Alumni : Levett Career Center : Hanover College

Alumni

Welcome, Alumni!

The Levett Career Center welcomes the opportunity to work with alumni throughout the year. Would you like assistance with your own career-related issues? Would you like to help current students? Either way, we have information for you below that will give you an overview of the ways that you can get involved.

We're here to help you!

The Levett Career Center at Hanover College serves alumni at no charge. You may have changed direction with a graduate degree; you may be facing life-changing issues such as dissatisfaction with your current job, relocation to another geographical area, or job loss (click here for a comprehensive guide to surviving lay-offs). Whatever the reason, feel free to e-mail us at careercenter@hanover.edu. To reach out to staff directly, find our contact information here.

To help you maneuver your way through your job search, here is a sampling of practical tools the Levett Career Center has to offer to help simplify the job search process:

1. 1. HanoverConnect: This is our job search platform, which allows alumni to search job openings that have been posted by employers, as well as to post your résumé for these employers to view. Visit HanoverConnect to get started. If you don't already have a username and password, please contact us to set up an account.
  2. Career Fairs: Graduates of the most recent five classes are welcome to attend our career fairs, held annually in Indianapolis, IN. These exclusive fairs are co-sponsored by Hanover College and target seniors and recent graduates of liberal arts colleges in Indiana and Kentucky.
  3. Networking tips and leads: We can provide you with a list of alumni in a specified career field or within a certain geographical area to help you network.
  4. Résumé, Cover Letter, and other document guides: Résumé styles and formats can change frequently over time. Our Résumé Guide and Cover Letter Guide are updated regularly to keep alumni current on recent trends and standards. Go to Publications for links to our current issues and for recordings of recent workshops.
  5. Résumé Critiques: Once a résumé, cover letter, or LinkedIn profile is updated, our staff is available to review it and offer editing suggestions. E-mail your documents to us as an attachment for assistance, noting the position for which you are applying in your message.
  6. Mock Interviews: After reading our Art of Interviewing Guide, it helps to practice those skills. Mock Interviews can be scheduled at the Levett Career Center or via video conferencing or telephone. This is a most helpful tool, especially if you haven't been interviewed in a while.
  7. Tools to help find your true interests and strengths: Many times, what we do and what we LIKE to do are two different things. Career Center staff provide assessments that can give you insight you might not find elsewhere.
  8. Tips for online job searches beyond the daily newspapers' classified ads: Career Center staff can help you plan an effective search strategy.

The Levett Career Center is here to help you, whether you graduated last year, 5 years ago, or 50 years ago, whether you find yourself unexpectedly out of work, or you just want to keep your résumé current with the latest format. There is never a charge for our services - let us know what we can do for you.

The Career Center could use your help, too!

Winston Churchill once said, "We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give." Would you like to assist current students and alumni searching for jobs? Your expertise, insight into your profession and understanding of a Hanover College student's background will prove invaluable to our students and alumni as they select, explore, and plan strategies to enter their own careers. Please email us to volunteer - there are many ways that you can help:

Join the Hanover Network: Drop us a line and let us know what you're up to and where you are. Keeping your information current is the best way to help us. To assist the Levett Career Center in any activities described below, email us and we'll let alumni and students know of your interest.

COACH Alumni Mentor Program: Would you like to develop an ongoing relationship with a student, providing guidance, networking leads and job search strategies? Your participation in the COACH Mentor program can make a real difference to a student's career success. Sign up through the link above to volunteer for this rewarding program.

Job Shadowing: You can help a student gain insight into what your career field is like by hosting them for one representative work day. Email to volunteer.

Informational Interviews: Spend about 20 minutes by telephone, as you discuss your job with a current student (on their tab). Tell them about the satisfactions and challenges of your field, discuss the qualifications required to enter it and assist them in planning job search strategies.

On Campus Recruiting: There are many opportunities for you to meet Hanover's students. For example, depending on your hiring needs, you might:

- - - Post your current job openings through HanoverConnect. After setting up your company profile, you can be linked to Hanover students and post your job and internship openings directly to those students.
    - Conduct on-campus interviews with seniors or potential interns. If you would like to meet with our students to discuss internships or permanent positions, we will work with you to set up a mutually beneficial schedule.
    - Staff a table in the Campus Center at peak hours to talk with students about employment opportunities. We'll handle all the publicity and the arrangements, and your meal is on us.
    - Offer an afternoon or evening presentation to students interested in your organization. Again, we'll handle the logistics, and can support all your audiovisual requirements. Email to set a date to come back to campus and visit!

The Levett Career Center is here to help make and keep the Hanover Connection. Feel free to contact our Staff and we'll be happy to help you!