- Career Modules
- Career Modules
- Course Content
Career Essentials Contents
The Career Essentials course offers multiple different modules to help develop the skills you need to succeed post-graduation. A "module" is a collection of lessons that focuses on a specific topic, like resume development or interview preparation. When self-enrolling in the Career Essentials Brightspace course, modules can be completed in any order, and completion is not required!
Below is the list of modules and lessons that are available to take in this Career Essentials course.
To add the course to your Brightspace, click the link below:
https://purdue.brightspace.com/d2l/le/discovery/view/course/1532696
Module Name |
Contents |
|---|---|
Networking Module |
Helps students understand networking as relationship-building, identify their current network, draft professional outreach language, practice networking scripts, and create a 30-day relationship maintenance plan. |
Resume Development Module |
Guides students through the resume development process, including resume purpose, formatting, common categories, content selection, bullet statements, and tailoring for specific opportunities. |
Interview Preparation Module |
Helps students prepare for interviews by building an interview roadmap, researching roles and employers, drafting introductions, developing STAR stories, and planning follow-up. |
Original Job Search Module |
Guides students through a structured job or internship search process, from identifying skills, values, and interests to researching roles, building employer lists, validating fit, and applying with support. |
Job Search in a Soft Economy Module |
Helps students build a more resilient job search strategy by becoming a known entity, identifying recession-resistant industries, increasing opportunity-building behaviors, and planning upskilling or credentialing steps. |
Financial Literacy and Post-Graduation Planning Module |
Supports students in preparing for post-graduation financial decisions through resource mapping, budget planning, budget validation, and financial resilience planning. |
Career Technology Lesson Sets |
Includes guided lesson sets for tools such as Big Interview, Forage, WiseDoc, and cross-technology career readiness activities. |
Career Resilience Companion Lessons |
Includes companion lessons such as Becoming a Known Entity and Upskilling/Credentialing to help students strengthen visibility, proof points, and skill-building plans. |