Students have access to career and communication support year-round and up to 4 years after graduation. They gain access after matriculation.
Career Coaching | Communication Coaching |
Students can get help with:
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There are 3 ways to connect:
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Students can access a robust suite of resources (once they matriculate) to upskill and build their knowledge on topics of search success and effective communication.
Teaching Faculty: If you’d like to integrate any of these technologies into your course(s) please connect with us at pratt-gsps@duke.edu for access and additional details.
Tech Tools | Career Topic Guides |
| Students have 24/7 access to curated guides on common career topics in our Career Guide Library. Topics include:
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Request a workshop: Complete this form and a Career & Communication staff member will connect with you to discuss your request.
Popular workshops: Effective Presentations; Science Communication; Executive Summaries; Name Pronunciation; Interactive Reading, Notetaking, & Time Management; Building a Resume with Impact; The US Job Search; CliftonStrengths (Intro to CliftonStrengths; Level up your CliftonStrengths; CliftonStrengths & Teaming)
- To share employer or alumni engagement activities for your program or department (e.g., guest speakers, IAB visits, site visits, job or internship opportunities), email prattmasters-engagement@duke.edu.
- When emailing, please include:
- Company or organization name
- Contact name, job title, and email address
- Date and brief description of the engagement
- Intended audience, such as program-specific or open to all Pratt master’s students
- Any additional relevant details or context
- When emailing, please include:
- To request an industry guest speaker, complete this form.
- For resources and additional information, explore the Alumni & Employer Engagement webpage.
Stay Up to Date
Check the weekly announcements that are emailed to Pratt faculty and staff every Thursday while classes are in session
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FAQs & Contact Us
Below are questions we often hear from faculty & staff.
If you don’t see your questions represented here or easily answered on another page, please contact us at pratt-gsps@duke.edu with subject line “Question about C&C Faculty & Staff Support“
We’d love to support your student. Encourage them to connect with a communication consultant through a 1:1 appointment. Share this link with them to get started making a appointment for “speaking practice.”
Here are several supports we encourage you to suggest.
1:1 appointment: Ask the student if they’ve made a 1:1 “search strategy” appointment to have a discussion with a career coach. It’s important to ask about a “search strategy” conversation as some students think a conversation about resume feedback qualifies.
Engage with tech resources: Ask your student where they are getting stuck. Are they getting interviews but not moving forward? Are they unsure how to engage AI in their search process? We have tech tools to help with many of “sticking points” and students can use them at their own pace to work on areas of concern. The full list of tech resources is found on this page.
Utilize career starter guides: Student can use these guides as a “quick start” for different aspects of the search process.
A student can make an appointment with a career coach or communications consultant by visiting Handshake. Share this link with them to get started and it will take them directly to the “make a new appointment” page. The student will see multiple options and can choose the one that best fits their needs.
For career support conversations, students are also welcome to utilize career drop-in hours while classes are in session. More information about those can be found here.
