Career Integration is the intentional inclusion within academic coursework and experiences of ways for students to identify, articulate and apply the foundational skills learned through a degree from the College of Letters & Science. SuccessWorks is committed to supporting L&S departments in this vital work.
These Career Integration resources for faculty and staff complement existing course materials, showing students how to realize the lifelong value of their degrees.
New for Instructors: Alumni Course Speakers
Bring alumni speakers into your L&S classes virtually to inspire students and help them connect the skills they’re learning to pathways for post-graduate success. Vetted L&S alumni are prepared to speak about one or both of these popular topics:
- Major & Degree: Students learn about skills they gain from their L&S majors and degree, plus how a liberal arts and sciences education can support their professional pathways after graduation.
- Career Path: Students learn from alumni about their career paths, current work, industry trends, and what they should know about starting out in specific fields.
How it Works:
- Tell us about your class and what types of alumni perspective or experience you’re looking for.
- SuccessWorks invites alumni from our list of 130+ quality, vetted alumni mentors.
- We connect you with the alumni so you can work together on logistics and tailoring their virtual visit to your class.
Course Materials
Incorporate these plug-and-play class assignments into your courses. Reflection questions can also be quickly added to existing assignments. Topics include:
- Career Exploration
- Personal Brand
- Job Analysis
- Interview Practice
- Transferrable Skills
Presentations & Videos
Invite SuccessWorks into your class to deliver a career readiness presentation. Or, share a video version of these presentations with your students. Topics include:
- Resumes
- Interviewing
- Jobs/Internship Search
- Transferrable Skills
- Introduction to SuccessWorks
Canvas Modules
Share these non-credit Canvas modules with your students so they can access career guidance and support at their own pace:
- Jobs, Internships & How to Get Them
- Graduate School & Gap Year
- Resumes & Cover Letters
- Interviewing Tips & Tools
- Career Conversations (Alumni Networking)
Syllabus Language
Include language about career readiness in your course syllabi and in Canvas to ensure students know how SuccessWorks advising and programs can complement the foundational academic skills they’re learning in the classroom.
Student Outcomes: First Destination Survey
Share the First Destination survey with your students to help the College of Letters & Science improve student experiences and outcomes. The First Destination Survey helps L&S learn about the post-graduation plans of our bachelor’s degree recipients, and understand how their UW experiences prepared them for their next steps.
Contact Us
Not sure where to start? Want to learn more about how SuccessWorks can support Career Integration in your work with students? Get in touch!
“SuccessWorks has made it easier for our students to leave Madison prepared for exciting careers in communication. In the process, our alumni community has become more engaged as SuccessWorks events give us all a reason to rally support for the communication leaders of tomorrow.
“Through our partnership with SuccessWorks, our department is reaching its strategic goals and helping students and alumni both to make a real impact.”
Dr. Derek Johnson
Professor and Chair, Communication Arts
L&S Major Skills & Outcomes Resources
SuccessWorks partners with faculty and staff in every L&S major to create Skills & Outcomes resources, listing each major’s transferable skills, common alumni jobs and employers, and words of advice from alumni who have found success in a wide range of fulfilling career paths.
Your department has already made an important investment in creating these resources in partnership with SuccessWorks. We can also help you make the most of them with students. Department faculty and staff can use Skills & Outcomes resources to:
- Advise and teach students more confidently on what they are learning in their major and why it matters
- Spark students’ imaginations for possible career paths
- Build students’ confidence in the career outcomes of their major
- Make referrals to SuccessWorks advising, programs and other valuable career resources
Major Skills & Outcomes resources are also an integral part of the Syllabus Language and Course Materials available above.
How Can We Assist You?
Get in touch with feedback, ideas or questions about how to share Skills & Outcomes resources for students.