Appointments
Make an Appointment
Our professional career coaches are available to help you with questions about career
exploration, planning, and decision-making, including:
- exploring your career options
- gaining experience through experiential learning such as internships
- completing assessments to help guide you to explore academic and career goals
- finding a job or planning for further education
Current Students and Alumni
Career coaching is available to Winthrop students throughout your entire time in school,
as well as when you become alumni. Students and alumni can schedule an appointment
by logging into Handshake. For online students and alumni who are not in town, there
is an option for a virtual appointment - please indicate in-person or online in your
appointment request.
SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT
What to expect:
- Sessions are about you and what is important for you.
- Progress is made through active participation on your part. Come to the CDI ready
to work and with your thoughts and ideas on your career goals!
- You are the expert on YOU. Your Career Coach is the expert on the career planning
process. Our job is to help you plan effectively and to find the information necessary
to make informed decisions about your career.
- Our Career Coaches are trained to provide you with new tactics, strategies, and ideas
to help you build your career.
What NOT to expect:
- We are not able to provide you with an exact list of employers, graduate programs,
or jobs that are a "fit" for you. Instead, we can provide you with the resources to
help you develop your own strong list.
- We do not have a "test" that will tell you what to do with your career or can we tell
you what path to take. We have strategies and resources for exploring the many options
you have and the paths to take to reach your career goals.
- Your academic adviser is a trained professional that can assist you with your course
selection and other parameters about changing majors.
- We do not write your resume for you. Instead, we provide you with a number of resources
to build your marketing brand and the CDI staff is here to provide review and formatting
suggestions.
Punctuality Matters! If you are more than 10 minutes late to a career coaching session you will be asked
to reschedule
Newly Admitted Students
Newly admitted students can utilize drop-in hours as soon as 72 hours after they have
accepted their admission. Drop in (Tuesday/Thursday 11:00 am to 12:15 pm) to explore
all of the resources, programs, and support services that the Winthrop CDI (Career
Development and Internships) can offer you. Career Coaching services will become available
once your Wingspan account is set up, which is usually a few weeks after being admitted.
Prospective Transfer Students
Prospective students who are seeking to transfer into Winthrop from another college/university
or community college, are welcome to use the following services:
- One 30-minute consultation session: CDI coaches are available to provide you with an overview of the career decision-making
process and to respond to questions about career development. Due to limited time,
we recommend contacting your current college/university/community college career center,
if applicable, for additional resources.
- Career assessments: Assessments are available from STRONG to MBTI to assist you in understanding your
values, skills, interests, and personality as it relates to your decision making.