Graduate Student Resources
Empowering success
Start with self discovery
Career assessments give you language to articulate your skills, interests and values.
What do you like to do?
These are your interests.
MyIDP Imagine Ph.D.An Individual Development Plan is a helpful tool for you to use with your advisor, mentor or P.I. to establish strategic goals that will help you define and pursue your career goals. You can make plans on how to improve your skills, build your network and get the experiences you need to prepare you to be a top candidate in your future career endeavors.
What are you good at doing?
These are your skills.
CliftonStrengthsCliftonStrengths is a 30 minute assessment that measures unique talents into 34 themes across four domains. Gallup research shows that people who develop their CliftonStrengths are six times more likely to be engaged at work and three times more likely to report having an excellent quality of life compared to those who don’t.
Cost of assessment:
- Students: $15
- Alumni: $20
What's important to you?
These are your values.
MBTIThe Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a popular personality assessment that organizes results into 16 categories based on eight cognitive functions. Extensive research into each of the 16 types and their career correlations helps guide authentic and reflective decision-making.
Cost of assessment:
- Students: $15
- Alumni: $20
Campus recruiting
Recruiters visit OSU’s campus seeking qualified candidates for jobs and internships.
Building connections may not immediately result in a job offer, but could open doors long into the future. OSU Career Services, student groups and colleges host career fairs, networking sessions and career development programming throughout the year. Come prepared, dress professionally and treat each employer like your future boss.
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Build your network
- In-person events on and off campus hosted by professional associations, local organizations or university staff
- Informational interviews
- Part-time employment and internships
- Research
- Community service
85%OF POSITIONS
are filled through networking
70%OF PEOPLE
found a job through company connections
Job boards by field & industry
- Academic & higher education
- Athletics
- Archival organizations
- Financial services
- Government & non-profit
- International development
- Publishing
- Science careers
Boards for all types of job seekers
- Independent work (consulting)
- People with disabilities
- International students
- Veterans
Veteran Services (Oklahoma Employment Security Commission)
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