The Career Services Center provides a variety of opportunities and experiences which will empower our students and alumni to successfully pursue their career goals. The Center is located in Pilcher Building, Room 227. The phone number is 770-423-6555.

Services provided include:

• Resume writing assistance
• Experiential learning opportunities (Cooperative Education and Internships)
• Videotaped practice interviewing
• Career search strategies
• Internet career search assistance: careerctr.kennesaw.edu
• KSUJOBS (listing of hundreds of degree and non-degree openings available through the University's computer network)
• Current listings of government, educational, social service and communications opportunities
• Information on hundreds of companies
• Career Connections (software package which enables you to create a resume and upload it to the Career Service database for referral to employees) from the web
• Career Services Newsletter (each semester, a newsletter is sent to students and alumni registered with Career Services via our website. The newsletter contains helpful career search advice, as well as available positions)
• On-Campus recruiting (hundreds of companies interview our graduating students and alumni for available positions each year)
• Career Fair - a general career fair is held each Fall. An Education Career Fair and a Nursing Career Fair is held in the spring. A combination general career fair and co-op/internship career fair is also held in the Spring.
  

Cooperative Education and Internships
The Cooperative Education and Internship programs offer students work experience related to their majors. Most employers want students with practical experience and often prefer to hire those who have worked with them and others through internships or co-ops.

Cooperative education combines work experience with time spent in the university classroom. The positions are always paid employment. Students who co-op must do so for a minimum of two (2) semesters with the exception of seniors who are no more than 12 semester hours from graduating. These students may be eligible for a one (1) semester co-op experience. Students receive academic credit for each semester worked and may accumulate a maximum of 12 semester hours of co-op credit. The amount of credit assigned to any co-op experience is determined by the KSU Department of Career Services.

Co-op experience may be full-time or part-time. The full-time option usually equates to 35-40 hours of work per week. Additional courses may be taken in the evening if desired. The part-time option involves working an average of 20-25 hours per week, with additional courses taken during the same semester or summer term if full-time enrollment status is desired.

Internships are usually one semester in length, may be either full- or part-time, and may be paid or non-paid. A student will receive academic credit for each internship. This must be approved by the student's academic department. Students may participate in more than one internship experience, but the maximum number of hours of credit that can be earned in internship status is twelve (12) semester hours.

Co-op classes are taken on a pass/fail basis only; thus the grade of "S" or "U" will be assigned. The internship grade structure depends on the academic department involved. Students should check with the Career Services Center for more information about these programs. Co-op and internship course credit may be used as unrestricted elective credit, in most majors.