The Career Advising and Experiential Learning office has two coordinators who you could consider your "experiential advisors". We work to find information on opportunities for you to gain experience outside of the classroom. This could be through paid or unpaid internships, job shadowing, study abroad or other exchanges, or through volunteer and service work. Come meet with us and we can provide you with information on what experiences may work for you and how to get started on the path to your ROAR! 

The Career Advising and Experiential Learning office prepares and connects students with experiential opportunties by:

• Collaborating and coordinating with faculty, staff, and the community to provide
  and promote professional development activities for students
• Creating new and expanding existing strategic partnerships with local, regional,
  and global stakeholders
• Advising students on study abroad, internship, volunteer, and seasonal work
  opportunities
• Fostering multiple avenues for academic, personal, and professional engagement

Participating in an experiential opportunity can provide you with career exploration, professional skill building, impressive credentials, and networking opportunities.

In fact, research shows that when hiring managers are looking at resumes of recent college graduates, they view experiences over academic credentials as the most important attributes of a potential employee (Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012). 

Many opportunities exist for you to gain hands-on, out of the classroom experience at Idaho State University. All you have to do is:

1. Check out our Featured Experiences page.
2. Come by the Career Center, in the Museum Building room 418, and speak with one of our coordinators about what opportunities may exist for you.