Student Services
The Sanders College of Business & Technology Career Development Center is fully-committed to partnering with each of our students as you develop professionally and provide you with career-related opportunities before you graduate.
How Can We Help You?
The Sanders COBT Career Development Center now offers the following services to students:
- Guidance in major and career decision making
- Information about the job search process
- Helping with resume and cover letter writing
- Preparing you for interviews with mock-interviews
- Assisting with the UNA job system (Symplicity and Handshake) navigation
- Hosting career fairs and professional development workshops
- Assisting with internship and externship opportunities
- Interpretation of career interest assessment results
Contact the Career Development Manager to get started on your career development journey!
Upcoming Career Fairs
To view upcoming career fairs and Keller Connections visits, Log into Symplicity using your UNA portal username and password. Then, click “events” to see upcoming events.
Internships and Externships
General requirements to take part in a Sanders COBT internship for academic credit:
- Must be admitted to UNA as a regular, degree-seeking student.
- Must have completed at least 24 semester hours toward a degree in progress at the University of 杏吧直播间 Alabama with a minimum UNA GPA of 2.5 (NOTE: Some majors may have broader or more stringent GPA requirements and/or more semester hours).
- BBA students must be formally admitted to the College of Business and Technology in order to participate in an internship (this does not include BSCS and BSIT students).
- Transfer students must have successfully completed one semester at UNA.
- The employer you intern with must be willing to let you work at least 150 total hours.
- Schedule a meeting with the Sanders COBT Career Development Manager to discuss internship search strategies.
- Reach out to your department chair and professors to see if they know of any companies looking for an intern.
- Use Symplicity and Handshake to search for job opportunities.
- Contact businesses directly to inquire about their need for interns.
- Join the Sanders College of Business and Technology Alumni Group on LinkedIn to see weekly job postings.
Once you have identified an employer to intern with:
- Upon obtaining an internship offer, download the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which will need to be signed by your proposed employer. This document outlines the responsibilities of the employer.
- Login to Symplicity with your UNA Portal username/password.
- In Symplicity, select the Experiential Learning option on the left-hand menu.
- Add New Experience. COBT students have additional application requirements, and will need complete the following sections: Start Date, End Date, Enrolled Date, Job Description/Duties, Planned Schedule/Hours per Week, MOU signed and Uploaded, and a minimum of one Learning Objective (maximum of three). Detailed instructions.
- When completing the application, it’s essential that you select the appropriate internship type based on your major and, if applicable, international student status.
- Upload the completed MOU as an attachment to your Experiential Learning Application. International students will also need to attach a CPT Authorization Request Form (contact Office of International Affairs if you have questions).
- Once you complete the above steps and submit your documentation in Symplicity, the system will initiate a workflow process for approval. The initial review / approval will be completed by the faculty chair in your department.