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Graduate Career Services
Career Services assists Pace students and alumni in understanding
today's complex career choices by providing them with a variety of career development and
placement services. These services enable Pace graduate students to make informed choices
with regard to setting new career goals either in their field or in a new occupational
area, and ascertaining the necessary steps to achieve these goals. These services include:
 | Career Counseling-A primary function of the office is
to help graduate students and alumni clarify career goals, interests, strengths and
weaknesses; and to assist them with the job search process, including resume preparation,
interviewing skills (mock interview sessions offered) and researching companies and the
job market.
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| Recruiting Program-Representatives from corporations,
banks, accounting firms, insurance companies, retail stores, brokerage houses, nonprofit
organizations and government agencies recruit in the fall and spring for a variety of
professional positions.
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| Resume Referral-Resumes of qualified students and
alumni are forwarded to employers for current job openings.
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| Computer Assisted Career Development-Career
inventories and other self-assessment programs are available, as is Internet access.
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| Job Postings-Entry-level and experienced, part-time
and full-time positions from businesses, industries, nonprofit organizations, schools,
hospitals and government agencies, are listed in the Career Resource Center.
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| Credential Files-Confidential files are maintained for
students containing personal references and other data. Credential material is sent to
potential employers upon the student's request.
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| Alumni Mentor Program-Students are given the
opportunity to talk with Pace graduates about their individual occupations. This program
further develops the link between the academic and professional worlds.
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| Pace Network-The network provides students with
opportunities to meet other students and alumni to develop personal contacts for career
and job search information. Networking seminars are held throughout the year.
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| Career Panels-During the academic year, successful
professionals come to campus to discuss career opportunities. Panelists describe their own
careers, offer suggestions for preparing for the competitive job market and explore
current trends in various fields.
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| Career Fair-An annual event. Representatives from over
100 companies and a variety of industries visit the campus and present career information
and employment opportunities for students and alumni.
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| Career Resource Center-Materials with general career
information, reference books, directories, company literature, and employment guides are
available for student and alumni use.
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Cooperative Education
The Cooperative Education Program places graduate students in paid
career-related work experiences. Graduate co-op opportunities include summer internships,
part-time positions during the school year and full-time internships for one semester.
Co-op work experiences complement the curricula in the graduate schools of business, arts
and sciences, computer science and information systems, education and nursing. Co-op
students work in the fields of accounting, advertising, finance, human resources,
management, marketing, public relations, education, social services, computer science,
information systems and nursing.
Cooperative education placements benefit students by providing
excellent work experience, good salaries, contacts for permanent employment and the
opportunity for professional development.
To be eligible for a Co-op experience, graduate students must have a
strong undergraduate record, be matriculated in a graduate program carrying at least six
credits, and a minimum grade point average of 3.00 in their graduate-level courses.
Pace's Cooperative Education Program is among the largest programs
among senior colleges and universities in the nation and the leading program in the New
York metropolitan area, placing students in more than 450 organizations. Pace Co-op
employers include national and multinational corporations, medium and smaller firms, as
well as government and nonprofit organizations.
Counseling and Personal Development Center
Helping students realize their full potential for growth and
development is a major responsibility of Counseling Services. The counseling process
teaches students to think objectively about themselves and their relationships with
others. This is accomplished through a variety of services which are provided free of
charge to Pace students. These services include:
| Personal Counseling-Professionally trained counselors
are available for students who wish to discuss personal or emotional difficulties in
complete confidentiality.
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| Educational Counseling-Students who are unsure of
their educational and career goals, lack motivation, are indecisive and worried about
choosing a major or simply do not know how to go about studying effectively find
Counseling Services especially helpful.
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| Vocational Counseling-Vocational counseling helps
students appraise their interests, aptitudes and personality traits. Counselors frequently
use tests to reveal these characteristics. By gaining self-understanding, students become
better equipped to make decisions vital to their educational and vocational futures.
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| Coordinators of Disabled Students-The University makes
every effort to meet the special needs of disabled students and strives to bring each one
into the mainstream of campus life. Pace counselors act as coordinators and work
cooperatively with professionals from the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation and the
Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped.
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