{"id":1316,"date":"2023-08-18T16:05:13","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T20:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/careercenter\/?page_id=1316"},"modified":"2026-04-13T16:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:38:15","slug":"tools-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/careercenter\/tools-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Tools &amp; Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--white umw-hero--with-no-media umw-hero--with-no-content\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><div class=\"umw-hero__eyebrow\">Career and Professional Development<\/div><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">Tools &amp; Resources<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-intro-text alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__content\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__content__copy\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-intro-text umw-intro-text\"><div class=\"umw-intro-text__inner\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading umw-intro-title\" id=\"h-\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left umw-intro-content\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-ctas alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links__wrapper\">\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tools-amp-resources\">Tools &amp; Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Center for Career and Professional Development (CCPD) offers a wide array of in-person career services for degree-seeking students to help prepare them for Life after Mary Washington. We offer the same services to alumni of the University. Our office strives to reinforce to our students and graduates the importance of the ten core competencies and how they will contribute positively to their lives and careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/careercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/Our-Services-Fall-2024.pdf\">Our Services<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/careercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/FY-and-CCPD-Final-.pdf\">First-Years and the Career Center<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/careercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/Handshake-handout-checklist-spring-2023-rebrand.pdf\">Your Key to Success: Handshake<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/careercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/10\/CCPD-Crafting-Your-Elevator-Pitch.pdf\">Crafting Your Elevator Pitch<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/careercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/10\/CCPD-STARS-Handout.pdf\">Using the STAR Method to Answer Interview Questions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/careercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/04\/Pre-Health-Advising-Brochure-Fall-2025.pdf\">Pre-Health Advising<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/careercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/Pre-Law-Advising-Brochure-2025.pdf\">Pre-Law Advising<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Some highlights of what the CCPD provides include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Individual and group career coaching for all years and all majors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pre-law and pre-health coaching<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two Career and Internship Fairs per year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Regular events to promote professional preparation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Weekly drop-in hours staffed by Peer Career Consultants for quick questions or document reviews<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-accordion-container umw-custom-block\" data-only-one=\"true\">\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">Network MaryWash: Student \/ Alumni Connections<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/careercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2024\/04\/network-marywash-logo-square-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1945\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/careercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2024\/04\/network-marywash-logo-square-150x150.png 150w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/careercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2024\/04\/network-marywash-logo-square-300x300.png 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/careercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2024\/04\/network-marywash-logo-square-1024x1024.png 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/careercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2024\/04\/network-marywash-logo-square-768x767.png 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/careercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2024\/04\/network-marywash-logo-square-1536x1536.png 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/careercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2024\/04\/network-marywash-logo-square-2048x2046.png 2048w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/careercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2024\/04\/network-marywash-logo-square-1140x1140.png 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/careercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2024\/04\/network-marywash-logo-square-50x50.png 50w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/careercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2024\/04\/network-marywash-logo-square-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/umw.protopia.co\/\">Network MaryWash<\/a> is a system that enables students and alumni to quickly and easily connect for internship, career, and other advice. Ask a question online, and our system will find the alumni best equipped to answer, so you&#8217;ll receive responses from those with the most relevant experience.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">Parker Dewey: Micro-Internships<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p>Students and recent graduates from all majors can gain real-world experience by completing short-term, paid, typically-remote, professional projects. Micro-Internships allow you to demonstrate skills while exploring potential career paths\u2014all on your schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These unique projects are posted at all times of year by companies of all sizes, from Fortune 100 corporations to emerging startups. Micro-Internships move quickly, so it\u2019s important to log in regularly to see opportunities before they\u2019re gone!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Micro-Internships are facilitated via the Parker Dewey platform, connecting you with organizations in need of your skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/info.parkerdewey.com\/student\/umw\">Learn More About Parker Dewey Micro-Internships<div class='arrow'><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">Focus 2 Career: Self-Assessment<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p>Focus 2 Career is an easy-to-use online career self-assessment system that can help you explore your values, interests, personality, and skills and their relation to possible majors\/programs and careers. With access via the web, you can explore career options for all the majors\/programs offered at UMW, using self-guided, interactive exercises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All information can be saved as you go for quick and easy retrieval, and all results can be combined in a personal portfolio. You can print out all your results yourself. We also recommend you meet with a career coach to further explain your results and discuss career planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Access code for new accounts: eagle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.focus2career.com\/Portal\/Register.cfm?SID=1400\">Create Account <div class='arrow'><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.focus2career.com\/Portal\/Login.cfm?SID=1400\">Returning User<div class='arrow'><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">Handshake: Online Recruiting Platform<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p>Handshake is an online recruiting platform for higher education students and alumni that partners with universities and employers to streamline and simplify the recruiting process. The employers on Handshake are working directly with universities to recruit students. The University of Mary Washington has chosen to partner with Handshake because it is an excellent platform for students to find everything from their first internship to the job that launches them in to their dream career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The membership on Handshake is made up of over 14 million students and alumni from over 800 universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/careercenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/09\/Handshake-handout-checklist-spring-2023-rebrand.pdf\">Your Key to Success: Handshake<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/umw.joinhandshake.com\/login?requested_authentication_method=standard\">Login to Handshake with your UMW username and password<div class='arrow'><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/support.joinhandshake.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/218693368-Getting-Started-with-Handshake\">More information<div class='arrow'><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">Big Interview: Interview Training<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p>Big Interview is a free interview training system that features a new and innovative way to help you prepare more effectively for a job interview. Training and practice are combined to help improve your interview technique and build your confidence. You can access a video curriculum and question library to learn how to craft your answers and then record your responses to review yourself or share with others for feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Faculty Members<\/strong>: If you would like &#8220;administrator&#8221; access to Big Interview, so that you can create your own assignments and activities, please email <a href=\"mailto:ccpd@umw.edu\">ccpd@umw.edu<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/umw.biginterview.com\/\">Login to Big Interview with your UMW username and password<div class='arrow'><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">Forage: Job Simulations<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p>Forage offers web-based simulations of work assignments for employers across a range of industries. This tool is designed to give students realistic job previews and facilitate access to employers seeking their talent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theforage.com\/landing\/University%20of%20Mary%20Washington\/uQgFPgMPLJvDBkEwH\/UMW%20Careers\">Visit Forage<div class='arrow'><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">Coursera Career Academy: Courses and Microcredentials<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p>Coursera Career Academy offers UMW students, faculty, and staff free access to courses and microcredentials from industry leaders like Google, Microsoft, IBM, Meta, and Salesforce. Topics include computer science, business, IT security, project management, and communication skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/academics.umw.edu\/dls\/supported-tools\/coursera\/student-account\/\">Create Account<div class='arrow'><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/career-academy\/programs\/career-academy-students-mjbos?authProvider=umw\">Returning User<div class='arrow'><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">Virginia Talent + Opportunity Partnership Courses<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p>The Virginia Talent + Opportunity Partnership (V-TOP) offers courses to help students develop workplace readiness skills and prepare for successful internships. 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