KU News Release

New Web site to deliver enhanced career services to KU students

LAWRENCE — The University Career Center at the University of Kansas will launch a new Web site to help students plan for their future careers.

KUCareerHawk.com will allow students to create individual profiles and receive customized career-development information. The Web site also will allow students, employers, faculty and alumni to interact and discuss career-related issues.

“The Web site will provide a greater service to students so that they can find career-related material more quickly,” said David Gaston, director of the University Career Center. “It will provide opportunities for job seekers and employers to network whether they are situated locally, nationally or abroad.”

All of the services found on the career center’s current Web site, such as Optimal Resume, Perfect Interview and Resume Dropbox, will be available on KUCareerHawk.com.

In addition to enhanced career development tools, KUCareerHawk.com provides access to HawkStudent Employment, the federally subsidized job-search program sponsored by the University Career Center and the Office of Student Financial Aid. The program helps KU students find off-campus jobs in Lawrence, Topeka and Kansas City by developing stronger relationships with employers who may not have considered hiring KU students in the past.

Off-campus job listings will move from jobs.ku.edu to HawkStudent Employment on Jan. 14. Students and employers can access HawkStudent Employment through KUCareerHawk.com by clicking on the link on the left-hand navigation bar. Registration is free to students and employers.

KUCareerHawk.com and HawkStudent Employment are services of the University Career Center, contributing to student success. The center is located at 110 Burge Union on the Lawrence campus.

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