Career Counseling Services For Staff

The program is designed to help Stanford staff with their career development.
 

• clarifying life/career goals
• making career decisions and developing career plans
• exploring job enrichment and career advancement opportunities
• identifying career options particularly on the Stanford campus
• learning networking skills
• learning job hunting strategies and skills
• developing resumes, cover letter, interviewing skills
• exploring retirement options
• doing self assessment testing to assess abilities, interests, skills, personality styles, etc
• gaining support for those experiencing job stress, conflict on the job, and career transition
   

COMPASS (Career Management Program for Stanford Staff) has been around since 2001.  It offers new and different classes and lunch time talks each quarter.   Staff can register via axess.stanford.edu.

There is a comprehensive career development website with assessments, articles, links, tools, etc.  Website:  http://compass1.stanford.edu

What's relatively new to the COMPASS program is the Career Counseling Network (CCN).  This service allows staff access to a network of local career counselors at a discounted rate (about 25% lower than standard private practice career counseling rates) for individual, confidential career counseling appointments.  Staff can also use up to $300 of their STAP funds to see these counselors and without needing their supervisor's approval.  For more information, see http://www.stanford.edu/dept/ld/compass/ccn.html.