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Whether you’re just starting out or you’re ready to take the next step in a long career, our resources, technologies and events, will help you find your passion and discover new career possibilities. Get started today and see a variety of ways we can help down below!

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Alumni Career Services

ASU Career Services offers support at all stages of your professional development. Whether you are looking to grow in your current role, embark on a new path or even support other Sun Devils on their career journey, ASU offers the valuable resources all Sun Devils need to be successful. These services are free of charge to you as an alum for one year after you've graduated.

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Jobs and internships

Whether you are seeking a new job or career, or you are an alumnus with a job opportunity you'd like to post and share with the Sun Devil nation, Handshake, ASU’s premier online hub for all things career, provides access to thousands of job postings for professionals at all levels. 

Career advising

Need advice from an experienced career coach, some help updating your resume or prepping for an interview? Our career advising staff provides personalized advice, either in person or virtually, on a variety of topics. Log on to Handshake to make an appointment today! Click on the “Schedule a New Appointment” and then “ASU-Alumni”.

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Career resources

Get 24/7 access to helpful resources — from resume writing and interviewing to salary negotiation and networking — and everything in between. 

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Resume resources

Whether you're looking for an on-campus job, applying for an internship, seeking your dream job or embarking on a career change, having a quality resume and application materials that get you noticed are key to your success. Use these resources to help craft or update your resume, cover letter and references so you can land that interview!

How to use the Career Center

Written by: Madeline Lewis, a senior majoring in English (Writing, Rhetorics and Literacies) 

As college students, we have a lot on our plates: academics, social life, work, clubs, and more. But one thing to not lose sight of, is that at the end of your time as a student at ASU, you’ll be moving onto professional life. It can be daunting to think about, but luckily ASU has some amazing resources to help.

Career and Professional Development Services  is one of my personal favorites. Their website is filled to the brim with information and resources, and they have great professional staff ready to help. Read on for my tips on how to use the Career Center to your advantage.

The Career Center offers both passive and interactive resources. Let’s go over the passive, online information first.  

Handouts The great thing about the Career Center is the plethora of specific resources. And you don’t even need to leave home! As a start, the website has a whole page full of  helpful handouts . Topics range from interviewing to internship and career search. 

Resumes A great beginning step to professional development is either making or improving your resume. Gone are days of waiting 2-4 days for a person to review a resume! All ASU students can now access VMock , an AI based resume review platform, for instant feedback to improve their look and flow of their resume.

Don’t forget to check out  all the other resume resources - videos about how to write them, example resumes for every field, and the  ultimate resume checklist .

Interview practice After turning in that shiny resume, you’ll definitely schedule some interviews. Visit the  interviewing page  for videos and handouts about how to prepare both physically and mentally.

InterviewStream  is a great way to get feedback. After making an account (ASU-verified) you will be able to upload videos of yourself answering common interview questions. You can review them, then submit them to the professional staff for specific feedback and tips!

Next, let’s look at how you can interact with the professional staff. The Career Center staff offer appointments based on a huge list of topics. Book appointments with them through your  Handshake  account.  

Career Exploration With an ASU degree, you have so many opportunities after graduation! What next? Discuss ideas for potential careers. 

Grad School Prep The Center offers appointments dedicated to learning about grad programs, preparing your application, and reviewing your materials.

Online Profiles Your LinkedIn and other professional profiles are a great asset in the professional world. Get timely feedback on how to make yourself stand out!

The Career Center offers a ton of other appointments – check them all out on your Handshake!

With all these professional resources, we don’t need to be nervous for the future. We have all the tools we need to be successful!

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Make a career advising appointment!

Schedule a time to speak with someone about your resume, job search, career plan, or anything else. 

How to make a career advising appointment

• Step 1. Login into  ASU Handshake
• Step 2. Select "Career Center" then "Appointments"
• Step 3. Click "Schedule a New Appointment"
• Step 4. Select "Currently Enrolled Online and Immersion Students"
• Step 5. Select "All ASU - Arts, Design and Performance - Begin (1st appointment)".

On-Demand Help

No time for a career advising appointment? Choose from the self-directed appointments below to get help on a number of topics.

• I need to build my online presence  
• I’m applying for an internship
• I’m applying for a part-time opportunity
• I’m interested in National or International Service
• I'm interested in an Arts and Design masters program

Resume Review

Submit your resume and/or cover letter any time! Creative Career Services will review your materials and email you feedback.

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Explore your future

What can i do with this major, degree title ≠ job title.

Your degree prepares you for more jobs than you can imagine. Use the resources below to think about your career options. 

• Look at Arts and Design Career Options
• Do an advanced search of Job Market Insights
• Map a Fulfilling Life with Ikigai
• Search Creative Jobs on Handshake
• Industry Overview Packets  have industry-specific resume examples, industry blogs, and job-boards for your field.

Transition to the next step

What tools can help me prepare for the next step in my career.

• Track your job or internship search with a customizable job search database. You can copy this to your own Google Drive to track applications, brainstorm keywords and filters, and find job boards and networking sites specific to your industry.
• Learn how to ask for letters of recommendation from faculty and staff who can speak to your unique skills and competencies.
• Review a quick guideline for professional communication to help you navigate your unique context.
• Practice your organization skills and learn to set an agenda for your internship, experiential learning opportunity, or new job!
• Writing achievable goals can be challenging, so practice writing SMART goals with this activity guide.
• Work backwards from your unique values to your grand aspirations and goals in this Development Plan activity guide.
• Curate a fulfilled life by exploring your purpose with this Ikigai activity guide.
• Map your assets, ideas, and unexpected connections to help explore alternative pathways and ideas with this Career Mind-Mapping activity guide.
• ASU Career Services has tons of resources  to help you prepare, research, transition, and thrive in your career.
• Not sure what you need?  Schedule a career advising appointment.

A labor union is an organization of workers who lobby for better workers’ rights. Many creative communities have unions specific to that discipline.  Here is an ongoing list of creative labor unions which will be periodically updated to reflect changes in creative industries.

Grants are another great way that independent artists and designers can make money. Go to our Resumes and Application Materials  page to learn more.

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Resume building guide

One important way your student can get a jump start in their career development is building their resume. Their resume tells employers a lot about them, but making it easy and straightforward for the interviewer to get eye-catching details and recognize them as a good match can be a challenge. Here are some guidelines for creating a stand out resume.

Content is key

Your student’s resume should speak to not just their skills and experience, but also the quality of their work. When they present a well-written resume, they send a message that they care about the fine details. They also present themself as someone who communicates well — something that’s valuable in jobs as varied as research, customer service, sales and tech support.

Make sure it’s current

Your student’s resume should be a professional, up-to-date presentation of themselves. Whether writing their resume themself or using a resume writing service, their resume should reflect recent formatting and hiring trends. Make sure that your student’s resume leans into the latest expectations and jargon of hiring managers and job recruiters. Due to the high number of resumes received for job and internship listings, i n many cases the first 'reader' of a resume will be a computer.

Make it look professional

A professionally written resume will be properly structured and formatted. Working with a professional resume writer is one way your student can count on their resume looking professional. They can also search for resume templates online. A professional presentation is important when hiring managers spend an average of less than 10 seconds looking at each resume. They don’t want to provide that speed-reading HR person any reason to set their resume aside — and an unprofessional format can be one of the key reasons that causes them to be overlooked.

Bonus tip —  get free professional help with your resume by using the Resume Builder app . 

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Career Development Resources

Whether you're about to start your university studies, are working towards an undergraduate or graduate degree, or are a new alum , here are some of the many ways that you can move forward to connect yourself with professionals and find your path towards your career most of these resources are free -- just add your time and ideas, schedule a career and internship advising appointment.

Current SGSUP students and recent alumni can meet with SGSUP's Career Counselor ! Alumni who are over six months past graduation will be directed to schedule an appointment with a Career Specialist through ASU Alumni Career and Professional Development Services. Career/Internship Appointment Services:

• Resume and/or Cover Letter Review
• LinkedIn and/or Handshake Profile Review
• Mock Interviewing
• General Advisement on Internship and/or Job Searching

(Non-MUEP Students) You can schedule a career/internship advising appointment here

MUEP Students: Matthew Gomez advises MUEP students on topics related to the planning profession and developing a career in the field. This includes topics such as choosing electives and area of focus, applied experiences, professional development, AICP certification, and connecting with the professional planning community. Schedule your MUEP appointment - HERE

Build your skills

ASU Continuing and Professional Education  - Free courses on a wide variety of topics

Free GIS software & online training – ASU Libraries’ Map and Geospatial Hub offers access to Esri GIS software and online training, as well as links to online training in QGIS, JMARS, Leaflet and more.  Also explore Google Earth and its mapping capabilities.

Free Adobe Creative Cloud for students  - Read how to obtain a free license for the Adobe graphics suite as an ASU student

Coursera – Online courses developed by 190+ leading universities (including ASU) and companies. Some have a charge, but free options include themes of career development, graphic design, GIS and more .

Skillshare.com – Resource for lessons on design, illustration, photography, business analytics and more . Free classes

Linkedin Learning (formerly Lynda.com) - Video courses with an emphasis on technology and business . Requires a subscription fee, but available for free through many public libraries.

Join a professional organization

Why join a professional organization?  You can gain exposure to the latest initiatives and ideas, and meet professionals. Consider volunteering to help!

American Meteorological Society   (Student membership $20/yr, includes membership in local chapters )

American Planning Association (no cost to students, includes membership in local chapters like APA Arizona )

Arizona Association of Environmental Professionals (free to students)

Arizona Geographic Information Council (no charge to join the listserv )

Association of American Geographers (Undergraduates $38/yr, Graduate students $49/yr)

National Association of Environmental Professionals (Student membership $60/yr)

PHXGeo Meetup (an informal group for those in the Phoenix area who like maps, GIS, OpenStreetMap, cartography and anything in between.  Membership is free to all!)

WTS – Advancing Women in Transportation (Student membership $30/yr)

Learn from professionals

Video: Lightning Talks on Geography, GIS & Urban Planning Careers - Five lively 10-minute talks, presented at ASU's Career Navigator, October 2019

Video: Careers in Urban and Environmental Planning - A panel discussion by a diverse group of Arizona planners, from SGSUP's Planning Career Fair, April 2019

Planetizen Training for Urban Planners - An extensive series of videos on numerous urban planning themes

For examples of geography, GIS and urban planning careers , and more advice from professionals , visit our Careers in Geography , Careers in GIS and Careers in Urban and Environmental Planning pages.

Boost your resume

A resume is the first tool in an internship or job search. Here are some resources from ASU Career and Professional Development Services:

• Tips and Advice
• Checklist for Effective Resume and Cover Letters
• Resume Action Verbs
• Writing Accomplishment Statements

Create a digital portfolio

A portfolio is a living and changing collection of records that highlights and showcases samples of your best work, along with life experiences, values and achievements.  A digital portfolio can be a useful tool in marketing yourself to employers, to professionals that you'd like to interact with, or to colleges and universities where you'd like to pursue a degree.

• What is a digital portfolio? What should I include? Look here !

Here are portfolio  tools that are free to ASU students and alums :  Digication  or  Google sites .  

• In Digication, start with an easy-to-use SGSUP Template designed especially for our students!  Here's a preview of the template , and here's how to work with it:
• Create: Follow the “Create a Portfolio from Scratch” Instructions found here:  Create a Digital Portfolio , and search for template “SGSUP."
• Customize: Add, edit, and remove pages, add text and media, upload files, record video, and design the portfolio to your liking.  Find how-to videos and lists at  Digital Portfolio Help Resources .
• Publish: When you first create your portfolio, it will be private -- visible only to you.  Once you've added content and customized the portfolio to your liking,  change your  Privacy Settings  to “Public." Now you can share your url with potential employers, admission committees, or any other organizations that would be interested to know your professional story!

Here are  website hosting tools  that have some free site-building and hosting options:   Wix ,  WordPress ,  SquareSpace ,  Weebly ,  Adobe Portfolio , or  Network Solutions   (and find free photos at  http://unsplash.com )

Here are examples of  digital portfolios created by our students :   Beth Freelander  (Digication) |  Taylor Moran  (Digication) |  Hannah Trostle  (Digication) |  Adrian Zambrano  (Weebly)

Build your professional presence with LinkedIn

Here’s a  checklist  for building a strong student or new graduate  LinkedIn profile , and a  step-by-step video

Do you need a professional portrait?

A professional portrait is a photograph you use to create a personal brand of who you are. Professional portrait usually focus on your upper body including your head and shoulders. Your professional portrait often creates the first impression for a hiring committee, business colleagues, and customers to form of you.

At this time, ASU does not offer a service for students to have their professional portraits taken for them. However, it is recommended to watch the following short video to know the best tips for taking a professional portraits using a smart phone .

Many nonprofits could benefit from expertise that you have -- whether creating a map, gathering or analyzing data, or finding new ways to reach out to community members.  Find an organization that advocates for something you’re passionate about, and reach out to them . For example, a GIS student helped a local conservation organization analyze their membership, producing a report on how and where membership had grown.  A planning student worked with a nonprofit to understand the process of organizing an annual community event, and wrote up a handbook that will allow groups in other locations to host similar events. Not sure what organizations exist in your community?  You can find out a great deal from a web search; and Idealist.org or   Volunteer Match  may provide additional ideas. This could develop into a for-credit internship , too!

Professional organizations can also use help from students. Volunteering with a professional organization is a great way to build connections with professionals, while you build skills . Check out a list of planning/GIS and geography organizations in the previous section of this page. Our school also hosts student organizations that offer great professional development opportunities!

GISCorps , sponsored by the professional organization URISA, coordinates short-term, volunteer-based GIS services to communities in need worldwide .  You can learn about the initiative at https://www.giscorps.org/ , and can apply to become a volunteer at https://www.giscorps.org/become-a-volunteer/ . 

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team is an international group dedicated to humanitarian action and community development through open-source mapping . Learn the basics of OpenStreetMap ; then volunteer on any HOT project. Connect with YouthMappers ASU to meet other students involved in this initiative.

TIP: If you volunteer, keep a record of the hours you spend and your responsibilities. These hours can contribute to 'experience' requirements for government jobs especially, and jobs of any kind!

Preparing Future Faculty ( Graduate College)

https://graduate.asu.edu/current-students/enrich-your-experience/preparing-future-faculty-and-scholars-pfx-program

PFx is a two credit, one-semester course, of seminars, discussions and activities designed to expose doctoral and MFA students and post-doctoral fellows more fully to an insider's view of a practicing scholar-professional. The main goal of the program is to enable participants to transition successfully to employment in an academic, alternative-academic, or nonacademic community. Students become equipped with a realistic knowledge of academic, industry, non-profit and entrepreneurial cultures and career expectations.

Instruction Junction ( The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)

https://instruction.thecollege.asu.edu/

One-stop shop for teaching resources in The College, including Canvas, course development, tools, and training events.

TeachOnline ( ASU Online)

https://teachonline.asu.edu/

TeachOnline is managed and curated by the ASU Online Instructional Design and New Media (IDNM) team. The mission of this site is to share instructional resources and online course design best practices with Higher Education professionals and online instructors.

Faculty and Staff Services ( ASU Library)

https://lib.asu.edu/services/faculty

Teaching and research support services for faculty and staff.

Additional Career Development Resources for Diverse Populations

General diversity.

diversityinc.com — Comprehensive resource with career advice and job search postings for a number of diverse groups. Includes “Top 50 Companies for Diversity” list DiversityJobs.com — Large job board which finds job listings from company career pages, other job boards, newspapers, and associations EqualityMagazines.com — Contains job postings and career advice geared toward African-American, Hispanic, Veteran, and female workers. Includes links to digital magazines for each of these populations eeoc.gov — U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Search appellate briefs to locate any possible civil rights violations or lawsuits against companies

diversity.com — Job board that offers a variety of diversity job posting options prodivnet.com — Professional Diversity Network: a network to help diverse candidates find the right job match diversityemployers.com — Jobs with employers committed to diversity

Racial and Ethnic Diversity

shpe.org — Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. Committed to bringing together leading Hispanic talent and top STEM organizations, SHPE provides dedicated career services to its members hispanicpro.com — Job listings for Latino/Hispanic candidates, as well as an area to post resumes naaap.org — National Association of Asian American Professionals: provides networking opportunities for Asian-Americans, as well as links to local chapters bbala.org — Black Business Association: includes list of top African-American employers, as well as career advice and networking opportunities nativeamericanjobs.com — Career search website for Native American students nheec1.org - National Hispanic Environmental Council. T he nation's largest and oldest Hispanic environmental organization.

Individuals with Disabilities

AbilityJobs.com — Job site where all postings are from employers specifically seeking to hire people with disabilities TheSpectrumCareers.com — Jobs portal designed to promote inclusive employment of the autism community SourceAmerica.org — SourceAmerica is a national nonprofit agency whose mission is to create employment opportunities for people with significant disabilities by securing federal contracts through the AbilityOne Program for its network of community-based, nonprofit agencies. The AbilityOne Program is the largest single source of employment for people who are blind or have other significant disabilities in the United States Cira Jobs — A site featuring resources on resume and cover letter development and also job search functions askjan.org — The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) is a source of free, expert, and confidential guidance on workplace accommodations and disability employment issues. Resume Builder - According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, only 17.9% of people with a disability are employed. To help level the playing field Resume Builder has created a comprehensive step-by-step guide that can help people with disabilities create an impactful resume that can highlight their skills and value to potential employers. This guide includes important insight such as laws that protect their rights, workplace discrimination, and harassment to ensure they receive a fair chance at achieving their career goal.

equalitychamber.org — Greater Phoenix Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce: non-profit organization which supports and promotes the LGBT business and professional community hrc.org — Human Rights Campaign: great resource for LGBTQ issues, including employment issues. Home of the Corporate Equality Index lambdalegal.org — Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund: provides up-to-date information about laws, current legislation, and court cases associated with employment. Site also displays a grid, which includes information on states, counties and cities with non-discrimination policies tjobbank.com — Transgender job bank [“LGBT friendly job postings of progressive employers.”]  

International Students

MyVisaJobs.com — Contains information on U.S. companies who have sponsored H-1B Visas in the past Interstride — Job market research and job postings for a variety of international markets and countries. Excellent information for international students or those looking to work internationally ASU Handshake — Handshake Filter- On the “Jobs” tab, you can open up all filter options and scroll down to select specific Work Authorization filters that meet your needs

corporategray.com — Facilitates connection between veterans and veteran-friendly employers vetjobs.org — Postings for transitioning members and veterans now in the civilian workforce Recruitmilitary.com — Free military-to-civilian recruiting firm usajobs.gov — As the official website of the U.S. Government, USA Jobs connects job seekers to federal employment across the U.S. and abroad

ASU Resume Analyzer

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The Arizona State University Cloud Innovation Center, in partnership with Arizona State University, is in the process of developing an internal solution to help ASU CIC managers better sort through the large amount of applications they get when they post a student job opening.

The Arizona State University Cloud Innovation Center (CIC) hires student cloud developers once or twice a year.  When they engage in this hiring process, they often receive upwards of 200, or even more, applications.  Each application contains basic information, a resume, and a cover letter.  It can take up to six or seven hours for managers at the CIC to comb through the resumes manually, which can slow down the hiring process in a time when help is needed on teams at the CIC.

Once managers have specified the skills they are looking for, the Sun Devil Skill Sorter will utilize Amazon Comprehend to classify resumes and cover letters that are sent as bundles by ASU Human Resources. This allows managers engaging in the hiring process to easily sort through applications in an easy-to-read format.  The PDF files will then be converted to text documents and run through the Jurassic-2 Jumbo Instruct Large Language Model.  From this model, candidates can be identified for their strengths and will be moved to the interview phase of the hiring process.

Supporting Artifacts

The Amazon Working Backwards process produces three artifacts - a Press Release, a list of Frequently Asked Questions, and a Visual depiction of the user experience. You can find the artifacts here:

The ASU CIC is working internally to develop the solution.

About the ASU CIC

The ASU Smart Cities Cloud Innovation Center (CIC) is a strategic relationship with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and is supported by AWS on ASU’s Innovation campus - SkySong. The mission of the CIC is to drive Innovation Challenges that materially benefit the greater Phoenix metro area and beyond. The CIC will do this by solving pressing community and regional challenges, using shareable and repeatable technology solutions from ideation through prototype, as a service for the greater human good.

The CIC also provides real-world problem-solving experiences to students by immersing them in the application of proven innovation methods in combination with the latest technologies to solve important challenges in the public sector. 

The challenges being addressed cover a wide variety of topics including homelessness, water conservation, vandalism, pedestrian safety, digital service delivery and many others. The CIC leverages the deep subject matter expertise of government, education and non-profit organizations to clearly understand the customers affected by public sector challenges and develops solutions that meet the customer needs.

For more information on the ASU CIC, to read about projects or to submit a challenge, please visit https://smartchallenges.asu.edu .