By Abigail McConaughy · Contributing Writer
The Grove City College Career Services Office, or CSO, is focused on helping students with their professional needs. The office offers advice on professional dress, interviews, resumés, networking and many other workforce-related topics. They help students explore majors and potential jobs, especially those who are undecided about the future.
Through Career Services, Grove City students have access to the “Big Five.” This includes sites such as LinkedIn, Big Interview, Career Shift, What Can I Do with This Major and Pathway U.
The CSO is located on the side of the Physical Learning Center and it features a coffee bar, study space and reservable interview rooms. It goes beyond just being Grover friendly, too: according to The Princeton Review’s career service rankings for colleges, Grove City’s CSO was ranked number 6th in the nation for 2024.
Outside the office lies a world of workplace resources. The Career Services Office takes several business trips with students throughout the year in an effort to further explore what a particular job may look like.
Several CSO events will appear on the calendar this fall. The annual Career Fair connects students with employers in order to find jobs, internships and graduate schools. Immediately following this is the Health and Medical Professions fair.
In the Spring they run a fair related to summer camps. The timing of each of these fairs is designed to correspond to the hiring arc of that particular industry or section of the workplace.
There will be lots of resumé advice on the horizon with several events related to design and details of one’s resumé. At their last event, members of the CSO shared their favorite parts about working in the Career Services Office.
“I love getting a chance to make an impact with students when it really makes a difference after they graduate,” said Lindsay Luciano. Ms. Luciano ran the latest event.
Ian Harris ’08 co-hosted this event. Harris said, “I enjoy the fact that we are uniquely placed to serve students who have worked for so many years to seek their calling, to find purpose, and understand how to do all things to the Glory of God.” Both expressed joy over working with students. As they have done in the past, the CSO continues to serve students with their needs on and off campus.
From headshots and resumés to free snow cones and networking over dinner, the Career Services Office offers valuable skills to professionally minded Grovers.
