John Carroll University Career Services has made the transition into providing virtual services in the middle of a global pandemic.

Appointment with students, conducting a class on Zoom and changing in-person events to meet social distance guidelines are a few changes that JCU students have seen at the Center for Career Services.

“We’re doing everything we’d be doing in-person, online. We’ve been ready to go since day one,“ said Mary Ellen Riley, Assistant Director of Communications at John Carroll’s Center for Career Services, John Carroll University reported.

The biannual "Prepare Fair" was one event that had to be moved online. Students were trained on proper questions to cross-examine in group sessions with employers versus one-on-one settings.

These suggestions were given to prepare students for Meet the Recruiters, an event open to the Boler College of Business and College of Arts and Sciences students. The Meet the Recruiters event hosts over 20 employers in Northeast Ohio to help students grow their professional networks, in hopes that students gain future internships or jobs.

There are up to 50 programming events, workshops, networking and career-related experiences through the College of Arts and Sciences Professional Development program. Programming is anything from Graduate preparation to networking preparation and prepares students through Zoom to execute what they learn to future internships, entry to graduate-level education and future careers that come after college.

Creating a cover letter and resume are some things that students learn through their drop-by or online appointments. In the first year of college, students get the opportunity in the classroom to learn how to get a head start on their future careers. A newsletter is received via email on how students can take advantage of opportunities and includes internship listings from Ohio.

JCU's Career Center for Career Service has students at the heart of what they do as they ease into the new normal of virtual communication.