Career Development Assignment Suggestions for UK faculty using
resources from the James W. Stuckert Career Center
FIRST! Students sign up for a FREE Wildcat CareerLink account. A WCL account is necessary to
engage in activities related to the Stuckert Career Center (SCC).
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Visit the Stuckert Career Center website at: www.uky.edu/careercenter.
Scroll to the bottom of our homepage.
Click student/alumni login/registration button and begin the process of signing up.
ASSIGNMENT SUGGESTION: Student prints out page with their name on the top left
and shows to faculty member for credit.
A. Career assignments from the Wildcat CareerLink homepage – FREE digital career
related resources.
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Now that the student has a Wildcat CareerLink account
Go to SCC homepage www.uky.edu/careercenter
Click student/alumni login/registration button
Sign in to Wildcat CareerLink with student I.D. without the 9 and enter password.
Then, under Internships & Job Search Tools on right menu of the Wildcat CareerLink home
page find:
 InterviewStream- Custom design, self-recording, editing, and sharing of practice
interviews.
 Career Finder – from U.S. Dept. of Labor’s O*Net link. www.onetonline.org for
occupational research
 Career Explorer - from U.S. Dept. of Labor’s O*Net link. www.onetonline.org for
interest profiler assessment.
 Vault – Company reviews, blogs, graduate schools, download books. Occupational
research.
 CareerShift -(top left of Wildcat CareerLink homepage) – search jobs and store career
search info
 ASSIGNMENT SUGGESTION: Students can experience any one or more of these
resources above and write a response for the faculty member for credit.
B. Career Assignments from our Stuckert Career Center website homepage
“What to Do With a Major In…”
 Go to SCC homepage www.uky.edu/careercenter
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Click on “student” on the left hand menu
Click on “major & career exploration”
On middle of page click “What to do with a major In…”
Choose and click on a major
Scroll to the bottom of that major’s page and click printable version and print.
ASSIGNMENT SUGGESTION: Student shows printed out page to faculty member for
credit.
Candid Career.com –Watch quick videos of interviews from professional from many fields.
 Go to SCC homepage www.uky.edu/careercenter
 Under FREE! Digital Resources, click on Candid Career.com
 ASSIGNMENT SUGGESTION: Students choose a video to watch and write a response
page to show to faculty member for credit.
Sigi 3 – Informal career assessments based on students’ interests, skills, and values to help
determine major or what to do with their major.
 Go to SCC homepage www.uky.edu/careercenter
 Click on “student” on the left hand menu
 Click on “major & career exploration”
 On bottom half of page see and click on Sigi 3
 ASSIGNMENT SUGGESTION: Student takes assessments they are interested in and
show results to faculty member for credit.
Occupational Outlook Handbook –U.S. Dept. of Labor data on occupational details. Duties,
education requirements, skills, salaries state to state, 8 year occupational outlook and much
more.
 Go to SCC homepage www.uky.edu/careercenter
 Click on “student” on the left hand menu
 Click on “major & career exploration”
 On bottom half of page see and click on Occupational Outlook Handbook
 Can also be found at www.bls.gov or through
 ASSIGNMENT SUGGESTION: Student prints out areas of interests and shows to the
faculty member for credit.
O*Net – An informative site that includes occupational research of nearly 1,000 occupations.
Students can learn about an occupation’s requirements for education, skills, duties, values,
salary and much more. This site also includes an informal Interest Profiler assessment using
the same structure as the Strong Interest Inventory that can help students explore
occupations based on their overall interests. www.onetonline.org
C. Blackboard Career Assignments: non-credit resources
https://elearning.uky.edu
 Resume Writing – go to: SCC-NC Resume Writing
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Interviewing – go to: SCC-Interviewing-NC-201399
Professional Correspondence – PRO-CORR-NC-201399 Professional Correspondence
Writing
 Professional Attire – SCC-PA-NC-201399 Professional Attire
 How to Prepare for a Career Fair
 ASSIGNMENT SUGGESTION: Students can print out material from Bb to show to
faculty for student credit.
D. James W. Stuckert Career Center Activities
See our website for our Fall 2014 SCC activities and/or pick up our brochure.
Activities include:
 Career Center student volunteer opportunities
 Drop-in sessions (10-15 minutes)
 Career related workshops on resumes, interviewing, job search, internships and much
more.
 Career fairs (Employer Showcase twice per year)
 Internship information sessions
 Employer information sessions
 Employer panel discussions
 Guest speakers
 Classroom presentations
 ASSIGNMENT SUGGESTION: Students can show evidence of participation in the events
above to faculty for credit.
NOTES TO FACULTY
 Please let the Career Center know if you wish for an entire class to
participate in an event so that we can plan accordingly and are sure to
have adequate space, time and materials to accommodate.
 If you have questions regarding any of the assignment options above,
please call the Stuckert Career Center at 859-257-2746 and we will be
happy to go over it with you.