The Career Center

The career center at the UW is not bad.
I have used its services many times as a student. It was great.
You normally schedule an appointment weeks in advance for a counseling session or workshop. You come in and swipe your student card and check-​in electronically, which is very convenient. All of the staff’s calendars get booked really quickly so for me, I normally had to wait for at least 3 – 5 weeks for a 30-​minute appointment.
The career center has staff who specifically helps out with resumes and cover letters. They are all pretty professional and good with their work. However, a short 30-​minute session always goest by really fast, especially if the staff does not know you well. I think that is the only downside of the career center at a big public university. Every time I go in, I would have a different staff assisting with my resumes. It delays the process of getting to the actual issues that need to be addressed at the session. It is often much easier if I could just have one staff consistently helping me over-​time. That is why I prefer departmental career center over the general one at the school.
If you have already graduated from the university, then the service requires a fee. I believe it is $ 60 for a 60-​minute resume session. Workshops would also require a fee. So take the free service advantage as a student while you can!