Southeastern Louisiana University Athletics

THE GOAL
The Career Development program is a tiered system that takes our student-athletes through several layers of preparedness. The desired result is that, when they are ready to move into life after athletics, individual student-athletes will:

• Have selected a major that relates to their career interests and plans;
• Know what jobs and careers best suit their interests and skills;
• Have partnered with businesses or special interest groups to gain hands-on experiences;
• Be aware of job and career opportunities in their fields of interest;
• Have made connections and developed relationships in those fields;
• Have a resume that includes experience in the forms of job shadowing and internships.

THE PROCESS
Student-athletes will be provided the opportunity to grow in each of these areas through skilled academic advisors, mentorship opportunities, part-time jobs and internships, programming designed to educate on career opportunities and resume construction, and, lastly, the Lion Leadership Luncheon sponsored by North Oaks Health Systems, which is an opportunity to meet one-on-one with credible and proven professionals to mentor junior and senior student-athletes in areas of their respective interest.

LION LINK
Our focus is to prepare our student-athletes to be their best in life after athletics. This includes helping them to recognize and market their unique transferable skills, develop and refine interview skills, and gain internship or work experience as an undergraduate. Thus, an important aspect of this preparedness will include forging relationships with companies to ensure that our student-athletes have the ability to participate in networking opportunities, job shadowing and internships.

Interested in helping with our career development initiative?

LION LEADERSHIP LUNCHEON

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