Ursula Olender
From College to Career
INTD 1012Live Your Best (Future) Life: From College to Career In this course students will identify and reflect deeply on their strengths, values, and motivations and learn how to apply self-knowledge to their search for personally meaningful work. Students will be introduced to leading career development theories including Pryor and Bright’s Chaos Theory of Careers, Krumboltz’s Planned Happenstance, Jung’s Theory of Personality, and Appreciative Inquiry; hear from professional experts; and practice skills proven to increase their access to purposeful opportunities in the world of work. Classes will involve instructor led lectures followed by discussions, case studies, videos/podcasts, career inventories, speakers and panels, and individual/group reflections. Students will learn how to use tools and strategies to navigate their immediate and future job searches that will be useful throughout their lifetimes. Ursula Olender M.Ed. is a career services leader with extensive experience building career development ecosystems and highly productive teams. With more than 25 years of experience, she joined Middlebury in 2016 as Director of Career Advising and Employer Relations and Business/Finance Careers Advisor, she previously directed career centers at Amherst College and Colgate University, and was chief health professions advisor and associate director at Dartmouth College. Tracy Himmel Isham is a professional having worked for 14 years in the natural resource sector and 20 years at Middlebury College and the Center for Careers and Internships as a social impact and education career adviser. Her career has spanned the nonprofit, for-profit, start-up venture, and association worlds focusing on global issues and pragmatic solutions: the environment and ecosystem market-based models; economic, community and market development; fair trade; innovation and social entrepreneurship; sustainable food systems; and educational access./
0 reviewsW25From College to Career
INTD 1012Live Your Best (Future) Life: From College to Career In this course students will identify and reflect deeply on their strengths, values, and motivations and learn how to apply self-knowledge to their search for personally meaningful work. Students will be introduced to leading career development theories including Pryor and Bright’s Chaos Theory of Careers, Krumboltz’s Planned Happenstance, Jung’s Theory of Personality, and Appreciative Inquiry; hear from professional experts; and practice skills proven to increase their access to purposeful opportunities in the world of work. Classes will involve instructor led lectures followed by discussions, case studies, videos/podcasts, career inventories, speakers and panels, and individual/group reflections. Students will learn how to use tools and strategies to navigate their immediate and future job searches that will be useful throughout their lifetimes. Ursula Olender M.Ed. is a career services leader with extensive experience building career development ecosystems and highly productive teams. With more than 25 years of experience, she joined Middlebury in 2016 as Director of Career Advising and Employer Relations and Business/Finance Careers Advisor, she previously directed career centers at Amherst College and Colgate University, and was chief health professions advisor and associate director at Dartmouth College. Tracy Himmel Isham is a professional having worked for 14 years in the natural resource sector and 20 years at Middlebury College and the Center for Careers and Internships as a social impact and education career adviser. Her career has spanned the nonprofit, for-profit, start-up venture, and association worlds focusing on global issues and pragmatic solutions: the environment and ecosystem market-based models; economic, community and market development; fair trade; innovation and social entrepreneurship; sustainable food systems; and educational access./
1 reviewW24From College to Career
INTD 1012Live Your Best (Future) Life: From College to Career In this course students will identify and reflect deeply on their strengths, values, and motivations and learn how to apply self-knowledge to their search for personally meaningful work. Students will be introduced to leading career development theories including Pryor and Bright’s Chaos Theory of Careers, Krumboltz’s Planned Happenstance, Jung’s Theory of Personality, and Appreciative Inquiry; hear from professional experts; and practice skills proven to increase their access to purposeful opportunities in the world of work. Classes will involve instructor led lectures followed by discussions, case studies, videos/podcasts, career inventories, speakers and panels, and individual/group reflections. Students will learn how to use tools and strategies to navigate their immediate and future job searches that will be useful throughout their lifetimes. Ursula Olender M.Ed. is a career services leader with extensive experience building career development ecosystems and highly productive teams. With more than 25 years of experience, she joined Middlebury in 2016 as Director of Career Advising and Employer Relations and Business/Finance Careers Advisor, she previously directed career centers at Amherst College and Colgate University, and was chief health professions advisor and associate director at Dartmouth College. Tracy Himmel Isham is a professional having worked for 14 years in the natural resource sector and 20 years at Middlebury College and the Center for Careers and Internships as a social impact and education career adviser. Her career has spanned the nonprofit, for-profit, start-up venture, and association worlds focusing on global issues and pragmatic solutions: the environment and ecosystem market-based models; economic, community and market development; fair trade; innovation and social entrepreneurship; sustainable food systems; and educational access./
1 reviewW23This was an easy J-term class, although not always the most interesting or exciting. You spend a lot of time going over the steps of the job application process, which is helpful if you haven't already made a resume or gone through the interview process, but if you have, it can be a bit boring at times. The instructors were helpful and nice, though, and it's a great way to make sure you're prepared to apply for internships/jobs later in the year.
This was an easy J-term class, although not always the most interesting or exciting. You spend a lot of time going over the steps of the job application process, which is helpful if you haven't already made a resume or gone through the interview process, but if you have, it can be a bit boring at times. The instructors were helpful a …Read more
Not a ton of work and the work is obviously super helpful. Final project includes three job-specific resumes, cover letters, a completed linked in account and something else that wasn't that crazy I'm blanking on. Teachers were def still figuring out the course while I was taking may have developed a more cohesive class plan since I've taken this.