Career Development
Center
  Occidental College
 1600 Campus Road,
Coons 109
 Los Angeles, CA
 90041-3314

 Email: careers@oxy.edu
 Phone: 323.259.2623
 Fax: 323.341.4900

Alumni Information

I am an alumnus/a and want to know about the services, resources and programs offered.

CAREER ADVISING AND COUNSELING SERVICES 

The Career Development Center provides limited career advising and counseling to alumni. Please contact the Director, Valerie Savior, to determine how we may serve you.

We have formed a partnership with a local career counselor to provide services to our alumni at a nominal fee, which includes career assessments.   The counseling session(s) can be conducted in the center for alumni living in the area or by email, phone and fax for alumni living out of the area.

If you are an alumnus/a with either years of work experience or advanced degrees, you might be interested in seeing a Career Counselor in Your Area, a web resource that provides you access to a database of National Board Certified Career Counselors, searchable by location and by area of practice.

OTHER SERVICES

Resumes and cover letters critiques are done on a walk-in and appointment basis.

Mock Interviews are videotaped and critiqued prior to a job or graduate/professional school interview.  They require an appointment.

RESOURCES

Career Resources Library has over 350 books, magazines, test bulletins, salary surveys, and various brochures.

Job Search Guides
Helpful guides to assist with writing resumes and cover letters, prepare for job interviews, and much more.

Links of Majors to Occupations

Four computers with Internet access, Microsoft Office applications and practice programs for GRE and LSAT.

PROGRAMS

Exploring Majors at Oxy is an event where alumni along with faculty and selected shares share what value their major offered them.

Workshops are offered on a wide range of topics, such as resume and cover letter writing, interviewing, finding employment in the hidden job market, networking, and much more.  If your alumni group would like a specific workshop, please use this form - Request a Workshop.

Recruitment Activities include information sessions with employers, on-campus interviews and career fairs.  Please check with the office to see if alumni can participate.

Graduate School Activities include information sessions, graduate fairs, and free graduate school testing by major preparatory companies.

Professional Panels are organized around a specific profession, an industry, or a theme and are comprised of alumni, family members of students and community members at large.  

Career Speaker Series is made up of small, intimate roundtable discussions with professionals in specific occupations.

Values, Ethics, Meaningful Work Roundtables are held with professionals to dialogue on issues related to vocational choice.

Social Business Dinner is an annual event covering proper business etiquette.  Twelve to 15 alumni are invited as table hosts. 

Alumni Network, Alumni Sharing Knowledge (ASK) is an group of alumni willing to help students.  

Interview with a Tiger is an event where alumni and employers conduct mock interviews.

Walk In My Shoes is a career shadowing program where  alumni have students shadow them for a day.

Please feel free to Contact Us.