Career Services Director Linda Flynn was trying to manage her work load while simultaneously meeting individually with her internship students, but she couldn’t keep up, “I’ll be honest with you, the amount of interns I had was too great to have individual meetings with all the students.” She needed a solution that would accommodate her need to meet with each student without spending extra time or money. The Career Ready Guide was her answer.

The guide provided Linda an opportunity to teach her 2-credit career development hybrid course that prepares students for internships and the next steps in their career. “The Career Ready Guide is the perfect tool to be using in any type of career development or internship prep class. It’s an excellent tool to make students really think about their competencies, and it goes well as an online or hybrid component.”

Linda was able to use the Career Ready Guide at no cost to her department with the “student pay” option. Just like students purchase textbooks, they paid for the guide as a course material. Linda says: “Students really get a lot out of it. I love it, and I really encourage our students to use it.”

“My students have really learned to enjoy it, and what I have gotten back from them is, ‘you know, it really made me think.’”