Career Resources and Planning
As a commitment to our students, graduates and alumni, the College of Business provides career and professional services to maximize the value of your degree.
Resume Assistance
All business students and alumni are invited to meet with a career counselor to help you create a resume or review an existing document. Make an individual appointment, or join us during a walk-in Resume Review Day.
Interview Preparation
Make an appointment with a career counselor for a one-on-one interview practice session or join us at a mock interview event. After the interview, we will critique your interviewing skills and give you feedback and advice to strengthen your ability to impress a potential employer.
Additional Tools & Resources
Cardinal Careers
Cardinal Careers is a comprehensive career management tool available to College of Business students and alumni and free for employers to use. Cardinal Careers contains all postings including full-time positions, internships, Federal Work-study, part-time jobs on and off campus and mentored research. Students and alumni can use Cardinal Careers to search and apply for temporary, part-time and full-time positions or part-and full-time co-ops and internships.
Students and Alumni
Cardinal Careers helps you to create a personal profile and post your resume which you could then make available to local, regional and national recruiters. Cardinal Careers is your best resource to learn about upcoming Ulmer Career Center events and to connect with employers interested in College of Business students and alumni. A one stop resource for job postings, upcoming event registration and more! You can review and apply for positions instantly and if an employer is interviewing on campus, schedule the interview through Cardinal Careers.
To access Cardinal Careers you’ll need to log into your Cardinal Careers account. You can log into your Cardinal Careers account using your Ulink userID and password. Once logged in you’ll want to update your profile and upload your resume. Be sure to check out the announcements as they are constantly changing as well as RSVP for upcoming events. Jobs are posted daily so be sure to check back often.
Undergraduate Co-ops and Internships on Cardinal Careers
Undergraduate students can use Cardinal Careers as one of their search options when applying for a co-op or internship. Internships posted on Cardinal Careers will indicate the semester the internship will start and which majors or minors have approved it for academic credit. Through Cardinal Careers, undergraduate students can search and apply for co-ops and internships, request academic credit for an internship and complete their report if receiving credit for the internship. Contact the Ulmer Career Center for specific instructions if you need help in any of these areas.
Focus 2
Focus 2 is a powerful tool to help suggest the best career paths for you. Explore your work interests, values, personality, skills and leisure interests with some quick and easy questions. Then, Focus2 will combine as many or as few of those as you’d like to come up with top-rated career suggestions. It’s that simple!
Step-by-Step Guide
- Register for Focus 2 Please use your university email to register and your firstname.lastname as the user name.
Use ‘cardinals’ as your registration key. - Sign in to Focus 2
- Complete the three Career Planning Foundations tasks (Career Planning, Academic Strengths and “Am I Career Ready?”) This will give you and anyone you share this with, an idea of your current strengths and career readiness.
- Complete the five different self-assessments, which include: work interest, values, personality, skills, and leisure assessments. Each segment takes approximately 10-15 minutes. These can be completed at once or you can log out and log back in to complete them according to your availability.
- Click the Combine Assessments tile to view career suggestions
a. Select which areas you would like to combine (work, leisure, skills, personality and/or values)
b. Click Continue
c. A list of possible careers will compile at the bottom of the page. Each list will account for the different areas you selected.
Top career suggestions may include all five areas, but there could be fewer based on your results.
d. Click + to expand the lists. You can also filter the results - Use Explore the Possibilities section on the main page to get brief information about an occupation, as well as their national mean salary.
- Sign in to Cardinal Careers and make an appointment with a Career Coach to discuss your results
Please use your first.lastname@louisville.edu email to register. Use ‘cardinals’ as your registration key.
CareerLeader
It’s possible to quickly choose a career. But to find a career that’s right for you, it’s helpful to slow down, give it some thought, and take the time to get it right. This is useful whether you are choosing a career for the first time or changing careers for the 31st time. Career exploration is not the same as job searching. Job searching is a short-term pursuit of a position that matches your financial and career goals, while career exploration is a long, progressive process of choosing education, training and jobs that fit your interests and skills.
Wondering where your best career opportunities are? It’s not uncommon for even the best college students to have questions about where their talents and strengths can take them. The CareerLeader self-assessment tool helps target the career paths and corporate cultures where you are most likely to thrive. In matching your interests, values and skills to prospective business career paths, you become a better-prepared, more confident job candidate with a greater chance of success. Ask a career coach about CareerLeader.
The assessment is free for College of Business students and alumni. For access to CareerLeader, please make an appointment with a career coach in the Ulmer Career Career Center at 502-852-7756 or ulmer@louisville.edu