HOFSTRA FOUR-YEAR CAREER PLAN
The Hofstra University Athletics Department has established a strong relationship with the Hofstra Career Center and successful alumni in order to provide student-athletes with career and graduate school guidance. Several programs are offered specifically to student-athletes throughout the year to assist with career development. They are designed to help students search for, and define, a career path, and instill necessary skills and knowledge of professional industries to help each student successfully approach life after graduation.
Each student-athlete will go through an intensive career and professional development program that will take them through workshops, resume writing sessions, job fairs and mentoring nights. Students will begin their career programming as sophomores and complete 10 programs and workshops before graduation.
Freshman Year
- Finding Your Future - Students will take part in a workshop that introduces topics such as career paths, establishing networks, as well as necessary skills that will help them take advantage of professional opportunities.
Sophomore Year
- Meaningful Experiences - This workshop will touch upon topics such as internships, resumes, interviewing skills, and developing meaningful experiences while competing as a Division I student-athlete.
Junior Year
- Resume Workshops - Resume workshops will be conducted by team for all junior student-athletes. The workshops will be conducted by a professional from our Career Center to ensure that each student completes their resume by the conclusion of their junior year.
- Prep Night (Fall) - Students will take part in a workshop that will prepare them for the upcoming Mentoring Night. Topics will include physical presentation, verbal skills, as well as follow up pointers.
- Catch A Career (Fall) - This event educates Hofstra student-athletes on how to market their athletic experience, write a resume and cover letter, and perfect their interviewing techniques. Student-athletes are also able to network with several employers in attendance.
- Mentoring Night (Spring) - At this event current student-athletes are provided a forum to meet with and discuss career development and professional networking opportunities with successful Hofstra Athletics alumni in a number of different post-graduate fields.
- Differentiating Yourself (Spring) - Students will take part in this workshop which will stress the importance of being able to differentiate oneself from your competition in the professional world. Marketing their athletic abilities will be the central topic of this workshop, as well as identifying individual characteristics that will benefit candidates during interviews and the job search process.
Senior Year
- Senior Career Night (Fall) - Seniors will be given a tutorial session on navigating the University's job search portal (CMS), as well as a workshop on transitioning from college to career.
- Catch A Career (Fall) - Attended both junior and senior year.
- Mentoring Night (Spring) - Attended both junior and senior year.
- Professional Boot Camp - Students who wish to attend this workshop will have the opportunity to ask any last questions they may have on career and professional development.
By the time our student-athletes have graduated, they have gone through an extensive training program that has given them education and experience in resume writing, interviewing skills and techniques, social and professional etiquette, as well introducing them to professionals in their desired industries.
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The Career Center
M. Robert Lowe Hall
140 Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11549
Phone: (516) 463-6060
Fax: (516) 463-4892
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Related Links and Resources
Hofstra University Career Center
TypeFocus Career Programs
The Career Center Student Handbook
Internship Planning Guide
Resume and Job Search Correspondence Guide
