About Us

The Office of Career Services provides the following services, resources, and events for its students:

Assessment
Speakers and Panels
  • Myers-Briggs Type Inventory
  • Strong Interest Inventory
  • Self-Directed Search
  • Voices of Experience (series brings individuals to campus throughout the year)
   
Personal Attention
Recruiting
  • Drop-In Hours (Monday & Tuesday 2-5 p.m., Wednesday & Thursday 10 a.m. - Noon )
  • Individual Appointments with a career counselor
  • Quick Questions (OCS staff member available at McClurg during lunch on Tuesdays)
  • Visits by graduate and professional schools and employers
  • Participation in the Nashville Area College to Career Fair
   
Workshops
Special Events
  • Check the TigerNet Calendar for specific dates, times and locations
  • Graduate & Professional School (check for dates)
  • Internships (offered several times throughout the year)
  • Interview Skills (offered monthly)
  • Networking (offered monthly)
  • Resume & Cover Letter (offered every Wednesday & Thursday)
  • Presentations to individual groups by request
  • Beyond the Gates: Preparing for Life and Work after Sewanee (a weekend for juniors and seniors held just prior to the beginning of the second semester)
  • Networking Excursions over fall break to Washington, DC, Atlanta, Chicago, New York and Nashville
  • Student-Alumni Networking Luncheons
 
Resources
  • TigerNet (Sewanee's online tool to help manage the career development process)
  • Alumni Gateway (the University’s on-line community for alumni provides opportunities for networking and access to job postings)
  • Career development time-line/check-list sent annually to each student by class
  • City Networking Program ( Atlanta , Charlotte , New York , and Washington , DC currently; other cities to be added in future years)
  • Graduate School Testing and Information
  • OCS Library (searchable through duPont Libarary’s Gabriel)
  • On-line information accessible through www.sewanee.edu/CareerServices
  • Printed information available in OCS