Rocket Career Center

Rocket Career Center Virtual Resources

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Our RC2 Team is here to support you through your career journey. Head to Handshake to self-schedule today.

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Shelly Drouillard

Director

419.530.7800

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LIAISON AREAS:

  • College of Law
  • College of Medicine
  • Military Service Center
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DeMya Wimberly

Career Consultant

419.530.4454

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LIAISON AREAS:

  • Judith Herb College of Art, Social Sciences and Education
  • Neff College of Business and Innovation
  • University College
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Tony Sherock

Career Consultant

419.530.8551

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LIAISON AREAS:

  • Engineering
  • Health and Human Services
  • Jesup Scott Honors College
  • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
  • Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science

Virtual Career Platforms

The Rocket Career Center offers a wide range of online tools to help you build your career from self-assessments for exploring career and education possibilities, to strengthening your interview skills. We also offer online tools for exploring job opportunities around the globe and connecting with alumni and businesses across the country.

How do I access these resources?

Log in tothe , scroll down to theRocket Career Center section, and click thelinks.

Please call us at 419.530.4341 if you need assistance with these resources.

FOCUS 2: Career Assessment

FOCUS 2is a self-paced, online career and education planning tool for college students that is designed to help you make decisions about future career goals and education plans. FOCUS 2 provides five self-assessments to help you identify your top work interests, values, skills, personality type, and leisure time interests and explore occupations and major areas of study compatible with your personal attributes. Students use FOCUS 2 to help choose or change their major and also to verify their choice of a career field.

To get started on FOCUS 2:

First time users:.

ACCESS CODE: Rockets

Returning users:(using the account you have already created)


What Can I Do With This Major

What Can I Do With This Major is an online resource designed to help you connect your major to different careers. You will have access to view typical career areas, types of employers that hire within each major, as well as strategies to increase marketability. The website offers search features, majors by category, and links to related professional associations, occupational outlook information, and employment opportunities for more than 90 majors and career fields.


CANDID CAREER

Alumni Spotlight

CandidCareer has thousands of searchable informational video interviews featuring industry professionals talking about their jobs and offering career tips for students. Better yet, you have instant access to alumni videos showcasing how their time at impacted their careers.

Why Should I Explore Candid Career?

CandidCareer is an online tool to explore majors and careers! Virtually meet with over 40 alums that all come from exciting and diverse career backgrounds. Hear about their journey to where they are now and how the helped them LAUNCH their CAREER.


Handshake: Jobs, Internships and Employer Events

Handshake is an online interactive database where you can findemployer events,internships,on-campusjobs,andexplorefull and part-time employmentopportunities.Research careers, connect with fellow students, alums, and recruiters looking to hire ourRockets!

Current Students

Once you register for classes, you will receive a Handshake account.If you have never logged into Handshake, please follow the steps below to complete your profile.

  1. Log into yourMyUTportal.
  2. Locate “Rocket Career Center” in your student tab and select “Handshake.”
  3. Click the blue login button.
  4. Complete your profile to personalize your job feed.


Big Interview: Virtual Interview Practice

Big Interview is a tool that will enhance your job interviewing skills and develop an edge over the competition. Through this interactive tool, you can video record your responses to practice interview questions and review them or share them with others. There are tips, sample interview questions, and answers spanning more than 140 industries. In addition, there are other resources to help you prepare for that big interview. Get both expert training and unlimited interview practice.


GoinGobal: worldwide jobs and internships

GoinGlobal helps new and experienced job seekers find opportunities both at home and abroad. GoinGlobal Career and Employment Resources include worldwide job and internship listings, industry profiles, and country-specific career information. More than 30,000 pages of constantly updated content are included on topics such as work permit/visa regulations, resume writing guidelines and examples, employment trends, salary ranges, networking groups, cultural/interviewing advice, corporate profiles, worldwide job listings, and more.