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Don't Cancel Class
Need to be away from campus during your regularly scheduled class time or just wish to add a guest speaker to your syllabus? As an alternative to canceling your class, let a professional Career Advisor or trained Career Coach from the OU Career Center present to your students!
The “Don't Cancel Class” program was created to help both the professor and the students. Instead of canceling a class, that time can be used as an opportunity for students to learn more about the many career-related resources OU offers. The Career Center offers various presentations on career-related topics that can be taught to any student audience. Presentations can be targeted to a specific major or career field. We are also open to additional topic requests from faculty.
Use of this program can be arranged in advance, or, due to emergency or last minute situations, can be scheduled day-of, contingent upon the Career Advisor or Career Coach’s availability.
1. Getting Started with Handshake & the Career Center
Learn the Handshake basics, such as setting up your profile, searching for jobs and internships, opting into a Career Community and more. Explore the resources and services the OU Career Center has to offer.
2. Job & Internship Strategies
Gives students an overview of the job/internship search process and valuable strategies for identifying opportunities and employers of interest.
3. Interviewing Techniques
Students will learn about the dos and don’ts of interviewing. Learn what you need to do before, during and after the interview. Learn how to practice through online resources and mock interviews. This presentation covers all types of interviewing and teaches basic to advanced skills.
4. Resume & Other Career Documents
Learn how to write a resume and cover letter to highlight your most relevant & important experiences. This presentation can be tailored toward specific majors.
5. Career Fair Advice
Career fairs are a great way to meet recruiters, look for internships and jobs, and research organizations. The face-to-face interactions at these events are an important part of the job search process. We can help students prepare for these "first-impression" interactions.
6. Are you LinkedIn?
Create or update your Linkedin account, learn the basics, update your settings, learn how to utilize this resource to help you connect, explore, and navigate your job search process while continuing to build your professional network.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Don't Cancel Class initiative can take any form.
A week’s notice is preferred to schedule the Don’t Cancel the Class initiative. However, it is possible to accommodate a quicker turnaround based on Career Center advisor availability.
Attendance is based on the preference of requesting faculty member.
Career Center advisers can fill the entire class or present one of the condensed presentations based on requesting faculty member preference.
All Career Center advisors and Career Coaches are trained to present various lectures.
The requesting faculty member chooses from a list of topics, or they can request their own topic related to career and professional development.
If the requesting faculty member makes it mandatory for them to attend, yes. But if the presentation is requested by a student group or organization, no.
Attendance would be based on the preference of requesting faculty member.
