SNHU Online Faculty & Staff
As a nonprofit institution and pioneer in innovative higher education, Southern New Hampshire University is deeply committed to student success. Part of that success comes from the commitment our faculty members & staff members make to students every day, in every class. Our online faculty and staff engaging in student transformations is a central piece of our mission to provide quality education and first-class support to all students – from day one to graduation and beyond!
Connect Your Students With Career Services
- During your conversation with students, it’s important to understand how our team connects with students and the services we provide:
- SNHU Career Services supports currently enrolled learners and alumni for free.
- SNHU Career Advisors cannot provide 1:1 coaching for SNHU employees enrolled at SNHU, but SNHU employees do have access to our career services website for self-service tools and can explore the Career Navigator support through Elevate.
- SNHU Career Services is not a placement agency. We are not able to place students into jobs. We are unable to guarantee employment or a certain salary upon graduation.
- SNHU Career’s Career Advisors provide support to students when they are registered for their first course to help them meet their career goals.
- Career Services is a lifetime benefit for SNHU graduates and can support learners across the country.
- Career Advisors provide students with career resources, resume help, interviewing prep, career coaching and additional support as they conduct their job and internship search.
- Students can contact the SNHU Career Advising Team anytime during their academic program and after graduating!
- Are you working with a student who has career-related questions? You can easily refer and connect them to a dedicated and professional SNHU Career Advisor by following the steps below:
- When you would like a Career Advisor to reach out to a learner, you will want to make a Student Experience case in Unify and submit it to the COCE Career Inbox.
- In the student record, under cases, click New.
- Scroll down and chose Student Experience Support option and then Next.
- Be sure to select Career Advising in the “Receiving Team” drop down.
- Within the case, be sure that you are adding details about what the student would like to learn more about, what their questions are and any information that will be helpful for us to outreach the student.
- Change the Case Owner to the CoceCareer Inbox Queue (the icon to the left should be purple to select Queues).
- After you submit this case, the Career Advising team will reach out to the learner within 24 hours of receiving it!
The SNHU Internship Team provides learners support with understanding the internship options and requirements at SNHU, guidance on internship search steps and strategies, reviewing resumes and cover letters, assisting with interview prep, giving advice on internship applications or site outreaches, and more!
You can view more details on our Quick Internship Team FAQ guide and the posted videos on this page!
During your conversation with students, it’s important to understand how our team connects with students and the services we provide:
- SNHU students are responsible for receiving necessary approval from the SNHU Career Internship Team before beginning any internship for academic credit.
- In addition, the internship team fully vet’s each internship request for credit, ensuring the site and supervisor are qualified internship hosts, that the experience meets the level of rigor and learning we would expect of an undergraduate or graduate level internship, and that the experience will allow the student appropriate mentorship and growth in their field of study.
- For optional internships, students must secure their own site and submit a request for academic credit approval 8 weeks before their internship starts.
- For required internships, students may secure an internship site, or work with the internship team if needed, and must submit a request for academic credit approval 8 weeks before their internship starts.
- Any paperwork that is required from a legal standpoint or from a site requirement standpoint is also handled by the internship team.
- Internship Advisors also support students who are pursuing internships simply for the hands-on experience and not for academic credit. Types of assistance includes resume help, search strategy resources, interview prep and more!
Internships for Academic Credit:
- Internships are short-term educational work experience opportunities created through a partnership agreement between approved sites, students, and SNHU, allowing students to receive practical, hands-on experience related to their program under the supervision and guidance of a qualified internship supervisor.
- Internships for academic credit must directly relate to a student’s major or concentration and offer a level of degree specific learning we would expect of an undergraduate or graduate student.
- Prior internships are not able to be transferred for credit at SNHU. To earn academic credit, students must complete the internship at the same time as the course.
- Student academic credit and internship eligibility must be determined by Academic Advising and Career Services first.
Prerequisites for Internships for Academic Credit:
- View the Undergraduate Internships for Academic Credit Guide
- View the Graduate Internships for Academic Credit Guide
Internships for Academic Credit with Current Employer:
- A student may intern with their current employer under the following conditions:
- If a student has been employed at an organization for more than 30 days from beginning the Internship, then the Internship responsibilities need to be above and beyond the current scope of work being completed as part of the job.
- When interning with a current employer, a student’s Internship Site Supervisor should be someone other than the student’s current direct supervisor.
Internship for Academic Credit Approval Process:
- Students must submit approval request 8 weeks before their internship term. Students should not start an internship for academic credit until it has been approved.
- Students submit their approval request in Handshake (our internship and job management tool)
- Internship Administrators review approval request and complete the following steps:
- Confirm student eligibility for the internship
- Review details of the request to ensure the internship meets our standards and requirements and vet the internship site for legitimacy
- Submit the request to the Dean and Site Supervisor for final approval
- Send the Internship Agreement (legal document) to the Site Supervisor and student to sign
- Once approved, the Internship Administrator will request that the internship course is added to the course schedule
- Once all of these steps are complete, you will receive an email from the Internship Administrator regarding the approval that will contain the course registration information.
Required Course Internships:
- Students typically complete required internships around the halfway point of their academic programs. Certain SNHU programs require an internship as a component of their curriculum.
- For required internships, students may secure an internship site, or work with the internship team if needed, and must submit a request for academic credit approval 8 weeks before their internship starts.
- Examples include but are not limited to:
- BS Healthcare Information Management
- Master of Public Health (MPH)
- MA Clinical Mental Health Counseling – internship and practicum experiences, hour requirements vary.
- CMHC students work with Fieldwork Administrators who support their internship and practicum search
Some students may not meet the eligibility requirements or may not have room in their program to complete an internship for academic credit. Internship Administrators also support students who are pursuing internships simply for the experience. Types of assistance could include:
- Help students prepare resumes and cover letters when applying for internships
- Discuss site search strategies and share internship site resources
- Help students prepare for internships interviews
- Are you working with a student who has questions about internships, either for academic credit or simply for the experience?
- You can refer a student interested in completing an internship to an Internship Advisor by emailing the student the link to complete the Pre-Internship Survey.
- Once a student submits the Pre-Internship Survey, and Internship Advisor will contact the student directly in 3-5 business days to discuss next steps.
- Experiential Learning is the process of learning by doing. By engaging students in hands-on experiences and reflection, they are better able to connect theories and knowledge learned in the classroom to real-world situations.
- Experiential learning opportunities exist in a variety of course- and non-course-based forms. Experiential learning activities can include but are not limited to, hands-on challenges or competitions, internships, case studies, short-term team-based projects, technical hackathons, volunteer work, college coursework, and more.
- To learn more about SNHU Experiential Learning:
- Read this posted article (shareable with students)
- View our internal SharePoint site (not shareable with students)
Academic Advisors: Navigating Students Through Major Changes & Career Exploration
Academic Advisors are encouraged to watch and view our 2024 Student Advising Expo presentations!
Please check out our most recent recording “Navigating Change – Guiding Students Through Major Transitions and Career Exploration”. This session is designed for both academic and career advisors, highlighting tools, insights, and approaches to support students during these pivotal conversations. In this session, SNHU career advisors share common student concerns, the role of empathetic advising, and a unified approach that bridges academic and career advising to provide students with a seamless, informed advising experience. Through scenario-based learning and practical tools, this session empowers advisors to collaborate effectively and help students make confident, career-driven decisions!
What is Career Readiness?
Career readiness is a foundation from which to demonstrate requisite core competencies that broadly prepare the college educated for success in the workplace and lifelong career management.
For new college graduates, career readiness is key to ensuring successful entrance into the workforce. Career readiness is the foundation upon which a successful career is launched. Career readiness is, quite simply, the new career currency.
For higher education, career readiness provides a framework for addressing career-related goals and outcomes of curricular and extracurricular activities, regardless of the student’s field of study. For employers, career readiness plays an important role in sourcing talent, providing a means of identifying key skills and abilities across all job functions; similarly, career readiness offers employers a framework for developing talent through internship and other experiential education programs.
NACE Career Readiness Competencies
- Career & Self Development
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Equity & Inclusion
- Leadership
- Professionalism
- Teamwork
- Technology
Career & Self Development:
- Proactively develop oneself and one’s career through continual personal and professional learning, awareness of one’s strengths and weaknesses, navigation of career opportunities, and networking to build relationships within and without one’s organization.
- Show an awareness of own strengths and areas for development.
- Identify areas for continual growth while pursuing and applying feedback.
- Develop plans and goals for one’s future career.
- Professionally advocate for oneself and others.
- Display curiosity; seek out opportunities to learn.
- Assume duties or positions that will help one progress professionally.
- Establish, maintain, and/or leverage relationships with people who can help one professionally.
- Seek and embrace development opportunities.
- Voluntarily participate in further education, training, or other events to support one’s career.
Communication:
- Clearly and effectively exchange information, ideas, facts, and perspectives with persons inside and outside of an organization.
- Understand the importance of and demonstrate verbal, written, and non-verbal/body language, abilities.
- Employ active listening, persuasion, and influencing skills.
- Communicate in a clear and organized manner so that others can effectively understand.
- Frame communication with respect to diversity of learning styles, varied individual communication abilities, and cultural differences.
- Ask appropriate questions for specific information from supervisors, specialists, and others.
- Promptly inform relevant others when needing guidance with assigned tasks.
Critical Thinking:
- Identify and respond to needs based upon an understanding of situational context and logical analysis of relevant information.
- Make decisions and solve problems using sound, inclusive reasoning and judgement.
- Gather and analyze information from a diverse set of sources and individuals to fully understand a problem.
- Proactively anticipate needs and prioritize action steps.
- Accurately summarize and interpret data with an awareness of personal biases that may impact outcomes.
- Effectively communicate actions and rationale, recognizing the diverse perspectives and lived experiences of stakeholders.
- Multi-task well in a fast-paced environment.
Equity & Inclusion:
- Demonstrate the awareness, attitude, knowledge, and skills required to equitably engage and include people from different local and global cultures. Engage in anti-oppressive practices that actively challenge the systems, structures, and policies of racism and inequity.
- Solicit and use feedback from multiple cultural perspectives to make inclusive and equity-minded decisions.
- Actively contribute to inclusive and equitable practices that influence individual and systemic change.
- Advocate for inclusion, equitable practices, justice, and empowerment for historically marginalized communities.
- Seek global cross-cultural interactions and experiences that enhance one’s understanding of people from different demographic groups and that leads to personal growth.
- Keep an open mind to diverse ideas and new ways of thinking.
- Identify resources and eliminate barriers resulting from individual and systemic racism, inequities, and biases.
- Demonstrate flexibility by adapting to diverse environments.
- Address systems of privilege that limit opportunities for members of historically marginalized communities.
Leadership:
- Recognize and capitalize on personal and team strengths to achieve organizational goals.
- Inspire, persuade, and motivate self and others under a shared vision.
- Seek out and leverage diverse resources and feedback from others to inform direction.
- Use innovative thinking to go beyond traditional methods.
- Serve as a role model to others by approaching tasks with confidence and a positive attitude.
- Motivate and inspire others by encouraging them and by building mutual trust.
- Plan, initiate, manage, complete and evaluate projects.
Professionalism:
- Knowing work environments differ greatly, understand and demonstrate effective work habits, and act in the interest of the larger community and workplace.
- Act equitably with integrity and accountability to self, others, and the organization.
- Maintain a positive personal brand in alignment with organization and personal career values.
- Be present and prepared.
- Demonstrate dependability (e.g., report consistently for work or meetings).
- Prioritize and complete tasks to accomplish organizational goals.
- Consistently meet or exceed goals and expectations.
- Have an attention to detail, resulting in few if any errors in their work.
- Show a high level of dedication toward doing a good job.
Teamwork:
- Build and maintain collaborative relationships to work effectively toward common goals, while appreciating diverse viewpoints and shared responsibilities.
- Listen carefully to others, taking time to understand and ask appropriate questions without interrupting.
- Effectively manage conflict, interact with and respect diverse personalities, and meet ambiguity with resilience.
- Be accountable for individual and team responsibilities and deliverables.
- Employ personal strengths, knowledge, and talents to complement those of others.
- Exercise the ability to compromise and be agile.
- Collaborate with others to achieve common goals.
- Build strong, positive working relationships with supervisor and team members/coworkers.
Technology:
- Build and maintain collaborative relationships to work effectively toward common goals, while appreciating diverse viewpoints and shared responsibilities.
- Navigate change and be open to learning new technologies.
- Use technology to improve efficiency and productivity of their work.
- Identify appropriate technology for completing specific tasks.
- Manage technology to integrate information to support relevant, effective, and timely decision-making.
- Quickly adapt to new or unfamiliar technologies.
- Manipulate information, construct ideas, and use technology to achieve strategic goals.
*Content above courtesy of the National Association of Colleges and Employer
