Career Services

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Visit us at Morgan Hall 123 or call 785-670-1450 for an appointment. Office hours are 8-5, Monday - Friday.

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Our Mission

The mission of Washburn University Career Services is to empower students and others to make optimal use of their knowledge, abilities, and values to successfully:

  • Explore and choose academic majors and career options
  • Obtain career-related skills and experience
  • Develop and pursue post-graduation career plans, including graduate and professional school and employment.

What You Can Expect

Career Services provides assistance to Washburn University students in two major areas:

  • Deciding on majors and careers, including career counseling
  • Job search preparation and execution.

Ichabod resume reviewIt is the goal of Career Services to help students learn about and develop lifelong skills, techniques, and resources that will help them with career development. Career Services is not an employment agency; we refer all qualified candidates but do not recommend individual students to employers nor individual employers to students.

Our services are free to Washburn University students. Alumni services are free as well, with the exception of fee-based advanced career assessments, Optimal Resume, and access to BodJobs. Services to community members are available, with the exception of advanced career assessments; there is a fee for BodJobs and Optimal Resume. Services to employers are free with the exception of attendance at career events.

Use the links below and on the right for more information about our services and to reach resources for your career development.

What We Do and Resources for You

Also see the Quick Links on the right.

On-Campus Student Employment

Find an on-campus student job, either Federal Work Study or departmental. On-campus student job postings are managed by Financial Aid.

On-Campus Student Employment
Give Us Feedback

Provide us with feedback about your interactions with Career Services staff via appointment or virtual career advising.

How'd We Do?
Employers - Recruit and Post

Find your new interns and employees at Washburn!

Career Services employer site
Quick Links and Tools
Link to BodJobs

Post your resume, search for jobs and internships. If you are an employer and wish to post a job or internship, see link above for employers.

What Can I Do With This Major?

Link to FOCUS 2

Take the FREE FOCUS 2 career assessment to find out more about occupations that might be a good fit for you. ACCESS CODE: ichabods

Try our NEW Resume Builder!
RFA Link

Create a resume from scratch with Resumes for American and WU Career Services! FREE to WU students! Resume Builder assists you to create an effective and professional resume by providing expert tips, writing examples, and helpful suggestions. The software also comes with a cover letter builder, thank you letter builder, and more.

Link to Optimal Resume

Create a resume from scratch - FREE to WU students. NOTE: We will be discontinuing Optimal for WU students on May 31, 2013. Be sure to download and save Optimal documents - they will NOT be available after May 31!

Resume InformationCover LettersInterviewingSchedule of Events (also see BodJobs)Data from the Graduate Career Status SurveyCommitment to Careers Award for Student OrganizationsInformation for Faculty and StaffContact Career Services – Who We Are