Center for Student Success

The Center for Student Success at the Price College of Business exists to enhance the undergraduate student engagement in curricular, co-curricular, and extracurricular opportunities that will help prepare students for success in a diverse global business environment.

The CSS facilitates professional development opportunities, for all business majors, through the Freshman Success Series, Speaker Series, the Deane and Ginger Kanaly Lecture Series, Senior Success Series, special events and workshops both in Price College of Business and across the University campus. Additionally, the CSS provides a structured framework of developmental exposure through required sophomore and junior-level classes, which emphasize basic and advanced instruction for succeeding in the business world. The Price College of Business is one of a few business colleges in the nation with a Center for Student Success devoted to the development of its majors. The activities presented by the CSS collectively represent the different pathways to success for all Price College students, regardless of their majors.

When you leave with your Price College degree, your employer will know you are a well-rounded, culturally competent employee ready to take on the challenges of an ever-changing business world.

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Tip Sheets

30 Second Me Speech (pdf)

After You Get the Job (pdf)

Case Interviewing (pdf)

Career Fair (pdf)

Cover Letters (pdf)

Dining Etiquette (pdf)

Interviews (pdf)

Internships Dos and Donts (pdf)

Networking (pdf)

Resumes (pdf)

Thank You Letters (pdf)

Virtual Career Fair (pdf)

Virtual Internships (pdf)

Virtual Interviews (pdf)

Skype/Zoom Interviewing (pdf)

Social Media (pdf)

Zoom Meetings (pdf)

Cover Letters

Should accompany each resume sent to a prospective employer
Its purpose is to help gain an interview
Written to catch the reader´s attention
Should state why you are writing
Identify the position for which you are applying
Communicate your skills and qualifications
Compel the reader to act–request a next step

Sample Cover Letter (pdf)

Resumes

Tailor resume to job opening
Make sure resume highlights relevant experience
Highlight skills and accomplishments
Should be clearly written and easy to read
Keep in chronological order
No more than one page if you are still in school or have been out of school for less than 4 years
Professionally or laser printed on quality paper

Be Familiar with your resume

Be able to speak in detail about information you have listed on your resume
Be able to explain any gaps in employment
Make sure your resume highlights why you are a fit for the job
Make sure that your resume is crafted to highlight key experience, skills and duties which were listed in the job description
Be prepared to show that you are or have leadership, analytical, communication, problem resolution and creative skills and or abilities

Sample Resume (pdf)

Business Communication Center

Useful and transformational Business Communication skills help to ensure the enduring global competiveness of Oklahoma and the nation by preparing students to communicate well through writing and oral presentation.

Students learn the proper format for writing letters, memos, and e-mails. They learn to identify problems within companies and gain valuable research skills as they formulate professional solutions.

Time and again students report that the one book to which they refer in their professional careers is the Business Writing text.

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