The Office of Career Services (OCS) is committed to providing the following services under the career services function:
- Career counseling and advising
- Career testing and assessment
- Class presentation workshops
- Individual career information
- Interview preparation
- Job fairs
- Create a database of jobs available. This data is to be obtained through partnerships
with employers
Purpose and function:
1) To assist students to explore their careers
2) To provide career counseling services to students
3) Serve as a campus clearing house on occupation in the public, private and non-profit
sector in both domestic and international settings
4) To provide placement of graduates into full-time and part-time employment
5) To help students explore possible business opportunities upon graduation
6) To match student (current and former) with potential employer for the recruitment
of graduates
7) To assist alumni in their search for new jobs and provide support during their
career transition
8) To provide access to information to students about alternative work experience
9) To educate students and the community at large about current career opportunities
and employment trends
10) To develop relationships with local employers and other stakeholders where
possible that will assist in co-curricular experiences for students
11) To effectively and efficiently promote and market the institution to prospective
employers
12) To provide a network and channel of communication between students and the
institution’s alumni thus using the alumni as mentors to students as they make career
choices