Faculty & Staff

 

Campus Partners

 

Collaboration with faculty and staff across campus is crucial to UAA Career Services' success. We offer a wide range of programs, services, and resources to assist you as you help students discover and pursue their career aspirations. This page highlights some of our efforts such as Handshake, upcoming fairs and events, and on-demand resources available to students. 

 

 

 

Let's Collaborate

Career Services eager to partner with faculty and staff in order to support students. Please review the following options for information on how to begin collaborations and connections. We look forward to working with you soon! 

Developing partnership: If you are interested in working together to offer students services such as a collaborative event or program please contact the Career Services Director, Holly Johanknecht

Career Services overview: If you are interested in receiving an overview of our services, information about engaging students in Handshake, tips on how to direct recruiting employers, or would like information about how your students engage with Career Services please contact the Career Services Director, Holly Johanknecht

Schedule a classroom presentation: If you are interested in having Career Services visit your classroom, department, or club to provide a presentation please contact the Career Development Coordinator, Mike Detmer. Career Services offers a myriad of presentations. If you would like a customized presentation please submit your request two weeks in advance.

Career Events 

Faculty and staff are welcome to attend all career fairs and major recruiting events. It is a wonderful opportunity to network with local and national employers, connect with and support attending students, and provide helpful feedback to the career services team. Tell your students about our upcoming events, we hope to see you both soon! 

  Upcoming Events

Please share your events with us at uaa_career@alaska.edu so that we can promote them on our social media outlets! 

 

Faculty Resources

  • Information for your syllabus

    Career Resources: Visit Career Services for free career resources ranging from 1:1 appointments to career fairs. Whether students are in the career exploration stage or looking for a job post-graduation. Connect with Career Services by activating your Handshake account (simply login with your UA username and password) or follow us on Instagram at uaa.careers.

    Seawolf Career Closet: Located in the Career Services office, a resource for all UAA students to find professional clothing, accessories, and hygiene products at no cost. Make an appointment to shop the closet on Handshake

  • Resources to share with students

    Resource Library: Students may visit the Career Services Resource Library to find resume and cover letter guides and templates, information on how to prepare for an interview, career exploration advice, and more. 

    Career Services YouTubeIf you are not able to bring Career Services in for a classroom visit, but would like to share career education presentations please direct students to our YouTube page where we are continuing to upload top career tips. 

    Career Services Instagram: Students looking to receive digestible career content along their academic journey are encouraged to follow us on Instagram. Each week we post available job opportunities, career trivia, tips on things like resume, cover letter, interviewing, and professionalism in the workplace. It's a great way to gain career skills over time. 

    Seawolf Career Closet: Located in the Career Services office, a resource for all UAA students to find professional clothing, accessories, and hygiene products at no cost. Make an appointment to shop the closet on Handshake

  • Schedule a classroom presentation

    Schedule a classroom presentation: If you are interested in having Career Services visit your classroom, department, or club to provide a presentation please contact the Career Development Coordinator, Mike Detmer. Career Services offers a myriad of presentations. If you would like a customized presentation please submit your request two weeks in advance. 

          • Overview of Career Services (15 minutes) 
          • Career Fair Overview & Tips (15 minutes) 
          • Resume Basics (30 minutes) 
          • Resume & Cover Letter Basics (40 minutes) 
          • Interviewing Tips (30 minutes) 
          • Networking & Job Search Strategies (30 minutes) 
          • Career Exploration (60 minutes) 
  • Community partner conversations

    Job announcements

    The University of Alaska Anchorage uses Handshake, a career management platform for recruiting early talent. Employers can create a free account on Handshake, to advertise open jobs and internships, manage job applications, register for career fairs and other recruiting events, direct message students and alumni, and more! 

    If you receive job information from employers feel free to send them the following message, encouraging them to join Handshake. 

    Hello, 

    Our University system uses Handshake, a career management platform for recruiting early talent, to post all jobs and internships. Contact uaa_career@alaska.edu today to get started with your free account. Once you join you will be able to recruit students across all three institutions - the University of Alaska Anchorage, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and University of Alaska Southeast. For even more information about how to recruit with UAA please visit the Career Services, employer webpage

    Thank you,


    Recruitment events 

    Please direct any interested community partners to the employer webpage events section to find all upcoming recruitment and engagement opportunities. Additionally, employers may email us for more information at uaa_career@alaska.edu.


    Handshake questions

    Community partners interested in learning more about Handshake may visit the employer webpage or check out our YouTube playlist, Handshake Tutorials for Employers. 

What is Handshake?

Handshake is the University of Alaska’s career management platform for students and alumni. All enrolled UA students will automatically have a Handshake account. All they need to do is login with their UA username and password. Here are just a few reasons you should encourage your students to log into Handshake today! 

    • Discover new career opportunities
    • Build a professional profile
    • Find jobs and internships
    • Connect with local and national employers
    • Schedule appointments with Career Services
    • Sign up for events and fairs

More about Handshake

 

Support the Seawolf Career Closet

The Seawolf Career Closet is a new campus resource that will provide new and gently used professional attire and hygiene items to UAA students free of charge, with the goal of helping students access basic needs and removing any barriers that may prevent them from presenting the best impression possible at job interviews and career fairs. The Seawolf Career Closet relies on donations. Please consider the following actions to support the closet.

    • Donate any unneeded professional attire. We receive donations Monday - Friday, 9 am - 5 pm at the Student Union, University Hub, 2901 Spirit Way, Anchorage AK.
      • We accept business suits or blazers, dress shirts and blouses, professional slacks or skirts, ties, belts, and shoes in all sizes. 
    • Purchase items from our wish list in order to help us provide a greater variety of sizes.
    • Provide a monetary donation.

If you have any questions regarding the Seawolf Career Closet please contact us at uaa_career@alaska.edu

 


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