Advising and Career Development

You are invited to become one of the many successful women who have launched promising futures at Mount Mary College. Since 1913, the college has maintained an excellent academic reputation and adapted and refined academic programs to stay current in today’s marketplace.

Mount Mary College graduates find jobs, satisfaction, and success thanks to small classes, supportive faculty, rigorous academic programs, internship possibilities, service learning experiences, and campus leadership opportunities. Not surprisingly, Mount Mary students are academically prepared and personally inspired with “can do” attitudes.

While visiting the Advising and Career Development Office, you can:

• Learn more about Mount Mary's majors and minors
• Translate your major into career options
• Have your resume and cover letter critiqued
• Look up employment opportunities
  
• Access resources on how to develop a cover letter, resume, or other career-related documents
  • download the resume and cover letter resource guide
    
• Plan a successful career
• Research career-related topics ( i.e. salary negotiations, interview questions, etc.)
  
• Investigate graduate school options
  
• Learn about the internship process
  
• Gain information about academic advisors
• Get career development assistance
  • download the career development process handout
• Participate in self assessment/skill analysis exercises
• Get assistance in decision making techniques
• Receive services as an undecided student
  • download flier

Find out more by viewing the departmental brochure.

Office Information

Located in the new Student Success Center on the south end of the first floor of the Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Library, mmc-adcardev@mtmary.edu.
(414) 256-1243

Hours of Operation - Weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Individual appointments are highly encouraged.
Evening appointments available.

Services for Mount Mary Alumnae

As the career planning process extends past graduation and throughout a lifetime, the Mount Mary College Advising and Career Development Office provides services to our alumnae. Alumnae who are re-entering the job market, planning for future education or looking to re-career are invited to meet with a member of the Career Development staff for assistance.

Alumnae have found it not only helpful, but necessary in today's market to reassess, collect information, and gain some exposure to their prospective field, proving that the basic career planning stages remain valuable regardless of a woman's age or where she is in her career/life path.

Confidentiality

Advising and Career Development staff members uphold the ethical standards of the American Association of Counseling and Development, ensuring confidentiality to any student seeking career counseling. The staff works cooperatively with other student affair and student service personnel and may seek a student's written permission to discuss private information in order to better assist the student.

Mission Statement

The mission of Advising and Career Development is to promote and support the integration of academic and career planning in the minds of students, faculty and administration by encouraging critical and holistic thinking about the educational, experiential, moral and personal development required for the life-long practice of career management.