Welcome Parents

Thank you for visiting the Career Services website for information on how you can contribute to your child's success as well as other UMW student's success post-graduation. Please take a moment to explore all of the resources and services that Career Services offers by reviewing our website. Students are invited to visit Career Services during publicized walk-in hours, to use the career resource room, or to schedule an individual appointment with a career counselor.

Parent Resources:

• Will the market affect your child's job opportunities in 2009? Review the job outlook provided by the National Association of Colleges and Employers to learn more.
• Career Planning Course for parents
• Career Development plan
• What Can I Do With A Major in...?

Ways To Be Involved

We welcome the involvement of parents in assisting current UMW students with their career planning process. In fact, we depend on an active group of alumni and friends of Mary Washington to provide "real world" contacts for our students. Even if you live far away or don't have much time, we have programs you can participate in.

• Serve as an Eagle Mentor or provide an informational interview to a student
• Participate in the Externship Program
• List internship and full-time positions for UMW students

Eagle Mentoring/Information Interview Database - Alumni and friends of the University participating in this program offer to provide career related information via phone or email. Students use this program to find information about jobs, graduate school programs, employers or a particular city or region. Create your own Eagle Mentoring account online by clicking on "Create Account" and add/update your information as needed.

Externship Program - This program allows you to sponsor a student in a short -term, shadowing experience at your workplace. Ranging from one to five days, this experience may involve the student in a brief project or simply expose them to your organization. Submit the Externship Program Sponsor description form to participate in this program.

Internship Program - You may have even taken advantage of this program when you were a student. We can list internships free of charge on our web site and allow you to search candidate resumes via the same site. Visit the Employer page for more information.

Full-Time Positions - Of course you know what great employees UMW graduates make, so if you or your company have full-time positions to fill, why not post the position with us! Similar to listing an internship, and also free of charge, visit the Information for Employers or call 540/654-1022 for more information.