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| July 2026 | Career Center |
Dear Colleagues — As many of you read in the recent email announcement from the Provost's Office, the Career Center will be relocating to the second floor of the Paul L. Locatelli, S.J. Student Activity Center. This move reflects the university’s commitment to create opportunity for all talented students and ensure equitable access to meaningful career discernment and professional networks. The Career Center will be closed from July 1-July 31. Our team will continue to work remotely during this time. We will be open in the new space by the start of fall quarter. The new space will significantly increase the size of the Career Center, including a large multi-use space for workshops and events, conference and on-campus interview rooms, and a new 40-seat classroom.
Inviting your ideas This transition is an opportunity to think imaginatively about how we deliver career and professional development programs. We want to ensure the new Locatelli space truly reflects and meets the diverse voices, creative energy, and unique needs of the entire Santa Clara University community. We invite you to share your ideas and questions. Relocating Center for Student Involvement As part of this move, the Center for Student Involvement will relocate into the former Career Center space in the Benson Memorial Center. As always, I look forward to working together to deliver on the promise of higher education for all of our students: a good job, social capital, and economic mobility in pursuit of a more humane, just and sustainable world.
◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ Stay Career Ready with the Virtual Summer Workshop SeriesThe Career Center is pleased to offer our fourth annual Virtual Summer Workshop Series. Each workshop is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. These workshops are perfect for everyone: incoming fall admits, current students, alumni... and even curious parents!
REGISTER BELOW Building a Fearless Job Search 👊 Join LinkedIn Live (Presented by LinkedIn) 👊 Tips from Recruiters 👊 Questions about the Summer Workshop Series? Email careercenter@scu.edu. ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ Summer Work Experience Survey Results Are In!Each spring, the Career Center conducts the Summer Work Experience Survey of sophomores and juniors to ask what their summer plans are. We're pleased to share some of the top-line results*, including this collage of logos of some of the amazing companies and organizations where students are interning and working this summer!
43%are doing an internship this summer (up from 35% last year), and 23% are working part-time or full-time jobs. 44%secured their job/internship through their personal/professional network, and 24% secured it through a faculty or staff member, the alumni network, or the Career Center. 19%indicated that they plan to earn academic credit for their experiential learning activity, while 60% indicated that they were "not sure" if they could receive academic credit. *results based on a 10% response rate Are you interested in taking a deep dive into the results? Email Dylan Houle at dhoule@scu.edu. ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ Melissa Thiriez Joins Virtual Think Tank on Employer and Industry PartnershipsOn Tuesday, July 21, Melissa Thiriez will serve a panelist as part of a Virtual Think Tank hosted by the Career Leadership Collective on the topic of Innovations in Employer Relations & Industry Partnerships.
Moderated by Steve Russell, Chief Partnership Officer at Bowling Green State University, the panel will also feature speakers from Carnegie Mellon, The University of Oklahoma, and Tulane University. Interested in learning more about our employer relations strategy? Email Melissa Thiriez at mthiriez@scu.edu. ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ Noël Kreidler Wins Inclusive Excellence AwardCongratulations to Noël Kreidler, Director of Career Development and Campus Integration, who was awarded the Inclusive Excellence Award at the Staff Recognition Event on Monday, June 15.
Noël was recognized with this award for many reasons, chief among this is her work with the Disability and Chronic Illness Network (DCIN) through which she advocates for physical and institutional accessibility across campus on behalf of students, staff and faculty. Noël, thank you for your dedication to our students and for consistently going above and beyond your day-to-day work! ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ Dylan Houle, Melissa Thiriez Graduate, Become AlumniCongratulations to Dylan Houle and Melissa Thiriez who both graduated on Saturday, June 13. Dylan earned a Doctor of Education (Ed.D) and Melissa earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA).
On behalf of both of us, thank you to our families, friends, our team, our colleagues, and our faculty for all of your support throughout our journeys. And thank you to Santa Clara University for offering the amazing benefit of tuition remission! ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ Mary Saetern on Maternity LeavePlease join us in congratulating Mary Saetern, Assistant Director of Employer Relations, and her husband on the upcoming birth of their second child.
Mary will be on maternity leave from June 11 to mid-November. While Mary is on leave, please direct employer-related inquiries to Melissa Thiriez, Director of Employer Relations and Partnerships, at mthiriez@scu.edu. ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ Career News and Hot Topics From Around the Web
The Ghostwritten Candidate: AI Fraud, Auto-apply, and the Fight for Authentic Career ReadinessNational Association of Colleges and Employers California’s Career Passport to Connect Qualified Workers to EmploymentThe Office of Governor Gavin Newsom Cutting Degrees That Don't Add ValueFuture U Podcast The Value of Faculty Connecting Classroom Lessons to Career SuccessNational Association of Colleges and Employers ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ Not just the Career Center... your Career Center! Questions, concerns, ideas, suggestions?
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