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Vocational Planning

YOU.

Your hopes. Your dreams. Your goals. Your FUTURE.
 

Our Vocational Planning team is focused on you. Our small size allows us to get to know you from your first day on campus to your graduation day. As you explore which dynamic major to choose, create your resume, land your first internship and more, you will be supported with personal attention. Our  team will not only know your name, but also where you want to go.  Let us help you discover a career that fits your purpose and your passion.

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Building Future Leaders

TODAY

Through the Concordia Experience, you will develop  a portfolio of opportunities that will launch your life after college. You’ll gain experience in putting into practice what you learn in the classroom. The National Association of Colleges & Employers (NACE) defines several competencies associated with career readiness for college graduates. Career readiness is “the attainment and demonstration of requisite competencies that broadly prepare college graduates for a successful transition into the workplace.”

Concordia prepares you for them all:

  • Critical Thinking, Problem Solving

  • Oral/Written Communication

  • Teamwork/Collaboration

  • Leadership

  • Professionalism/Work Ethic

  • Information Technology Application

  • Career Management

Come meet with 

US

Students: the best way to work with us, is to come and meet with us for a personal appointment.  We are here for you and want to get to know you.

We help with:

  • Resume Writing
  • Internships
  • Self Assessment
  • Career Planning
  • Graduate School Planning
  • Custom Career Readiness Workshops
  • On and Off-campus Employment Opportunities          

We are proud to offer our students and alumni access to CAREERLink,  an online career management database providing internship and employment opportunities.

Access CAREERLink

Land an

Internship

If you plan to pursue an internship for academic credit the Internship Guide contains the official College paperwork you need. In addition to CAREERLink, make sure to check our Recommended Links below to help find internships.

Here’s just a short list of places where our students have interned: 

ABC Morgan Stanley
American Red Cross MTV News
BusinessWeek NBC - Universal
Carnegie Hall New York Life
Citigroup New York Mets
CNN/CNN Financial News PepsiCo
Comedy Central St Mark's Lutheran School
Four Winds Hospital The New York Botanical Garden
IBM The United Nations
Lincoln Center The Wartburg Adult Care Community
Major League Baseball Westchester County BOCES

On-Campus Positions

Students interested in applying for Concordia College student worker positions must submit the following:

Career Exploration &

DISCOVERY RESOURCES

Identifying your skills, interests, and values will help you to learn more about yourself as you choose a major and explore vocations. It's best to come meet with us, but these links can you help you get started.

Career Assessment Tools

It is recommended that you meet with the Director of Career Development to select the appropriate assessment tool to use and to understand the results of the assessment tool and how you can use it to make academic and career decisions.

  • The Kiersey Temperament Sorter II
    Helps you to discover your personality and preferences for work careers.  http://www.keirsey.com/sorter/instruments2.aspx?partid=0
  • Career Interests Game!
    This game is designed to help you match your interests and skills with similar careers. It can help you begin thinking about how your personality will fit in with specific work environments and careers. This exercise is based on Dr. John Holland's theory that people and work environments can be loosely classified into six different groups. While you may have some interests in and similarities to several of the six groups, you likely are attracted primarily to two or three of the areas. These two or three letters are your Holland Code. 
    http://career.missouri.edu/career-interest-game
  • What can I do with a major in? 
    Whether you are exploring multiple majors or searching for information about your chosen field, this site will help you connect majors to careers. Learn about the typical career areas and the types of employers that hire people with each major, as well as strategies to make you a more marketable candidate. Continue your research on majors and careers using this website: http://whatcanidowiththismajor.com/major/
Career Exploration Tools and Resources

Below are some great tools and resources for exploring careers. Whether you are a student searching for your first career or an established job-seeker considering a career change,  it is important to research and investigate various career fields prior to making a decision. Meet with a Career Counselor to review some of the resources you have researched. See the below resources to get started today!

LearnHowToBecome.org began in late 2013. Our mission is to help students (or other aspiring professionals) understand what it takes to land their perfect career, from picking the right school all the way to climbing the company ladder. We are passionate about creating a one-stop, comprehensive resource that can guide individuals through each of the steps they need to take to begin, further, or change their career path. The LearnHowToBecome.org team creates expert-driven educational content, and presents it both logically and creatively to maximize understanding and engagement. http://www.learnhowtobecome.org/

American Job Center Network provides a single access point - open 24-7 - to key federal programs and critical local resources to help people find a job, identify training programs, and gain skills in growing industries. Connecting Americans to online resources from across the federal government, nearly 3,000 brick-and-mortar American Job Centers, and hundreds of local training programs and job resources funded through federal grants, the proud partners of the American Job Center Network provide an easily-identifiable source for the help and services individuals and businesses need. http://jobcenter.usa.gov/explore-careers

Quintessential Careers is a guide to college, careers and jobs.
http://www.quintcareers.com/career_exploration.html

Occupational Outlook Handbook offers career information about hundreds of occupations and is maintained by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics | Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections. http://stats.bls.gov/ooh/

Occupational Information Network: The O*NET system serves as the nation's primary source of occupational information, providing comprehensive information on key attributes and characteristics of workers and occupations. http://www.onetonline.org/

Myplan is a comprehensive resource for major, career and industry information.  MyPlan.com helps students and professionals plan more fulfilling lives by making well-informed decisions about their education and careers. http://www.myplan.com/

Career Overview is a comprehensive career and job resources guide. http://www.careeroverview.com/

The Riley Guide Salary Guides and Guidance helps you find salary information to help you make a decision or negotiate better pay. http://www.rileyguide.com/salguides.html

Healthcare Career Exploration is a free, multi-disciplinary, interactive health careers website that gives students (and educators) a reliable, comprehensive source of accurate, up-to-date information about the health professions. http://explorehealthcareers.org/en/careers/careers#

Recommended Links

For

EMPLOYERS

At Concordia, we prepare our students across a wide variety of disciplines and fields. Core to every student’s program is the Concordia Distinctive.  Comprised of integrated interdisciplinary courses, Concordia prepares our students for success in any career field.

We also believe that what is learned outside the classroom is equally as important as what happens inside our classroom. Every Concordia student engages in experiential learning (internships, fieldwork, and more) as a graduation requirement. 

We are only 30 minutes from NYC, and our students can easily access all major forms of public transportation.

Hire a Clipper Today!

It’s easy to connect with our students and alumni. Simply create an employer profile on CAREERLink and post your job or internship opportunity.

Additional Recruitment Opportunities

Career Fairs
We know you are busy. We partner with you and make it seamless and easy to visit our campus. There is no fee to recruit at our job fairs.

Information Sessions
Visit campus and share your job opportunities with our students.

If you have any questions, please contact our Vocational Planning Director at 914.337.9300 x2128. 
We look forward to working with you!