CEPD in the Classroom
To be competitive in today’s virtual job market, CSUN Nazarian students should obtain not only knowledge and competence in their field of study, but also professional skills. CEPD is committed to helping students build those professional skills that are highly valued by employers and necessary in this new virtual recruiting world.
We would love to partner with you to embed professional skills into your courses. There are two ways to partner our services with your curriculum:
1. Classroom Presentations (Don’t Cancel Class!)
Request a presentation if you must cancel class or want to supplement your course content.
CEPD staff can tailor a presentation based on your needs.
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After submitting your request, we will confirm within two (2) business days.
2. Course Assignments
Many CSUN Nazarian faculty create course assignments that requires students to utilize one or more of our online platforms. Below is a list of our platforms, links to details about their functionality, and how you can use them:
| Handshake All CSUN career services (CEPD, EYCC, and Career Center) utilize Handshake as a online career management platform. Faculty and staff can request their own student account in Handshake to experience the student’s view. To request a Handshake account, please email your request to our staff at nazariancareers@csun.edu. |
| VMock VMock is a 24/7 virtual career assistant for students that utilizes technologies like artificial intelligence to provide instant personalized feedback on resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and elevator pitches. It currently has 4 different modules students can use for immediate feedback:
These online tools are uniquely relevant in this new virtual world. We believe these are essential career tools for students to prepare for the virtual recruiting that is now happening. |
| Firsthand (formerly Vault) Firsthand provides in-depth intelligence on what it’s really like to work within an industry, company, and profession. Firsthand is best known for its influential rankings, ratings, and reviews on thousands of top employers and hundreds of internship programs. All CSUN students and employees have access to Firsthand using their CSUN email address. Faculty and staff are encouraged to utilize First as a resource. Visiting this site allows you to assist students with information found when viewing career guides and searching employers rankings and ratings. |
| StandOut Students can practice video interviews for a variety of roles, industries, and skills based interviews. |
You may want to want to incorporate one or more of these platforms into your class in the form of an assignment. Examples of assignments include Completing their Handshake Profile, Upload Resume on VMock and Improve Score, and Use VMock Elevator Pitch.
Our office is happy to help facilitate and verify when your students complete an assignment. CEPD will track student progress and provide an excel report to you indicating which students have completed the assignment(s) by the deadline set. To do so, we ask that you provide us your class roster containing students’ names and email addresses at least one (1) week before assigned.
If you want to learn more or discuss incorporating one or more CEPD assignments into your classes, please contact our office at nazariancareers@csun.edu and (818) 677-4697.