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Important: COVID-19 Advising Update

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The Academic Advising Center & Career Services Offices strives to best serve all who utilize our services. Due to COVID-19, our office will not be conducting in person appointments anymore as of March 18, 2020. Instead we will be offering virtual appointments via phone call, email, or video chat Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Please note that due to the constantly evolving circumstances, it may take longer than normal to hear back, and we will be updating our website as things progress. 

Drop-in Peer Advising

If you have a quick academic or career advising question, our Peer Advisors are available to chat Monday-Thursday from 9am-4:30pm and Friday from 9am-1pm through Microsoft Teams:

  1. Click https://teams.microsoft.com/l/chat/0/0?users=peeradvisors@uwlax.edu
  2. Chat with the Peer Advisors to let them know what kind of help you are looking for

Making Academic Advising Appointments

If you are assigned in our office, you can make your appointment online through Navigate, email your advisor, or email advising@uwlax.edu.

If you are not assigned an Academic Advisor in our office, you can make an appointment by calling us at 608.785.6950.

Making Career Advising Appointments

To make an appointment for career advising, you can do so online through Navigate or by calling us at 608.785.6950.

 

Last Updated: 9/17/20 2:45 p.m.

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Online UWL Career Resources & Tools 

These tools are available to you anytime and may be particularly helpful at this moment:

Connecting with Employers

As best as is possible, UWL’s Academic Advising Center & Career Services is continuing to facilitate meaningful connections to opportunities for La Crosse students. We are actively reaching out to recruiting employers to assess hiring needs & plans and to share virtual and remote services. 

Virtual Career Events
The Academic Advising Center & Career Services Office will continue to support your ability to connect with employers. 

  • Virtual Recruiting Events - Employers are creating new virtual recruiting events daily and may present an opportunity to connect with employers in a new way.

 Resume Support Resources

Find a Remote Internship

  • Micro Internship - Interns & Recent Graduates - short-term paid professional projects
  • Covintern - a site developed by a student at Indiana University to share a crowdsourced list of current remote internship postings.  

COVID-19 Search Strategies & Tools

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If you are looking for a summer or part-time position, we encourage you to review the resources compiled by the UWL Financial Aid Office.

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Are you career-ready? Employers value your college degree because your in-class experiences help you develop as a person and professional. But your out-of-the classroom experiences can enhance your skill set and make you more marketable for that first job or internship. Read on to learn how to gain experience that can set you apart!

7 ways to gain experience

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Attend an internship info session

See Handshake for part-time job listings

See Ugetconnected.org for volunteer opportunities

Visit IEE for info on opportunities abroad

See MyOrgs for info on student organizationsDo research with a UWL professor

Meet with a career advisor to learn more about shadowing

Check out the Eagle Advantage to learn about the skills employers and graduate schools want to see in new graduates:

Competencies Adaptability Recognize challenges as opportunities to improve. Take risks and understand that mistakes contribute to growth. Welcome constructive feedback and use it to strengthen your performance. Embrace a growth mindset approach that allows for action, reflection, failure, and resilience for lifelong learning and development. Collaboration & Leadership Build mutually beneficial relationships and achieve common goals by understanding, valuing, and leveraging the strengths of others. Take responsibility for your own role and contributions within a team. Organize, prioritize, and delegate work. Negotiate and manage conflict without compromising group objectives. Communication Effectively articulate thoughts and ideas to others in written and oral forms. Engage in dialogue that leads to productive outcomes. Understand the impact of nonverbal communication on professional work image. Use interpersonal skills to motivate and develop others. Critical Thinking & Problem Solving Exercise sound reasoning to independently analyze issues, identify options, formulate opinions, make decisions, and overcome problems. Demonstrate originality and inventiveness when identifying possible courses of action. Account for personal biases and recognize that there may be more than one valid point of view. Digital Literacy & Technology Leverage knowledge of information and communications technology to ethically and efficiently solve problems, complete tasks, and accomplish goals. Assess sources of information to determine legitimacy and suitability. Keep up with emerging technologies and adapt tools to new purposes. Engaging Diversity Cultivate awareness of your own identity and that of others through exploration of diversity, including race, ethnicity, country of origin, ability, class, gender, age, spirituality, etc. Understand how culture and identity affects perceptions, attitudes, values, and behaviors. Appreciate multiple perspectives and participate in society as a conscious global citizen. Integrity & Accountability Take ownership of your actions and learn from your mistakes. Act with the interests of the larger community in mind. Establish personal responsibility and effective work habits (e.g., punctuality, working productively with others, time/workload management). Self-Management Identify and articulate your interests, skills, values, and experiences. Explore and make decisions about academic and career options. Establish and take steps to execute a personal academic and career plan. Manage your strengths, limitations, emotions, and biases in a variety of situations. Demonstrate the continual development of a positive personal brand.

Getting ready to graduate, and looking for that first full-time job? Go here to learn how to search for and apply for entry-level jobs.