Alumni

The Career and Professional Development Center offers a range of services to help alumni of all life stages, majors, and industries navigate their careers. Alumni your career will go through different seasons, ups, downs, twists, and turns. We offer our alumni services to support career changes and job transitions – from networking opportunities to resume reviews to one-to-one career coaching with our Career Specialist. 

Our Rattler alumni may set up an account on the HireARattler powered by Handshake system.

If you need additional assistance, please contact the FAMU Alumni CPD Center Liasion, Marie Smallwood.

Internship to Job: How to Turn Your Summer Internship Into a Full-Time Employment

This article provides great tips on achieving the goal of securing a job form the internship program that you have applied for.  It gives pointers on strategies for building relationships, networking, and secrets to being hired after the internship period …

By Mark Pate
Mark Pate Assistant Director, IT
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5 Tips to Ace a Career Fair

Career fairs can be overwhelming, to say the least. In many cases, you’ll be vying against scores of other students for the attention of company representatives. The following infographic provides strategies that will help you stand out to employers and make …

By Firsthand
We help applicants, students, job-seekers and professionals like you find the right career path using the power of firsthand experiences.
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Become a Future Shaper with Honeywell

Honeywell is a Fortune 100 company that invents and manufactures technologies to address tough challenges linked to global macrotrends such as safety, security, and energy. With approximately 110,000 employees worldwide, including more than 19,000 engineers and scientists, we have an …

By Marie Smallwood
Marie Smallwood Assistant Director
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Amazon Internship Turns Into Full-Time Position for SJGC Student

SJGC Public Relations student, Tanasia Reed, has secured a post-grad offer with Amazon! Reed’s offer is for a full-time position as a PR Assistant at their second headquarters in Arlington, Virginia beginning in July of 2022.  

Set to graduate in …

By Maya Porter
Maya Porter Marketing and Design Intern
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New Resume Creator Platform, Hiration

The Career and Professional Development Center is happy to share its new resource, Hiration.

Hiration helps you create a resume with an AI-assistant, and it gives you instant feedback.  The system also critiques and scores your resume based on professional …

By Marie Smallwood
Marie Smallwood Assistant Director
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Phone
(850) 599-3700
Address

Center for Access and Student Success (CASS), Suite 309
1735 Wahnish Way
Tallahassee, FL 32307

Service Hours

Monday 8am-5pm
Tuesday 8am-5pm
Wednesday 8am-5pm
Thursday 8am-5pm
Friday 8am-5pm