Success Coach: Career Development

Issued by Merrimack College

A Success Coach serves as a mentor, navigator, and point person for Merrimack students. Workshop participants are exposed to career development tools, technology, and strategies. Participants discover critical career development milestones and learn how to leverage resources, and collaborate with faculty and staff to support students in achieving their long-term career goals.

Type Learning
Level Foundational
Time Hours
Cost Free

Additional Details

Skills

Career Coaching
Career Exploration
Career Management
Career Technology Tools
LinkedIn Profile Basics
Resume Development
Skill Development

Earning Criteria

Earners explore career development technology tools and resources to guide students toward a successful career journey. Earners are able to help students consider progress and position for career planning and skill development, to identify specific career goals, and how to craft a plan on how to reach their goals.
Earners discover tips and tricks to creating an exceptional resume that can beat the applicant tracking system (ATS). Earners are able to understand basic resume formatting practices, employer expectations, and techniques for developing competitive ATS and recruiter compatible resumes.
Earners explore common career development misconceptions and examine resources to supporting student's in their efforts to secure internships, co-ops, and job opportunities. Earners are introduced to the O'Brien Center's career milestone cheat sheets. Cheat sheets are designed to provide a framework for advising students on career development, specific to their major, for a successful transition from college to career.
Through scenarios, earners work in small groups to apply the career development knowledge they have gained to solve case studies. Earners pilot how to leverage career development resources, the technology at their disposal, identifying transferable skills, and other career management techniques that will benefit students when applying and interviewing for internships and jobs.

Standards

NACE Competencies

Career readiness is a foundation from which to demonstrate requisite core competencies that broadly prepare the college educated student for success in the workplace and lifelong career management. NACE provides a framework for addressing career-related goals and outcomes of curricular and extracurricular activities, regardless of field of study.