A nascent program designed to help people achieve their goal of securing employment.

1. Get a career lead and run with it!

2.  A program designed to help prepare you to
search for and secure a career
 The program consists of 8 core activities
spanning 1 month
 Consider it a “short class” on practical career
skills

3.  A certification in Scranton’s first and only
program designed to teach students the
practical skills needed to secure a career!
 Gaining a great advantage in securing a career
after college
 Alleviate apprehensions associated with the
fear of not finding a job

4.  If you answer No to at least 4 of these then
YES, you need this program!
Career Questions Yes No
Do you have an updated resume?
Do you have an updated cover letter?
Do you know how to use the alumni resources website?
Do you have a CCN profile?
Do you have a profile on Monster or Career Builder?
Do you have a Linked In account?
Do you have a portfolio?
Do you know how to professionally network?

5. Portfolio Networking
Monster/Career Builder Linked In
CCN Alumni Resources
Resume Cover Letter

6.  Upon completion of the program, students
should be able to:
 Create a professional resume and cover letter that
encapsulates the students’ achievements and
experiences
 Leverage networking skills and job searching
resources to increase the chance of securing a career.
 Demonstrate an understanding and ability to use
internet job sites to secure interviews
 Utilize alumni resources to discover job leads and
network professionally
 Outperform peers in interviews

8.  Create a Resume
 Maximize resume value by focusing on key
achievements
 Learn how to show demonstrated success
 Learn how to change and update your resume
for the future

9.  Create a Cover Letter
 Maximize value by featuring succinct examples
of successful and relevant achievement
 Learn when and how to use a cover letter
 Learn what content and type of cover letter is
appealing to specific industries

10.  Create an account on CCN
 Develop a full CCN profile
with demonstrated
understanding of the
importance of various
CCN components
 Learn how to utilize CCN
to find jobs

11.  Learn how to create an alumni profile
 Learn how to utilize the alumni resources to
learn about or secure a job
 Learn how to network with alumni
 Demonstrate ability to use and understanding
of alumni resources tool

12.  Set up complete profiles on both sites
 Learn how to define search and visibility
parameters
 Learn how to search and apply for jobs on both
sites
 Learn how to avoid scams and fake companies

13.  Set up a Linked In profile
 Learn about the various features and
components of Linked In
 Learn how to network over Linked In
 Learn how to search and apply for jobs

14.  Create a Portfolio
 Learn about the benefits of
a portfolio
 Learn how to use a
portfolio in interviews
 Display your created
portfolio and explain it in
a mock interview

15.  Learn how to network in the business
environment by obtaining business cards and
following up
 Learn proper business etiquette for networking
 Learn how to create job leads from your
network
 Learn how to network on the job