Invite Us to Your Class, Club or Event
The Center for Career Readiness offers a wide range of career-related presentations, from career exploration to job search strategies, for both University of Arizona courses and student organizations.
We’re available Monday through Friday between 8:00a.m. – 7:00p.m.
Complete the Request Form
- Request a presentation for your class, club or organization
- Invite us to table at your event or location
Tabling Requests
Complete the request form 30-days in advance. The Center for Career Readiness can join your upcoming event to establish a welcoming presence, engage with students, and raise awareness of the career resources, programs, and services available to support their academic and career journeys.
Presentation Options and Requirements
Our goal is to provide engaging, informative, and activity-driven presentations that meet the needs of your class, club, organization or unit. Here are the guidelines for making your presentation or tabling request
30-day Notice
- Make your request as soon as possible, ideally, with 30-days in advance
- Requests without advance notice will be accommodated if staffing allows
Groups of 10 or More
For the best engagement, we prefer and prioritize presentations for groups of 10 or more.
- Let us know how many participants you expect to allow us to tailor our presentation accordingly
- Groups under 10 will be scheduled as availability allows
In-person, Live Online or Recorded Presentations
We offer in-person, live, online and recorded presentations. Indicate your preference in the “location” field of your request form.
- Please indicate the format of your class: In-Person, Live Online, or Recorded
- For online events, indicate the platform, eg. Zoom, under “location” in the request form
- For more information about these options, include your questions in the “location” section of your request
Repeat Requests in a Semester
We will facilitate presentations for the same class/group of students up to three (3) times during a given semester.
- If your course consists of multiple sections, request a common meeting time
- There is no request limit for recorded presentations
Weekend and Evening Presentations
Our staff is available for presentations Monday-Friday between 8:00 am-7:00 pm.
- Evening presentations must start no later than 6:00 pm.
- Weekend requests will be accommodated as our staffing allows
Presentation Options
Career-Related Presentations
Choose from this menu of presentations to best fit the needs of your course or group. If you have questions or would like to request a customized presentation, email career@arizona.edu with the details.
This presentation will explore critical steps to take and resources to utilize to be career-ready.
Presented through the lens of the Big 7, the 7 essential steps to landing a paid internship, we’ll explore creating online profiles such as Handshake & LinkedIn, developing a professional resume, growing a personal network, practicing interviewing skills, and seeking help to explore options. (60 minutes)
This presentation is ideal for first- and second-year students who may be undecided on their major or career path.
This presentation will introduce resources for students to explore potential careers and begin the career planning process. (60 minutes)
This presentation will introduce resources to assist students in writing and/or refining a professional resume.
Activities will encourage participants to reflect upon and articulate professional and academic experiences while discussing how to tailor your resume to industries and roles of interest. This presentation can be provided in a format where students actively work on their resumes throughout the presentation if desired. (60 minutes)
This presentation focuses on how to leverage your network to discover potential internship and career opportunities.
This includes optimizing LinkedIn profiles and other ideas for making connections. Methods of effective networking, professional etiquette, and strategies for fostering connections will be discussed. (60 minutes)
This presentation will provide strategies for initiating a successful job search by finding opportunities of best fit through online resources and networking.
We will focus on maximizing your opportunities by building your Handshake profile and using that platform effectively. (60 minutes)
This presentation will help students understand the value of internships and how to successfully pursue them.
Through reflection, myth-busting, practical search strategies, application timelines, and key resources, participants will gain the tools and confidence needed to identify, apply for, and secure meaningful internship and skill-building opportunities. (50 minutes)
This presentation will identify key interview preparation tips to become a strong interviewer.
We’ll discuss how to articulate skills employers cite as most important in today’s job market using the STAR method. (45 minutes)
This presentation will include the key aspects of a well-written cover letter and how it can help you stand out as a candidate.
We’ll discuss how to utilize a job description in the development of your cover letter and a breakdown of what should be included in each paragraph. (30 minutes)
Leadership Presentations
Leadership workshops are fee-based services. Prices are determined by workshop length and requested topics. Custom-designed workshops are available.
CliftonStrengths Assessment Workshop
CliftonStrengths is a tool that helps people understand their unique talents and how they are using them in their personal and professional lives. Our facilitators can guide your team through individual reflections and interactive activities to help them understand how to best contribute to the team, how to appreciate others’ strengths, and how everyone’s strengths interact to create a unique team profile. Participants will depart with a better understanding of both their personal strengths and their team strengths, as well as action items for continued development.
Class Assignments
The Career Education team offers assistance in creating custom assignments for your course. These assignments can be in addition to an CCR presentation or related to your own course content around career development. Some assignments created for faculty include resume reviews, online mock interviews using Big Interview, career exploration worksheets, etc.
If you would like to discuss how the CCR team can support your work or assist you in creating a career-related assignment, schedule a consultation and demo of our available resources with our Career Education team at career@arizona.edu.
