Student Employees Achieve (SEA) Badge
Winter 2027 registration due January 13th!
Employers who recruit at DU tell us they want applicants who know how a workplace functions and are ready to go on day one.
You’re already working, so let’s make sure that’s you.
Everyone starts somewhere. So right now you’re working as a tour guide, or a research assistant, or a Beans barista, or elsewhere on campus. But you won’t be forever!
You know all the skills you’ve built in your student job, but employers might not. The Student Employees Achieve (SEA) badge gets you ready to explain the worth of that experience to employers on the job search.
Every week, you’ll hone a specific transferable skill for use in your current job and your future career. At the end, you’ll bring it all together in a mock interview with real talent acquisition professionals.
So are you ready to give employers what they want?
“By design, the program tackles real life workplace skills, something that is not usually learnt in different courses, making these courses exceptional for the improvement of the workplace.“
Fall 2023 participant
How It Works:
- Pre-Work: Pick from a menu of readings, videos, and LinkedIn Learning courses relating to the career skill of the week.
- Synchronous Workshops: Learn from experts in practical workshops on how to apply your skills now and in your future career.
- STAR Method Practice: Prep for future interviews through STAR method posts to talk about your career skills.
- At the end, you’ll pull it all together to show you’re ready for your future career through a mock interview!
All program meetings will be held on Zoom, in the interest of accessibility for all student employees. Captions will be enabled, but please let us know if there are any other measures we can take to help you fully participate!
The Details:
Participants will be enrolled in a Canvas course where they will engage in guided reflection on their 4D student employee experience through the lens of the NACE career readiness competencies. Each meeting will be led by an on-campus expert who will engage students in practical, hands-on skill building. Before each meeting, they will review assigned pre-work to prepare for the conversation.
The fall 2026 quarter cohort will meet on Thursdays at 5 – 6 pm.
- Sept. 24: Connecting to Workplace Mentors (career and self-development competency)
- Oct. 1: Intro to Design and Assessment (critical thinking competency)
- Oct. 8: Decoding Workplace Communication (communication competency)
- Oct. 15: Self-Regulation at Work (professionalism competency)
- Then: set up a mock interview with a real talent acquisition professional to put yourself to the test
Here’s what we’ll ask of you:
This cohort will include synchronous, virtual meetings on Thursdays from 5-6 pm MT. It also involves about an hour of weekly work completed on your own, including readings and discussion board posts. Please do your best to be in attendance for these trainings, let our staff know if you can’t make a session, and complete all assignments to the best of your ability.
“I really appreciated the discussion posts and how they encouraged the STAR method. I used a story from a discussion post in an interview, so this was incredibly helpful!“
Spring 2024 participant
