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Parents & Guardians

 

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The Career Services Office is eager to equip your student with strategic job search skills to prepare them to successfully navigate their future career. As parents and guardians, you too play an influential role in their career planning. Below are some key encouragements to offer your student as well as some supportive resources.

Engage in Our Four-Step Plan

Encourage your student to take ownership of their career planning as soon as they arrive on campus. Beginning freshman year, our Career Services Office engages students in a four-step, career-planning process. Our offerings and services help students identify their God-given interests, passions, talents, and abilities early on and then build a strategy to pursue a suitable and satisfying career.
 

The Career Services Office provides an array of services including: one-on-one career coaching, on-site interviews, online job postings, and career events such as our annual fall Career Fair, Internship Fair, Professionalism & Etiquette Night, alumni panels, career workshops on varying topics, mock interview days, and employer information sessions.

Emphasize Internship Experience

Internships provide an opportunity to gain practical work experience, refine professional skills, and most of all – gain insight into a particular industry or organization. An internship helps your student understand their major in practice and to answer the question, “Is this a career I want to pursue when I graduate?”
 

Additionally, many employers want to hire students who have relevant or transferable professional experience. Aside from their academics, experiential learning is the next stepping stone to employment after graduation. 

Encourage On-Campus Involvement

Employers value extracurricular activities because they understand the role these activities play in developing soft skills such as teamwork, communication, and leadership. Encourage your student to get involved in extracurricular activities to reveal their talents and then help them translate their experience into language they can use on their resume or in an interview.
 

Resources

The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) provides information for parents and guardians who want to help their students attain successful careers. Begin by exploring these resources:
 
View Recommended Readings for further resources on assisting your student in the career development process.
 

Recruit Grovers

As you know, Grove City College students are intelligent, motivated, and ethical young adults. And, as parents and guardians, you play an important role in spreading that message. Inform your human resources department of our various recruiting opportunities, including our On-Campus Recruiting Program and our annual fall Career Fair, or even consider attending the fair yourself on behalf of your organization.

Download our Employer's Guide: Recruiting at Grove City College or share the link Why Recruit at Grove City College with your recruiting team.