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Contact Career Development

Email:
Career​@nau.edu
Call:
928-523-1087
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Career Steps

Get a jump start on your career

Career Steps are online, self-paced modules that cover career related topics and link to a student’s Bb Learn. Log in with your NAU credentials to begin the course. A score of 80% or better will generate a Certificate of Completion in Bb Learn. Faculty and staff preview links are available by contacting career@nau.edu.

For technology support, please contact 928-523-9294 (students) or 928-523-1511 (faculty and staff).

Available modules

21st century workplace Accordion Closed

  • Exploring myths and realities of career
    • Career path research rubric
  • Managing your career

Knowing yourself and others Accordion Closed

  • Reflecting on your values
    • Values assignment rubric
  • Starting with your strengths
    • Strengths reflection assignment rubric
  • Exploring your Interests
    • Interests reflection rubric
  • Discovering personalities
    • Discovering personalities rubric
  • Establishing your professional identity

Professional skills Accordion Closed

  • Communicating in the workplace
  • Dressing for professional contexts

Explore through experience Accordion Closed

  • Building transferable skills
    • Transferable skills development rubric
  • Designing career experiments
    • Career experiment rubric

Developing application materials Accordion Closed

  • Crafting your resume content
  • Crafting a summary of qualifications
  • Formatting your resume
    • Resume rubric
  • Constructing resumes of a different sort
  • Writing a cover letter
    • Cover letter rubric

Networking and relationship building Accordion Closed

  • Building your personal brand
  • Establishing your network

Internships Accordion Closed

  • Benefiting from an internship
  • Finding an internship
  • Making the most of your internship

Job search strategies Accordion Closed

  • Preparing for a job search
    • Preparing for a job search rubric
  • Accessing the job market
  • Identifying the right job(s) for you

Interview skills Accordion Closed

  • Understanding and responding to behavioral interview questions
    • STAR behavioral interview rubric
  • Practicing interview responses
    • Responding to behavioral interview questions rubric
  • Formulating interview success strategies

The hiring process Accordion Closed

  • Understanding total compensation
  • Negotiating and accepting an offer
  • Completing new hire paperwork

Thriving in the workplace Accordion Closed

  • Appreciating diversity
    • Appreciating diversity rubric
  • Thriving in the workplace: building and maintaining workplace relationships
  • Managing your health and wellness
    • Health and wellness rubric

Level up your career readiness

We want to highlight your hard work and knowledge of career readiness by offering two digital badges for completion.

Once awarded, you can easily link your achievements to your social media profiles, connect the skills developed with prospective employers, and more!

Career readiness: Career management

  • Badge Overview Tab Open

  • Skills Developed Tab Closed

  • Earning Criteria Tab Closed

Badge Overview Accordion Open

Earners of this Career Readiness Badge know how to identify and articulate skills, strengths, knowledge, and experiences relevant to career goals and professional growth.

They also can explore job options, take necessary steps to pursue opportunities, and self-advocate in the workplace.

Complete the Career Step online lessons below and achieve at least 80% on each lesson quiz to earn this badge. Additional details can be found online.

Skills Developed Accordion Closed

  • Benefits
  • Career Decision-Making Models
  • Career Development
  • Career Exploration
  • Career Management
  • Career Readiness
  • Goal Setting Strategies
  • Internship
  • Job Search
  • Negotiating
  • Professionalism
  • Resume Writing
  • Self-advocacy
  • Strengths-based Approach
  • Transferable Skills

Earning Criteria Accordion Closed

  • Complete the “Managing Your Career” Career Step online lesson and quiz, which covers recognizing that successfully managing a career is a personal responsibility and identifying strategies for this process, including strategic networking and involvement in relevant career preparation activities.
  • Complete the “Crafting Your Resume Content” Career Step online lesson and quiz, which covers crafting high-impact and professionally-formatted application materials.
  • Complete the “Designing Career Experiments” Career Step online lesson and quiz, which covers creating a plan to gain relevant experiences, develop transferable skills, and identify their value to one’s career exploration.
  • Complete the “Identifying the Right Job(s) for You” Career Step online lesson and quiz, which covers vetting and prioritizing opportunities of interest and assessing alignment with strengths, interests, values, and personal and financial needs.
  • Complete the “Working in an Organizational Structure and Culture” Career Step online lesson and quiz, which covers identifying strategies for taking personal responsibility for and managing a successful career from beginning to end.

Career readiness: Professionalism & work ethic

  • Badge Overview Tab Open

  • Skills Developed Tab Closed

  • Earning Criteria Tab Closed

Badge Overview Accordion Open

Earners of this Career Readiness Badge know how to demonstrate personal accountability and effective work habits, integrity and ethical behavior, the ability to learn from mistakes, and knowledge of how non-verbal communication may impact professional image or reputation.

Complete the Career Step online lessons below and achieve at least 80% on each lesson quiz to earn this badge. Additional details can be found online.

Skills Developed Accordion Closed

  • Behavioral Interview Questions
  • Behavior-based Interviewing
  • Career Decision-Making Models
  • Career Development
  • Career Management
  • Career Readiness
  • Evaluation Of Professionalism
  • Interview Process
  • Professional Dress
  • Professional Identity
  • Professionalism/Work Ethic
  • STAR Model
  • Transferable Skills

Earning Criteria Accordion Closed

  • Complete the “Establishing Your Professional Identity” Career Step online lesson and quiz, which covers describing how to present oneself as a professional and recognizing that norms and behaviors vary based on the environment.
  • Complete the “Dressing for Professional Contexts” Career Step online lesson and quiz, which covers identifying and applying context-appropriate professional dress.
  • Complete the “Communicating in the Workplace” Career Step online lesson and quiz, which covers identifying and applying context-appropriate professional communication strategies in verbal, non-verbal, and written formats.
  • Complete the “Building Your Personal Brand” Career Step online lesson and quiz, which covers identifying opportunities to build a personal brand through the power of perception and by effectively one’s communicating strengths, interests, values, and transferable skills.
  • Complete the “Building and Maintaining Workplace Relationships” Career Step online lesson and quiz, which covers recognizing different roles within a professional support network one might play and identifying strategies to contribute to an organization through building healthy and effective work relationships.
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