Career Support for Every Stage

Welcome to Career Services within the College for Education and Engaged Learning (CEEL)!

Whether you’re an incoming freshman or a graduate student, CEEL Career Services offers advising, resources, and programs that support your ongoing career development and professional success including:

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  • Career advising
  • Resume and cover letter critiques
  • Interview preparation and mock interviews
  • Job search advice
  • Online tools and resources
  • Classroom presentations, panels, and more!

To schedule a career advising appointment, please log into Handshake:

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Student talks to school administrator at Career Fair

Explore Careers

  • Self-Exploration: Focus-2 A self-paced, online career and education planning tool, Focus-2 enables you to assess your individual values, skills, and interests and explore career fields and majors of study that are compatible with your assessment results.
  • Link Majors to Careers: When deciding on your major, it is important to explore resources that highlight how different majors connect to careers of interest.
  • Develop A Career Plan: Adapt a career plan where you can assess yourself, explore options, reflect and set goals, and act to create your future career aspirations.
  • Are You Career Ready?: The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) has identified the following eight core competencies as a measure of career-readiness. Evaluate whether you possess these competencies and where you can improve. When writing your resume and / or cover letter, be sure to highlight experiences that demonstrate these competencies.
  • O*NET OnLine (Occupational Information Network): O*NET OnLine supports your career planning by accessing key data for identifying and developing workplace skills for a breadth of occupations.
  • Occupational Outlook Handbook: The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: This valuable handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information. The OOH includes information about the nature of work, working conditions, training and education, and job outlooks for hundreds of occupations.
A student interviews at the Educators Exchange Career Fair

Handshake

Handshake is your career services management system. Through Handshake, you can:

  • Schedule a career advising appointment.
  • Upload your resume and have it critiqued.
  • Easily find and apply to jobs that match your program of study and interests.
  • RSVP to employer information sessions, career fairs and workshops.
  • Stand out to your favorite employers through a customized student profile.
  • Network with recruiters and hiring managers to learn about job / internship opportunities, organization culture, campus visits, and much more!

Career Application Resources

A polished resume, cover letter, reference list and thank you are vital when seeking internships and full-time positions. To assist you in their creation, we have provided a series of guides and samples to be used as a starting point. You will also find additional resources that you can use to perfect your image.

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Other Tools

LinkedIn: Montclair State University Page Alumni Tab: Explore what alumni are doing with their degrees. Connect on LinkedIn for informational interviewing or networking.

Glassdoor.com: Looks at jobs and employers in terms of salary details, company reviews, and interview questions (employees and job seekers post anonymously).

Salary.com: Allows you to browse salaries for more than 60 career categories and provides information about salary / benefits negotiation.

Questions? Contact Us!