Career Placement Assistance

Career Development (1st - 3rd Year Undergraduate Experience)  

CAREER NOODLE

CareerNoodle provides a suite of engaging, authoritative, and easy-to-use career exploration and planning tools for middle, high school and college students. Utilizing active and constructivist learning theories, combined with advanced Web technologies, CareerNoodle was created with a user-centered design process that included the participation of hundreds of guidance counselors, educators and students across the nation. UD students may access career noodle while on-campus, after developing a username and password http://www.careernoodle.com/devsite/

Career Exploration Inventory (CEI), Third Edition

The CEI is a self-assessment career-planning tool that helps individuals to explore their goals for work, leisure, and education. Now in tis third edition, the CEI is comprised of 128 brief activity statements that the test taker rates on whether they like or would like to engage in that activity. This self-study tool provides information about occupations, typical leisure activities, and the type of education and training associated with each interest pattern. An activities worksheet and action plan worksheet included in the report helps test-takers explore their options. The CEI is a powerful career and leisure exploration tool useful for a wide range of audiences and applications.

http://www.jist.com/CEI_online.htm

Contact Career Services career@dbq.edu or (563)589-3132 to take this assessment.

MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR FORM Q

The MBTI is a short 30 minute questionnaire based on the personality type theories of Carl Jung. It was created so that individuals could recognize and appreciate their preferred ways of interacting with others. The importance of the MBTI lies in exploring how different people relate to one another. What impact does the personality of one co-worker haveon another in the work setting? How is personality related toleadership and management, teaching and learning?

The most widely used personality inventory in the world, the MBTI instrument provides an accurate picture of a person's personality type. The MBTI instrument determines preferences on four dichotomies:

Extraversion-Introversion; describes where people prefer to focus their attention and get their energy from the outer world of people and activity or their inner world of ideas and experiences.

Sensing-Intuition; describes how people prefer to take in information focused on what is real and actual or on patterns and meanings of data.

Thinking-Feeling; describes how people prefer to make decisions based on logical analysis or guided by concern for their impact on others.

Judging-Perceiving; describes how people prefer to deal with the outer world in a planned orderly way, or in a flexible spontaneous way.

Combinations of these preferences result in 16 distinct personality types. Understanding characteristics unique to each personality type, provides insight on how they influence an individual's way of communicating and interacting with others.

What are the benefits of the MBTI? After completing the MBTI, participants can expect to:

*Identify their personality preferences and how these preferences are similar to and different than others.

*Develop an understanding to help sharpen their communication skills.

*Discover how to make constructive use of their natural talents and gain a greater appreciation of the diversity of others.

Contact Career Services career@dbq.edu  or (563)-589-3132 to take this assessment

OCCUPATIONAL OUTLOOK HANDBOOK: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR; BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

Students are "encouraged to review for hundreds of different types of jobs: the training and education needed; earnings; expected job prospects; what employees do on the job; and working conditions. In addition, the Handbook gives you job search tips, links to information about the job market in each state and more.

The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. The Handbook is revised every two years." - as stated on the U.S. Department of Labor; Bureau of Labor Statistics web site.

http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm

INTERNSHIPS (ACADEMIC CREDIT & NON-ACADEMIC CREDIT)

Students are encouraged to participate in an internship prior to graduation.  There are some programs that will require an internship for academic credit towards graduation credit hours, students are to meet the department's prereqs. prior to participating in an internship for academic credit within their chosen major of study.  

All students are welcome to participate in an internship for non-academic credit throughout their undergraduate experience, to gain further insight into their chosen field of interest.  Students are welcome to receive placement assistance through their Faculty Advisor and/or the Office of Career Services.  http://www.dbq.edu/careerservices/SeekingCreditInternship.cfm

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Employment Placement Options Prior to Graduation (4th Year Undergraduate Experience)

PARTNER WITH STATE & COUNTY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CENTERS

UD Students are encouraged to begin review of employment placement opportunities at least 120 days prior to their expected graduation date.  Students are encouraged to begin registering with targeted states and counties.   http://www.jobcentral.com/states.asp   National Labor Exchange - Job Central is a helpful tool towards the registration process.

NACE MEMBER (National Association of Colleges and Employers) A national recruiting network and suite ofweb based recruiting and career services automation tool serving the needs of colleges, employers and job candidates.

http://www2.nacelink.com/nl_central_student.php

PARTNERSHIP WITH DUBUQUE & IOWA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CENTER(S)

UD's Career Services takes pride in the relationship the office holds with Iowa's Workforce Development (IWD)- Dubuque Office. UD students are encouraged to register with Region One's Job Seeker Services, which serves Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois. IWD's Career Center staff will assist students in locating a job in RegionOne, statewide, or nationally with their extensive computer network system. Region One businesses have over 1,600 job openings listed on their regional website. These jobs include professional, health, business, manufacturing, general labor, and many other positions for students to consider for full-time or part-time employment. To register students are encouraged to utilize the following website www.iowaworkforce.org/region1

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Graduate/Professional School Placement Options Prior to Graduation (3rd & 4th Year Undergraduate Experience) 

UD Students are encouraged to participate in consultations with their Academic Advisor and/or the Office of Career Services to review graduate/professional school options/programming; application deadlines; admission & examination requirements/prereq.; etc.   Consultations are encouraged at least 12 months prior to the student's expectated graduation date.   http://www.dbq.edu/careerservices/GradSchoolInfo.cfm

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UD Graduate Students, UDTS Students, and UD Alumni

The Office of Career Services is available at no charge, the following areas have the highest volume of services to this population: Career Transition Assessment; Graduate/Professional School Placement Options; Job Placement Assistance; Resume/Cover Letter Critique; Job/Career Fair Options; Transition to the Tri-State Community and Job Alternatives; and Career Development Resources.