For every Bobcat, every step of the way. Career Services at Texas State is your one-stop career center providing career resources and support.
Texas State LBJ Student Center
Career Services at TXST
Your internship search today
Find opportunities, create a plan, explore scholarships, and more.
How can we help you?
Schedule an appointment, search for internships and jobs (on-campus, part-time, or full-time), and learn more about our career fairs and events.
Featured opportunities on Handshake
New for you at Career Services
Check out these new opportunities to learn, connect, and grow.
Upcoming Events (Sneak-Peek)
- Location:
- Career Services, 502 LBJSC
- Cost:
- Contact:
- Campus Sponsor:
- Career Services
Get a front row seat to hear how others campuses nationwide are integrating career readiness into curriculum, programs, and partnerships. Choose from 9 sessions (offered at two dates) to help you develop new career readiness strategies, and bring skills development to life at our campus and in our classrooms.
Thursday, December 4th - Student Employment Track *Please RSVP now for the 4th
- Career Readiness at Work: Embedding the NACE competencies in Student Employment
- Leveraging NACE Competencies for Student Employment Success
- From Canvas to Campus: A Division-Wide Approach to Developing Career-Ready Student Employees
Monday, December 8th - Internship Track *Please RSVP for the separate event on the 8th to save correctly on your calendar
- The Impact of Internship Participation in Career Competency Development: Insights from the FSU Undergraduate Experience
- From Promise to Practice: Integrating Career Readiness Through Fordham’s Internship Promise
- Bridging the Gap: Cultivating Career-Ready Interns Through Intentional Workforce Preparation
Monday, December 8th - Curriculum Integration Track *Please RSVP for the separate event on the 8th to save correctly on your calendar
- Career Ready Curriculum, World Ready Graduates: Cross Campus Collaboration to Integrate Career Readiness Competencies
- Designing a Scalable, Competency-Based Curriculum
- SPuRS: A Scalable Model for Career Competency Development as a Graduation Requirement
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Session Details:
Student Employment Track (Dec 4)
- Career Readiness at Work: Embedding the NACE competencies in Student Employment
- Arizona State University is enhancing student employment by embedding NACE Career Competencies into on-the-job learning through supervisor-led development. The approach positions supervisors as key facilitators of career readiness by equipping them with tools and language to recognize and reinforce student learning. The goal is to create a scalable, competency-rich experience that integrates career development into student employment. ASU will introduce it’s Work+ framework that was developed to provide targeted onboarding and practical resources, leverage tools like the Career Readiness Inventory and Student Employee Hub, and how it piloted SkillsFWD, which links student work to digital credentials (Badges) and Learning and Employment Records (LERs), endorsed by supervisors to enable structured feedback conversations.
- Arizona State University is enhancing student employment by embedding NACE Career Competencies into on-the-job learning through supervisor-led development. The approach positions supervisors as key facilitators of career readiness by equipping them with tools and language to recognize and reinforce student learning. The goal is to create a scalable, competency-rich experience that integrates career development into student employment. ASU will introduce it’s Work+ framework that was developed to provide targeted onboarding and practical resources, leverage tools like the Career Readiness Inventory and Student Employee Hub, and how it piloted SkillsFWD, which links student work to digital credentials (Badges) and Learning and Employment Records (LERs), endorsed by supervisors to enable structured feedback conversations.
- Leveraging NACE Competencies for Student Employment Success
- The University at Buffalo’s Here to Career+ Student Employment Program, part of ASU’s Work+ Collective, aims to transform campus employment by funding positions and providing resources for student and supervisor development. The program integrates NACE Career Competencies into job design and uses Career Launch Pre- and Post-Assessments to measure growth. Key components that are shared:
- Discovery Sprint: Identified major barriers—unclear supervisor roles and lack of resources. Supervisors requested guidance on hiring, training, and managing student employees.
- Funding Process: Applicants select two NACE competencies for their positions and outline plans to develop them. Approved supervisors receive support for posting jobs, onboarding, and using the Career Launch pre-assessment.
- Student Experience: Students assess competency levels at the start, gain hands-on experience, and participate in targeted programming like skillshops and Strengths Lunch & Learn. Post-assessment fosters reflection and growth planning.
- Impact: First-year data shows growth in all eight NACE competencies, with supervisors rating improvement even higher. 85% would rehire their student. Success stories include graduates securing full-time roles and students reporting increased confidence in networking, problem-solving, and career planning.
- Discovery Sprint: Identified major barriers—unclear supervisor roles and lack of resources. Supervisors requested guidance on hiring, training, and managing student employees.
- The University at Buffalo’s Here to Career+ Student Employment Program, part of ASU’s Work+ Collective, aims to transform campus employment by funding positions and providing resources for student and supervisor development. The program integrates NACE Career Competencies into job design and uses Career Launch Pre- and Post-Assessments to measure growth. Key components that are shared:
- From Canvas to Campus: A Division-Wide Approach to Developing Career-Ready Student Employees
- After piloting a division-wide student staff training course based on NACE Career Readiness Competencies, this session provides a year-two update focused on expansion, evaluation, and collaboration including: key findings and lessons from the pilot year; expansion strategies and plans for broader infrastructure to engage supervisors; and finally the launch of a cross-campus Student Staff Supervisor Working Group to provide feedback, foster community, and share best practices for competency-based supervision and evaluation.
- After piloting a division-wide student staff training course based on NACE Career Readiness Competencies, this session provides a year-two update focused on expansion, evaluation, and collaboration including: key findings and lessons from the pilot year; expansion strategies and plans for broader infrastructure to engage supervisors; and finally the launch of a cross-campus Student Staff Supervisor Working Group to provide feedback, foster community, and share best practices for competency-based supervision and evaluation.
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Internship Track (Dec 8)
- The Impact of Internship Participation in Career Competency Development: Insights from the FSU Undergraduate Experience
- This session examines how internship participation influences students’ self-perceived career competencies and early post-graduation outcomes, using data from the FSU 2023–2024 Graduating Senior Survey and a case study from InternFSU, a structured internship program. Implications are that internships—especially structured programs like InternFSU—play a critical role in fostering career readiness by providing meaningful opportunities to build and apply professional skills and improved employment outcomes.
- This session examines how internship participation influences students’ self-perceived career competencies and early post-graduation outcomes, using data from the FSU 2023–2024 Graduating Senior Survey and a case study from InternFSU, a structured internship program. Implications are that internships—especially structured programs like InternFSU—play a critical role in fostering career readiness by providing meaningful opportunities to build and apply professional skills and improved employment outcomes.
- From Promise to Practice: Integrating Career Readiness Through Fordham’s Internship Promise
- Learn about Fordham’s Internship Promise, guaranteeing every student at least one high-impact, career-aligned opportunity—such as an internship, research, or community project—before graduation. The session will highlight strategies for aligning with academic priorities via faculty partnerships and four-year planning and also share how Handshake and PeopleGrove (RamConnect) are used to centralize opportunity tracking and student participation, and how tools like PathwayU guide students in connecting their values and interests to experiential learning.
- Learn about Fordham’s Internship Promise, guaranteeing every student at least one high-impact, career-aligned opportunity—such as an internship, research, or community project—before graduation. The session will highlight strategies for aligning with academic priorities via faculty partnerships and four-year planning and also share how Handshake and PeopleGrove (RamConnect) are used to centralize opportunity tracking and student participation, and how tools like PathwayU guide students in connecting their values and interests to experiential learning.
- Bridging the Gap: Cultivating Career-Ready Interns Through Intentional Workforce Preparation
- This session explores a proven framework for integrating career readiness into college internship programming, based on a summer internship model that delivers weekly development sessions alongside the traditional internship elements of job-specific training. The curriculum intentionally addresses the hidden curriculum of the workplace and those unwritten rules and expectations that can make or break early career success. We’ll share pre- and post-assessment data demonstrating measurable growth in interns’ competencies, and offer practical tools for replicating this model in other organizations.
- This session explores a proven framework for integrating career readiness into college internship programming, based on a summer internship model that delivers weekly development sessions alongside the traditional internship elements of job-specific training. The curriculum intentionally addresses the hidden curriculum of the workplace and those unwritten rules and expectations that can make or break early career success. We’ll share pre- and post-assessment data demonstrating measurable growth in interns’ competencies, and offer practical tools for replicating this model in other organizations.
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Curriculum Integration Track (Dec 8)
- Career Ready Curriculum, World Ready Graduates: Cross Campus Collaboration to Integrate Career Readiness Competencies
- Duquesne University launched a provost-supported initiative to bridge the skills gap between academia and industry by embedding NACE Career Readiness Competencies (CRCs) into coursework. Three offices partnered with five academic programs to create Faculty Learning Groups (FLGs), engaging eight faculty members from diverse disciplines. This session will: provide an overview of the partnerships that led to this initiative and the process for developing a successful collaborative approach; highlight the content and structure of the FLG series; and feature two of the course integration projects in an undergraduate and graduate business course and an undergraduate health sciences course that resulted from this initiative presented by the faculty members who integrated these changes.
- Duquesne University launched a provost-supported initiative to bridge the skills gap between academia and industry by embedding NACE Career Readiness Competencies (CRCs) into coursework. Three offices partnered with five academic programs to create Faculty Learning Groups (FLGs), engaging eight faculty members from diverse disciplines. This session will: provide an overview of the partnerships that led to this initiative and the process for developing a successful collaborative approach; highlight the content and structure of the FLG series; and feature two of the course integration projects in an undergraduate and graduate business course and an undergraduate health sciences course that resulted from this initiative presented by the faculty members who integrated these changes.
- Location:
- Career Services, 502 & 505 LBJSC
- Cost:
- Contact:
- Campus Sponsor:
- Career Services
Get a front row seat to hear how others campuses nationwide are integrating career readiness into curriculum, programs, and partnerships. Choose from 9 sessions (offered at two dates) to help you develop new career readiness strategies, and bring skills development to life at our campus and in our classrooms.
Monday, December 8th - Internship Track
- The Impact of Internship Participation in Career Competency Development: Insights from the FSU Undergraduate Experience
- From Promise to Practice: Integrating Career Readiness Through Fordham’s Internship Promise
- Bridging the Gap: Cultivating Career-Ready Interns Through Intentional Workforce Preparation
Monday, December 8th - Curriculum Integration Track
- Career Ready Curriculum, World Ready Graduates: Cross Campus Collaboration to Integrate Career Readiness Competencies
- Designing a Scalable, Competency-Based Curriculum
- SPuRS: A Scalable Model for Career Competency Development as a Graduation Requirement
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Session Details:
Internship Track (Dec 8)
- The Impact of Internship Participation in Career Competency Development: Insights from the FSU Undergraduate Experience
- This session examines how internship participation influences students’ self-perceived career competencies and early post-graduation outcomes, using data from the FSU 2023–2024 Graduating Senior Survey and a case study from InternFSU, a structured internship program. Implications are that internships—especially structured programs like InternFSU—play a critical role in fostering career readiness by providing meaningful opportunities to build and apply professional skills and improved employment outcomes.
- This session examines how internship participation influences students’ self-perceived career competencies and early post-graduation outcomes, using data from the FSU 2023–2024 Graduating Senior Survey and a case study from InternFSU, a structured internship program. Implications are that internships—especially structured programs like InternFSU—play a critical role in fostering career readiness by providing meaningful opportunities to build and apply professional skills and improved employment outcomes.
- From Promise to Practice: Integrating Career Readiness Through Fordham’s Internship Promise
- Learn about Fordham’s Internship Promise, guaranteeing every student at least one high-impact, career-aligned opportunity—such as an internship, research, or community project—before graduation. The session will highlight strategies for aligning with academic priorities via faculty partnerships and four-year planning and also share how Handshake and PeopleGrove (RamConnect) are used to centralize opportunity tracking and student participation, and how tools like PathwayU guide students in connecting their values and interests to experiential learning.
- Learn about Fordham’s Internship Promise, guaranteeing every student at least one high-impact, career-aligned opportunity—such as an internship, research, or community project—before graduation. The session will highlight strategies for aligning with academic priorities via faculty partnerships and four-year planning and also share how Handshake and PeopleGrove (RamConnect) are used to centralize opportunity tracking and student participation, and how tools like PathwayU guide students in connecting their values and interests to experiential learning.
- Bridging the Gap: Cultivating Career-Ready Interns Through Intentional Workforce Preparation
- This session explores a proven framework for integrating career readiness into college internship programming, based on a summer internship model that delivers weekly development sessions alongside the traditional internship elements of job-specific training. The curriculum intentionally addresses the hidden curriculum of the workplace and those unwritten rules and expectations that can make or break early career success. We’ll share pre- and post-assessment data demonstrating measurable growth in interns’ competencies, and offer practical tools for replicating this model in other organizations.
- This session explores a proven framework for integrating career readiness into college internship programming, based on a summer internship model that delivers weekly development sessions alongside the traditional internship elements of job-specific training. The curriculum intentionally addresses the hidden curriculum of the workplace and those unwritten rules and expectations that can make or break early career success. We’ll share pre- and post-assessment data demonstrating measurable growth in interns’ competencies, and offer practical tools for replicating this model in other organizations.
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Curriculum Integration Track (Dec 8)
- Career Ready Curriculum, World Ready Graduates: Cross Campus Collaboration to Integrate Career Readiness Competencies
- Duquesne University launched a provost-supported initiative to bridge the skills gap between academia and industry by embedding NACE Career Readiness Competencies (CRCs) into coursework. Three offices partnered with five academic programs to create Faculty Learning Groups (FLGs), engaging eight faculty members from diverse disciplines. This session will: provide an overview of the partnerships that led to this initiative and the process for developing a successful collaborative approach; highlight the content and structure of the FLG series; and feature two of the course integration projects in an undergraduate and graduate business course and an undergraduate health sciences course that resulted from this initiative presented by the faculty members who integrated these changes.
- Duquesne University launched a provost-supported initiative to bridge the skills gap between academia and industry by embedding NACE Career Readiness Competencies (CRCs) into coursework. Three offices partnered with five academic programs to create Faculty Learning Groups (FLGs), engaging eight faculty members from diverse disciplines. This session will: provide an overview of the partnerships that led to this initiative and the process for developing a successful collaborative approach; highlight the content and structure of the FLG series; and feature two of the course integration projects in an undergraduate and graduate business course and an undergraduate health sciences course that resulted from this initiative presented by the faculty members who integrated these changes.
- Designing a Scalable, Competency-Based Curriculum
- This session showcases a university-wide initiative embedding NACE Career Competencies throughout the student experience across 3- and 4-year degree pathways. The approach integrates experiential learning, career development, and competency-building into academics and advising to ensure every graduate leaves with an individualized career plan. The result was to build structured reflection practices, a career readiness checklist, and employer partnerships that support skill development and workforce alignment. Key Highlights:
- Scaled experiential learning across all colleges and campuses, inside and outside the classroom.
- Embedded career development into general education and major-specific courses, supported by tools like Focus2Career, Big Interview, and Handshake.
- Redesigned the general education core aligned with NACE competencies.
- Implemented annual reflection activities (SMART goals, career confidence survey) to strengthen career identity.
- Created a Career Readiness Checklist and internal portfolio system to track and showcase skills.
- Built employer partnerships for immersive experiences and feedback on competency attainment.
- Scaled experiential learning across all colleges and campuses, inside and outside the classroom.
- This session showcases a university-wide initiative embedding NACE Career Competencies throughout the student experience across 3- and 4-year degree pathways. The approach integrates experiential learning, career development, and competency-building into academics and advising to ensure every graduate leaves with an individualized career plan. The result was to build structured reflection practices, a career readiness checklist, and employer partnerships that support skill development and workforce alignment. Key Highlights:
- SPuRS: A Scalable Model for Career Competency Development as a Graduation Requirement
- The Student Professional Readiness Series (SPuRS) at Western Michigan University is a tiered, self-paced program required for all undergraduate business students since 2016. Students progress through foundational and advanced levels, earning recognition at graduation based on engagement. Each activity—ranging from workshops and employer events to reflective practice and experiential learning—is tied to NACE Career Readiness Competencies. SPuRS offers a replicable framework for operationalizing career readiness at scale, providing practical tools for institutions to launch or enhance similar initiatives.
- The Student Professional Readiness Series (SPuRS) at Western Michigan University is a tiered, self-paced program required for all undergraduate business students since 2016. Students progress through foundational and advanced levels, earning recognition at graduation based on engagement. Each activity—ranging from workshops and employer events to reflective practice and experiential learning—is tied to NACE Career Readiness Competencies. SPuRS offers a replicable framework for operationalizing career readiness at scale, providing practical tools for institutions to launch or enhance similar initiatives.
Thank you to our Hire-A-Bobcat Sponsors
Maroon Sponsors
