Career Services
The career services provided by the Student Services office can be utilized throughout a student's tenure, both before and after graduation. Academic Advisors are also responsible for advisement regarding career goals and development.
Services provided include:
- Career counseling and advisement
- Job search guidance
- Resume and portfolio development
- Field-related workshops
- Resource lists and publications
- Networking opportunities
The Student Services staff, in conjunction with the Librarian, can help students in researching career directions. Online resources, such as field-related job websites, internship listings, and resume guides, are kept up-to-date and are searchable via the School's computers. The School's job board, located outside the Student Services Office, is a collection point for postings of current employment, training and internship opportunities. In addition, the Library stocks various publications that offer career advice, as well as periodicals that contain local, national and international job listings.
In order to provide students in their final year with information on the practical aspects of working as an artist, workshops and other events are held on professional practices, including issues such as tax information, copyrighting images and other legal information.
The Alumni Association, working through the Associate Dean, serves as a point of contact for Alumni mentors. These mentors work in a variety of different fields, and can help students with practical advice on job searches and career goals.
Students are exposed to working artists, critics and scholars at evening dinners with participants in the School's Evening Lecture Series. These occasions are small gatherings with selected groups of students, organized throughout each semester, providing valuable contacts and networking. Every student gets the opportunity to attend such a dinner once during each semester.