerServ/.

On an individual basis and by appointment, the COPS Interest Inventory is available from the Career Services Center to students and alumni. This inventory provides job activity interest scores that are related to occupational clusters and are keyed to college majors and sources of detailed job information. COPS follow-up assistance is available from the CSC Home Page listed above.

On an individual basis and by appointment, the COPES Values Inventory is available from the Career Services Center to students and alumni. This inventory provides comprehensive measurement of those personal values which have a demonstrated effect on vocational motivation and values.

On an individual basis and by appointment, the CAPS Abilities Inventory is available from the Career Services Center to students and alumni. This inventory measures abilities and correlates them with measures of interest and values.

ADDITIONAL ONLINE CAREER AND PERSONALITY INVENTORIES are available on the Career Services Center web site. Click here to access. Back to the top of this page.

Career Services Center counselors are available to assist students and alumni with the preparation and review of resumes, cover letters and job application materials. Center staff can assist individuals in locating company/employer information available both in the Center and on Internet and can provide valuable information regarding jobs search techniques and strategies. In addition, a counselor can guide you in preparing for employment interviews and by appointment, conduct and critique mock interviews. Back to the top of this page.

Click here to register or login to Topjobs, where you can search for Cooperative Education, Internship or other career related job vacancies and opportunities to gain paid practical work experience related to a chosen career and/or academic interest. Generally, credit for the experience may be received within each major department. Call or come by to set up an appointment for a group or individual co-op/intern orientation session. Back to the top of this page.

The Center serves as a convenient, centralized resource for collection, reproduction and dissemination of application materials, which may consist of a resume, letters of reference, applications and unofficial transcript via TopJobs. Students and alumni are encouraged to maintain one or more versions of an online resume by logging into Tobjobs and submitting their resumes electronically. These online resumes are immediately available to potential employers who have been granted access to Tobjobs by the Career Services Center. We no longer maintain hard copies of student employment files.
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Job vacancies listed with Western's Career Services Center are listed within Topjobs and can be searched and accessed via Internet. Hard copies of listed positions, along with additional application information, can be found in binders in the Center's career library, DUC 230-A. Back to the top of this page.

Organizations send representatives to Western to interview perspective employees. Students and alumni can participate in campus interviews related to their field by registering and logging into Topjobs, submitting an online resume, searching the on-campus interview information, and scheduling appointments for an interview with recruiters of interest who have posted an interview schedule. Back to the top of this page.

The Career Services Center sponsors several career fairs each year. Information about career events sponsored or co-sponsored by Western can be found here. Other career fair information is available here. Back to the top of this page.

A computer lab within the Career Services Center provides students a means of identifying careers of interest, preparing resumes and cover letters, practicing interview skills, researching job openings and employers, locating potential employers, accessing online job databases and other resources available via Internet. The Lab is open from 8:00 to 4:30, Monday through Friday in DUC 230-A. Back to the top of this page.

The library contains resources pertaining to occupations, employers, employment trends and other related information. Folders containing employer information, along with Internet access to employer web sites is available in the Center Library, DUC 230-A. Back to the top of this page.

Taped presentations and resource materials designed to help prepare individuals for the job search are available in the Center. Topics include: JOB SEARCH PLANNING, RESUME PREPARATION, INTERVIEWING, and NEGOTIATING THE JOB OFFER. For a list of job search resources click here.
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Career Services maintains a database of WKU alumni willing to provide information about their career fields. For graduating students or alumni job seekers, mentors may also provide job search ideas or relocation information. Back to the top of this page.

TopJobs is WKU's premeire online job search and employment management system. Students can upload their resume, cover letter and transcripts as well as search for job listings and schedule interviews with employers.

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