Guiding Student Success: Faculty & Staff Resources to Support Student Career Development

Welcome to the Faculty & Staff Resources Portal, designed to support you in your vital role of teaching, advising, and guiding students toward successful career paths. This resource hub provides tools to help you counsel students on key aspects of their career development, such as Resumes & Cover Letters, Interviewing, Internships, Career Readiness, Job Search, Professionalism, Professional Associations, and more.

The portal also features a streamlined point of access to key materials and resources that can be used in the classroom or during one-on-one advising sessions with students. These resources are here for you to use in your efforts to prepare students for their professional journeys, ensuring they enter the workforce with confidence and competence.

Thank you for your dedication to fostering student success!

Forms & Submissions

In this section, you’ll find key forms designed to support our students' career development efforts. Whether you're guiding a student through internship or mentorship opportunities, or collaborating with employers to offer feedback, these online forms are here to simplify the process. Please help us to efficiently connect students with the resources and opportunities they need to succeed. Your involvement is crucial in shaping their professional journey.

Faculty Forms:

Student Forms:

Employers & Professionals Forms:

Career Development PowerPoints at Your Fingertips

Below are PowerPoint presentations developed by the Saremi Center for Career Development on several key topics related to student career development. These presentations are designed for use in the classroom or during advising sessions to guide students through important career preparation areas. Please refer to the Notes section in each PPT for detailed explanations of each slide.

How to Develop a Winning Resume

How to Craft a Compelling Cover Letter

The ABCs of Interview Success: Appearance, Behavior, and Communication

Navigating the World of Internships

Mastering Professionalism: Essential Skills for Workplace Success

NACE Competencies for a Career-Ready Workforce (by National Association of Colleges and Employers)

Essential Career Platforms

These valuable platforms and resources are either part of AIC’s subscriptions or available for free to the public. They offer everything from career assessments and job search platforms to interview practice and internship opportunities—designed to help students succeed in their career journeys.

Focus 2 Career (Career assessment tool)

CareerSpring (Job search platform for FGLI students)

MassHire 360 CIS  (Career exploration system for Massachusetts residents)

O*NET Online (Occupations database and interest profiler)

CareerOneStop (Career exploration resources from the U.S. Department of Labor)

Occupational Outlook Handbook (Job outlook and salary info from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)

What Can I Do With This Major? (Career options by major)

CareerSpots (Career advice videos from global organizations)

INROADS  (Internship opportunities for diverse students)

Forage (Job simulations with leading companies)

Parker Dewey (Micro-internship platform)

Hiration (Resume review platform)

Indeed Job Search Academy (Job search learning platform)

GoinGlobal (International job search platform)

USA Careers (Career resource platform)

StandOut (Video interview practice platform)

JobX (AIC's student employment jobs portal)

HigherEdJobs (Job listings in higher education)

Resources for Specific Student Populations

Many student populations face unique challenges that require tailored guidance as they navigate their career paths. By providing access to specialized career resources, you can help these students overcome barriers, maximize their potential, and successfully transition into meaningful careers.

First-Generation, Low-Income (FGLI) Students

Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Students

LGBTQIA+ Students

International Students

Neurodiverse Students

Students with Disabilities

Military/Veteran Students

Career-Boosting Guides for Student Success

Career Resource Toolkits

Explore this selection of Resource Toolkits designed to provide faculty with structured materials for guiding students through critical career development topics. These toolkits include valuable resources that can be used in teaching, advising, or mentoring to help students gain practical insights and skills for their professional growth.

Internships & Experiential Learning Resource Toolkit

Professionalism Resource Toolkit

Interviewing Resource Toolkit

Resumes Resource Toolkit

Cover Letters Resource Toolkit

LinkedIn Profiles Resource Toolkit

Ready-to-Use Career Templates

Access a variety of Templates designed to streamline the career preparation process for students. These easy-to-use templates can be shared with students to help them create polished, professional documents for their job search and networking efforts.

General Resume Template

Cover Letter Template

Reference List Template

Interview Thank-you Email Template

AI Career Bots

The AI Career Bots are here to support you in teaching students valuable career-related skills rather than having the tools complete tasks for them. These bots offer a fun and intuitive way to assist students in discovering career paths, refining their skills, and getting personalized advice. However, it is essential to emphasize that these tools should complement, not replace, the student’s own efforts.

Encourage students to leverage the AI Career Bots as drafting tools—resources to begin their documents and gain insights, but remind them that the final result should always reflect their own skills, experience, and personal voice. Employers are increasingly aware of AI-generated content, and submitting unmodified AI-generated resumes or cover letters may raise concerns about the student’s authenticity.

AI Career Bots created by the Saremi Center:

Career Compass — Upload any combination of TWO of the following: interests inventory, skills assessment, work values assessment, and learning styles assessment, to find the top 10 career positions for you.

Identify Matching Positions — Upload your resume and find the 10 most appropriate entry-level positions that match your skills, experience, and qualifications.

Identify Missing Keywords from Resume —  Upload your resume and enter a job title to find: 1) the most important skills/ keywords for that job, and 2) which skills/keywords are missing from your resume.

Draft a Resume Summary —  Upload your resume and watch the bot DRAFT a summary that reflects your skills, experience, and education for your review and modification.

Create Better Job Duty Bullet Points —  Upload your resume and watch this bot re-write your job duty bullet points to enhance your resume.

Condense your Resume —  Resume too long?  Upload your resume, paste in a job description, and watch this bot generate a condensed version of your resume (no more than 2 pages) while retaining the most important/relevant skills and experience for the position.

Identify the Hiring Manager —  Enter a job title, job description, employer, and city/state to find the most likely title of the hiring manager for the position.

Draft a Cover Letter —  Provide the recipient information, paste in the job description, attach your resume and watch this bot DRAFT a cover letter for your review and modification.

Below are a few more AI bots developed by Jeremy Schifeling:

Career Bot 3000 —  Find appropriate job titles based on your priorities and resume; then find employers, keywords, and get resume and interview advice based on a job title and location.

Profile Bot 4k —  Evaluate the quality of your LinkedIn profile.

InterviewBot 5000 —  Paste in a job description and your resume, and this bot will allow you to practice some relevant interview questions, get feedback, and continue the conversation like a mock interview (albeit with a robot).