Southwestern University is excited to announce an exclusive partnership with Austin-based Indeed to launch a Job Search Academy. This unique opportunity is available only to SU students and alumni, providing them with virtual access to Indeed’s training programmes, on-demand job search content, and career planning resources. Indeed’s mission aligns closely with Southwestern’s award-winning Center for Career & Professional Development (CCPD), which is dedicated to offering comprehensive, centralized professional development support from the moment a prospective student enrols and throughout their lifetime as an alumnus.
This comprehensive partnership includes a co-branded Southwestern and Indeed web portal. Through this portal, students and alumni gain access to Indeed’s workshops, webinars, job search platforms, company pages, career guides, and salary tools. The programme addresses all aspects of the job search process, focusing on five key areas: job search, resume writing, interview prep, offer evaluation, and career direction.
Head of Indeed’s Job Search Academy, Matt Berndt, stated:
Indeed created the Job Search Academy to give all job seekers easy access to all of Indeed’s resources and services. We don’t just help people get jobs; we help them prepare for their job search, write their resume, prepare for interviews, evaluate opportunities, and manage their long-term careers. I hope the Job Search Academy resources will supplement the excellent work Adrian and his team in the Center for Career & Professional Development are doing with Southwestern students and alumni. We are thrilled to have Southwestern University as a partner.
The Job Search Academy is another powerful tool in the CCPD’s arsenal. Using a student-centred approach, the CCPD also offers assistance with various items, including writing resumes, practising interview skills, and connecting with employers and graduate schools.
Expressing his excitement, Director of the CCPD Adrian D. Ramirez said:
We are thrilled to offer the Indeed Job Search Academy to our students and alumni. Performing an effective job search requires knowledge of and continued exposure to career development best practices. The Job Search Academy provides a critical component of that process. Our goal is for students and alumni to leverage this resource in pursuit of their current and postgraduate goals. We thank Indeed for the opportunity to collaborate on this new initiative.
In addition to serving as the world’s leading job site, Indeed features more than one billion ratings and reviews of companies, a robust salary database, and a Career Guide featuring over 10,000 articles written by subject matter experts. The platform also conducts the largest work well-being survey, allowing the site to score workplaces on employee happiness, purpose, stress level, and job satisfaction. The company claims to have more than 13,000 global employees passionately pursuing this purpose and improving the recruitment journey through real stories and data. It fosters a collaborative workplace that strives to create the best experience for job seekers.
