Bringing Digital Career Counselor into a course is one of the most effective ways to drive student use. When an instructor guides students through the platform, they explore with support rather than alone, and leave with data relevant to decisions they are already making. Use the ready-made activities below, then see how partner institutions built them into full courses.
Ready-to-use activities
Each activity has a downloadable guide. They are designed to run in sequence, but each works on its own.
Activity | Students will | Guide |
Career Feed | Tailor their feed to their interests and discover content related to them | |
Compare and Contrast Personality | Take the Personality Assessment and identify career paths that suit their type | |
Outcomes | Find top hiring companies, job categories and skills for their major | |
Search360 by Major | Explore education milestones, career outcomes and key skills for their major | |
Search360 by Career | Write a SMART goal and identify the skills and milestones to reach a target career | |
Job Board | Align their skills and experience with real postings and plan next steps |
Good follow-ups:
Give students class time to keep exploring, connect them with alumni and local employers, and host resume and cover letter workshops for students heading into internship or job searches.
Course example: Florida International University
FIU built Digital Career Counselor into its "Discover Your Major" course, using it every week with discussion and reflection:
Week 1, platform overview: students log in, explore, and learn they will return to it all term.
Week 2, Personality Assessment: students complete it and the Compare and Contrast Personality activity, then explore matching majors.
Week 3, Outcomes activity: students connect what they find to the majors they identified.
Week 4, Search360 by Major: students dig into the majors they are considering, with the worksheet.
Week 5, Search360 by Career: students explore career paths tied to their goals, with the worksheet.
Week 6, Job Board: students browse job titles tied to their interests and are encouraged to keep using the platform,
Course example: Georgia College & State University
To meet the University System of Georgia's career readiness goals, GCSU's Career Center replaced its previous assessment tool with Digital Career Counselor. Between September 2023 and September 2024, it was built into every First Year Seminar section, through a session led by Career Center staff. With more than 1,800 incoming students in FYS, every new student saw the platform from day one. GCSU added 1,935 users that year, an increase of 789.8%.
Course example: Illinois State University
ISU uses an "Investigating Careers" assignment in its First-Year Seminar & Career Development course (IDS 128). Students research a career path in Digital Career Counselor: degree types, top employers, job categories and in-demand skills. They then name their strengths, the skills they still need, the obstacles ahead, and the campus resources that can help. Fictional case studies of linear and non-linear careers (financial analyst to CFO, insurance producer to career curriculum advisor) show students how varied a successful path can look.
Questions about building Digital Career Counselor into a course? Contact the Partner Success Team.