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The mission of the Career Resource Center is to educate University of Florida students to advance their career goals in a global community by engaging them in career planning and employment opportunities
In general terms, the University of Florida has set forth
the following policy with regard to the Career Resource
Center vis-a-vis the university and its student population:
- Career planning is acknowledged to be an essential
part of each student's academic program.
- Participation in an experiential education program,
when compatible with other academic requirements,
is an option of each student.
- Employment assistance is an integral part of each
student's exiting procedure from an academic program.
- It is the intent of the university that these programs
be designed and conducted with the objective of motivating
students to seek higher academic achievement by the
integration of career and academic planning in a total
educational program.
- The Career Resource Center (CRC or Center) is the
centralized office responsible for the planning, operation,
administration, and fiscal accountability for such
programs as may be needed to provide the foregoing
services to students and alumni of the University
of Florida, except as follows: The Colleges of Law,
Medicine, Dentistry, Veterinary Medicine, Pharmacy,
and the Masters in Business Administration Program
conduct individual placement operations because of
their unique placement procedures and requirements.
Mission
General
- Consistent with Student Services philosophy, the
mission of the Career Resource Center is to teach
students, through appropriate programs, how to become
active participants in their own continuing development.
This includes offering students (and, where appropriate,
alumni) a broad range of assistance designed to culminate
in the best opportunity for career employment upon
termination of their academic training. This support
includes, but is not limited to the following activities
and services:
- Exploring interests, skills, values, and lifestyle
preferences as a part of the vocational choice
process.
- Learning to use career decision-making strategy
in vocational, academic, and job selection.
- Matching experiential education opportunities
with academic requirements.
- Researching and matching labor market indicators
that best correspond with learned academic skills,
work experience, and personal attributes.
- Developing job search skills, interview techniques,
and job search planning.
- Participating in employment interviews.
Legal Responsibilities
- The Center is responsible to the University of Florida
regarding its legal obligations and limitations imposed
on its operations and all program areas. This includes
local, state, and federal laws. The Center will formulate
appropriate policies and practices to limit liability
exposure of the Center and the university within its
areas of operation.
Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action
- The Center will adhere to the spirit and intent
of the Equal Opportunity laws in all activities and
programs. The Center will ensure that all activities
and programs, and the policies pertaining thereto,
do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color,
religion, age, national origin, creed, and/or handicap.
Activities, programs, other services, and the required
supporting facilities will be scheduled to provide
accessibility during hours that respond to students'
needs.
Campus Relations
- The CRC will maintain close and continuing relations
with the colleges and departments for which it has
the responsibility to serve their students, faculty,
and alumni. This includes, but is not limited to,
establishing personal liaison as well as providing
literature and other information on the Center's activities
that relate to the colleges and departments it serves
in order to:
- Maximize student exposure to employers and employment
opportunities through a variety of programs.
- Encourage dialogue between employers, faculty,
and the Center concerning job trends and employer
requirements.
- Promote better understanding between faculty
and employers of the relationship of curricular
and other academic activities to staffing needs
of employers and career opportunities for students.
- Promote a systematic flow of information to
faculty and students by working alumni concerning
the latter's academic preparation and employment
experiences.
Employer Relations
- The Center will maintain close and continuing relations
with employers interested in hiring University of
Florida students and alumni. To fulfill this responsibility,
the CRC will:
- Provide pertinent information to prospective
employers, including curricula, academic calendar,
estimate of enrollment/graduates by degree and
discipline, and recruiting and interviewing logistics.
- Exchange information with employers concerning
their respective operations through activities
such as on-site visits and exchange programs.
- Assist employers in setting and confirming on-campus
interview dates well in advance.
- Exchange with employer representatives detailed
information concerning interview schedules, job
descriptions, desired applicant qualifications,
and other arrangements, as needed.
- Arrange, if requested, for employer representatives
to meet with faculty and/or administrative staff
individually or in groups, in order to exchange
information pertinent to the career planning and
placement of these graduates.
- Schedule candidates for on-campus recruiting
interviews.
- Comply with legal requirements when making credentials
available to interviewers/recruiters.
- Inform employers of ethical and legal obligations
of the Affirmative Action/EEO laws.
- Encourage employer participation in programs
such as career planning courses, career conferences,
and career expos/career days.
- Encourage employers to participate in experiential
learning programs such as Cooperative Education,
internships, and practicum programs.
Multicultural and Special Programs and Services
- The Center is responsible for providing educational
programs designed to assist minority students of all
categories and disabled students identify their unique
abilities and needs in relation to their career interests
and job opportunities. The CRC will offer opportunities
for students of foreign origin to identify with the
culture of the university, learn the work environment,
and promote understanding of their own culture and
heritage.
Ethics
- The CRC is responsible for developing and adopting
standards of ethical practice. The ethical standards
statement published by the National Association of
Colleges and Employers (NACE) may be used as a basis.
In addition, all requirements of the Family Educational
Rights and Privacy Act (Buckley Amendment) and ethical
practices of the University of Florida will be followed.
The CRC will ensure that its staff provides access
to the Center on a fair and equitable basis, avoid
any personal conflict of interest, and adhere to the
spirit and intent of all applicable university, state,
or federal regulations or policies.
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