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Career Services

Our office provides high-quality career services to help students choose majors, explore career interests, find internships, and guide their job search. These helpful resources are available to all TROY students.

Preparing Tomorrow's Professionals

Find a Major

We are dedicated to guiding TROY students towards the perfect major by offering career assessments and coaching that align with their values, interests, personality, and skills.

Internships & Jobs

Career readiness is an essential part of the mission at Troy University where we strive to assist our students in the “discovery and exploration of knowledge and its application to life-long success.”

Hire a Trojan

Career Services is dedicated to connecting top-tier employers with exceptional Troy University talent. We offer a range of resources and services to help you find and hire the best candidates for your organization.

Employer Access

Discover how to tap into a pool of talented Troy University students and recent graduates. Explore our career services platform for innovative ways to network, recruit, and build lasting partnerships with future employees.

Career Closet

Need help with professional attire? TROY's Career Closet provides students with the opportunity to acquire three gently-used professional clothing items per semester to make a great impression and boost confidence for interviews and job fairs.

Location: John Robert Lewis Hall 329
Hours: Monday-Thursday, 12-4:30 PM
Appointments: Available outside walk-in hours through Handshake
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Find a Major

Career Assessments

Self-assessment is the first step in the career planning process. TROY Career Services offers students several online tools to help identify their interests, skills, personality, and values and strives to match them with the student's educational and career goals. The results of these assessments aid career staff in discussing students' potential majors and jobs.

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Programs Offered at TROY
Explore all of the programs offered at TROY, and what careers our Troy University students can go into with the degrees offered.
Career Exploration Classes
For an in-depth study of values, interests, personality and skills and how those relate to specific careers, career classes are offered across a variety of platforms catering to all TROY students.
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Alumni: Land Your Dream Job or Find Your Dream Employee

Welcome alumni! You are a valued graduate and we invite you to return to your alma mater and recruit employees for your places of work. Please consider using Handshake, our job search resource for our students, to post your available jobs and internships. Contact us for further opportunities such as on campus recruiting events.

We also extend our services to alumni who are searching for a job. Handshake is available for all Troy alumni to research job opportunities. Contact your campus career center to have your resume reviewed, practice interviewing, and find out about location-specific events.

Internships & Jobs

Help With Resumes and Cover Letters
Proper presentation of initial documents used to apply for jobs is vital in making a good first impression with employers. TROY Career Services guides students in developing an effective resume, CV, cover letter, and portfolio. Our career services team also provides professional resume feedback.
Interviewing Preparation and Help

Our career services team offers face-to-face mock interview sessions as well as online video mock interviews. Students can access Big Interview online where career staff can review and provide feedback on recorded interview sessions.

Students are given guidance on wearing professional attire to interviews and provided with opportunities to visit the Career Closet for gently used, free professional clothing items.

Job Search Tools
Career staff members are available to discuss best practices in effective job searching. Students have access to job postings and internships across the U.S. and abroad through an in-house career management system, Handshake. Students are invited to multiple career fairs each semester ranging from the All Majors Fair both in the Spring and Fall to department-specific fairs such as Education-Teach Fair, Technology Fair, Business Fair, Student-Athlete Networking Mixer, Health Fair, and more!
Career Guide

Download our PDF guide for Troy Trojans for information on finding a career path, making a good first impression and matching a major selection with the right career. #TroyTrojansGetHired

Career Guide PDF link.

Internship Opportunities

Career readiness is an essential part of the mission at Troy University where we strive to assist our students in the “discovery and exploration of knowledge and its application to life-long success.” Experiential learning is an effective way to set them on the path to career satisfaction and life-long success.

Internships are important experiential learning opportunities where students can experience the workforce while evaluating their personal fit with their chosen career field. Troy University provides the opportunity for students to earn academic credit (upon approval by their advisor) through internship and practicum classes in the majority of all majors and programs.

The National Association of Colleges and Employers estimates that students with paid internship experience are 20% more likely to receive a job offer upon graduation compared to their counterparts without the same experience. Beyond that incentive, students who participate in internships are more likely to develop greater levels of soft skills crucial to the workplace such as teamwork, critical thinking, and problem-solving, among others.

If you are interested in learning more about internships within your specific college or designated degree, let Career Services connect you to the right person.

Employers: Find the Perfect Hire

Employers are an essential connection for students at Troy University in their career journey. Begin recruiting our outstanding students and graduates for your company by joining our Handshake employer network below. The many services offered include: top talent referrals, social media and email campaigns to promote jobs and internships, career fairs and networking mixers, on campus interviewing, and more.

Career staff are available at multiple TROY locations.

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Employer Resources

Handshake
Job and Internship Postings

Handshake is TROY's career management system and job posting network. Employers may create a free account to post jobs and internships for all TROY students to see and apply. Students on all TROY campuses and online have a Handshake account to which they can upload their resume for employers to view. Employers may also schedule on-campus interviews with students by requesting a day and time through Handshake.

The first step is to request an account by clicking on the Handshake logo above. Upon approval of your Handshake account, you are able to advertise any open job or internship opportunities to all TROY students. Once inside your Handshake account, you may post a job by choosing “Create Job Posting” on your Handshake homepage.

Cooperative Education (Co-op)
Cooperative Education is an academic program in which students alternate periods of full-time study with periods of full-time employment. Cooperative education opportunities are often found in engineering fields, but other industries may offer them as well. At TROY we work with employers who offer CO-OP positions in business concentrations and communication, among others. Co-op interview days are held in the fall and spring semesters. Registration is available in Handshake under the Fairs tab for Troy University. 
On-Campus Recruiting
To schedule a date to visit campus to conduct an informational session about your company or to host a networking mixer, click on “Request New Information Session” on your Handshake homepage.
On-Campus Interviewing
If you would like the convenience of interviewing multiple students on campus, take advantage of our interview room availability. To schedule click on “Create an Interview” on your Handshake homepage. After your date is approved, please be sure to attach the job description. Interested students will then be able to submit their resumes for your review. You will then have the ability to select the students you would like to interview.
Career Fairs
A variety of Career Fairs are held each semester on various TROY campuses. Registration is available on your Handshake homepage under “Attend Events.”
Sponsorships

If your company is interested in becoming a sponsor of the Career Center, please contact Lauren Cole.

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