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Career Development Center
Mission Statement
The University of
Montevallo Career Development Center
enhances student success by providing innovative
educational programs, services, and resources that
empower students to explore, define, and pursue
meaningful employment and thrive in an ever-changing
job market and workplace.

Vision Statement
As a result of a comprehensive career planning and
professional development process, integral to the
overall college experience, all University of
Montevallo students will be personally responsible,
professionally focused, self-directed, well
prepared, fully equipped, and actively sought by
employers.

Career Action Plan
Career development is a life-long learning process
of exploration and decision-making and is best
conceptualized by the following planning model:
Explore:
Discovering personal strengths and life
direction.
Researching
options and choosing a career path.
Engage:
Getting involved and
gaining experience in activities relevant to a
chosen career.
Building confidence and
credibility.
Execute:
Organizing resources and
ensuring preparedness.
Pursuing and obtaining
meaningful career opportunities.

Values Statement
We seek to provide professional, comprehensive,
innovative, high quality and compassionate services
to all of our clients.
We encourage informed and responsible
decision-making regarding career and life goals.
We strive to provide a safe, inclusive and affirming
environment that is respectful and supportive of our
diverse community.
We endeavor at all times to act with integrity and
honesty and to adhere to high standards of
professional and ethical conduct and fair and
equitable practices.
We believe in empowering students to be independent,
self-directed, and self-reliant career planners.
We promote experiential education opportunities and
a philosophy of career exploration and
experience-based learning.
We value collaborative efforts through internal
teamwork and external partnerships.

Diversity Statement
The University of Montevallo
Career Development Center strives to provide a safe,
inclusive, welcoming and affirming environment that
is respectful and supportive of our diverse
community.
Therefore, we provide services to all of our clients
without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin,
language, religious and political affiliation, age,
family status, social and economic background,
lifestyle, ability, sex, sexual orientation, gender
identity, or gender expression.
We value, promote and celebrate
all identities and presentations. We seek to foster
a civil atmosphere that is open to a variety of
perspectives, philosophies and points of view.
We embrace and appreciate the
differences in all people. With a pledge to display
empathy, acceptance and unconditional positive
regard, we encourage our students to be their
authentic selves, without fear of judgment or
rejection.
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Career Development Center
University of Montevallo
Station 6262 | Montevallo, Alabama 35115
Farmer Hall, Second Floor
205-665-6262 | career@montevallo.edu

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