Graduate School Career Services
When it comes to preparing for job market, the MU Graduate School can help you with several key processes:
- Creating a discipline-specific curriculum vitae (CV)
- Transforming your resume to grab employers' attention
- Learning the top 5 job search strategies
- Analyzing a job announcement
- Drafting a powerful cover letter
2009-2010 Seminars
Upcoming seminars are posted on our seminar Web page, and in our Blackboard™ organization called Grad_Careers. New this fall: graduate degree programs and graduate student groups can request a custom career-related seminar at your location!
CV & Resume Examples, Templates & Job Search Engines
Use our Blackboard™ site to find resume and CV examples across disciplines, links to job search engines, worksheets and tutorials. Login at https://blackboard.missouri.edu. Click on the My Mizzou tab. Under the Organization Catalog, select the Student folder. Scroll to grad_careers and click enroll. The next time you log into Blackboard, the site will be under My Organizations. Be sure to browse the links along the borders of this page also!
How Faculty Members Can Help You
At this academic stage, faculty members play a key role with students: Mentoring. We strongly encourage you to develop career-related "partnership" with at least one faculty mentor. Not only will mentors help you move toward your career goals, they will teach you about the norms and nuances of your discipline, help you join professional networks and groups, and write letters of reference about your abilities. In other words, mentors serve as a close ally as you hone the skills necessary to become successful in the job force.
About Graduate School Career Services
Our mission is to serve as a bridge between students' academic preparation and the rapidly changing, global job market. Launched in FS 2008, we provide a range of career development services through e-resources, professional development seminars, external links, and individual consultations. Services are designed to support (not supplant) the student-faculty mentor partnership.
We also collaborate with MU's network of career centers, and encourage you to take advantage of their array of resources such as career fairs, mock interviews, software packages, and HireMizzouTigers!
Alumni should view resources and links offered by the Mizzou Alumni Association.
Contact Us: For additional information about the Graduate School's Career Services contact 573.882.0768 or send an email to mugradcareersvcs@missouri.edu.