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Get Involved

What Can Parents Do To Help?

For Your Son or Daughter:

Be a Listener

• offer non-judgmental listening
• give honest feedback
• initiate conversations on career planning
• assist your student in clarifying their ideas, skills, interests
• help your student develop independent decision-making skills to last a lifetime!

Be a Resource

• help your student develop contacts for information and advice in career exploration and job search
• refer your student to colleagues, friends, neighbors, parishioners, family, community members etc.
• offer encouragement to approach different people and ask for information and advice

Be an Advocate

• encourage your student to avoid procrastination and denial
• encourage your student to take advantage of all of the resources in CS
• make sure that you read over the Student section contents of our web site!

For Career Services:

• Contact the Human Resources department at your place of employment about recruiting programs for full-time, part-time, internships and summer positions. Sharing this information and contact with Career Services can be beneficial to enhancing our employer relations programs.
   
• Volunteer to talk to students (in person, by e-mail, or over the phone) about your career path and current employer. Contact Career Services for more information on serving as a mentor.
   
• Volunteer to assist with housing for a summer intern from Clark.
   
• We welcome your suggestions on any other ways you think you may be helpful to your son or daughter and other Clark students. Tell us what you think. . .