Are you ready to build your resume and grow professionally? McCoy College provides a valuable tool for documenting and sharing your unique story with potential employers. Participating in the activities and earning badges will actively develop, cultivate, and refine crucial skills necessary for a successful entry into the workforce.
Program Overview
Student with employer
Become McCoy Ready
The Student Success Center helps students become McCoy Ready. Learn more about our core beliefs to empower students.
NACE CAREER READINESS COMPETENCIES
The McCoy College of Business has created a program focused on student retention and successful transition into the workplace.
- Career and Self Development: Successfully and proactively seeking opportunities to develop oneself and career via personal and professional learning while networking to cultivate relationships.
- Communication: Clearly and effectively exchange information, facts, and ideas with others.
- Leadership: Developing oneself by understanding personal strengths and areas of growth to leverage the strengths of others to achieve a common goal.
- Professionalism: Recognize and identify professional expectations at McCoy College of Business and in the workplace.
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- Student Success: Identify university resources and develop strategies for academic, professional, and personal success.
Program Overview
The McCoy Ready program is comprised of extracurricular and co-curricular activities, events, projects, and student organization involvement. Each of these “activities” is linked to specific developmental competencies listed above that are identified by The McCoy College Student Success Center. Each activity is associated with points, badges, and levels.
Points
Students receive points for completing an activity. The standings are updated on a leaderboard where students can compete against their peers.
Achievement Badges
Students can earn achievement badges in various categories for completing a set of activities. Badges exist for programs, competencies, events, and more.
Levels
After prescribed activities are completed across different competencies, a student “levels up” to a higher level. More points are awarded for activities completed at the higher levels. Students receive rewards for completing levels and those who receive the most points are given rewards at the end of the semester.
- Level 1 – Exposure – Like an intern, Level 1 provides basic exposure to the selected competency.
- Level 2 – Participation – Like an associate, Level 2 ensures participation in activities to contribute to a project or organization.
- Level 3 – Engagement – Like a manager, Level 3 develops the next level of skill and engagement to further your expertise in a given competency.
- Level 4 – Mastery – Like a director, Level 4 ensures you have developed all the skills necessary to be considered a master at a given competency.
Top Benefits to Students
The McCoy Ready program provides important professional development to students and complements the academic curriculum.
- Understand the big picture of extracurricular involvement
- Learn to articulate your extracurricular experiences in a professional context by using competency language.
- Enhance your career potential by participating in extracurricular activities proven to increase starting salaries and job opportunities.
- Make the most of your college years by prioritizing impactful extracurricular activities for professional growth
- By keeping track of their experiences, students gain a valuable tool for documenting and sharing their unique stories with potential employers.
Tier I: Standing On Business
This tier is ideal to be completed in the First Year during the BA 1310 course.
Requirements:
- Download the Suitable app
- Create a Handshake Profile
Requirements:
- Attend a McCoy student organization event
Requirements:
- Complete the TWO Emerging Leader Sessions
Requirements:
- Attend ONE Career Fair hosted by Career Services during the Career Fair week
- Attend ONE professional development activity by the Student Success Center
Tier II: Create Your Path
This tier is ideal to be completed in the Sophomore Year.
Requirements:
- Attend TWO professional development activities by the Student Success Center
Tier III: Advance Your Assets
This tier is ideal to be completed in the Junior Year.
Requirements:
- Attend THREE professional development activities by the Student Success Center
Tier IV: McCoy Professional
This tier is ideal to be completed in the Senior Year.
Requirements:
- Attend FOUR professional development activities by the Student Success Center
Requirements:
- Complete the Final Destination Survey
Requirements:
- Complete at least ONE high impact learning experience.
Note:
If you are considering doing your High Impact Learning Experiences with one of our projects listed as an option, you will need to submit the High Impact Learning Form.
Student Success Center Signature Programs
The McCoy College offers signature programs with digital badges. Keep track of your achievements and skills to show to potential employers.
Pre-Business Initiative
The pre-business program brings resources, faculty, and employers together to promote engagement and offer services to students pursuing business careers.
Requirements:
- Attend at least ONE pre-business session.
Requirements:
- Attend the Careers in Business event.
Requirements:
- Attend at least ONE learning support service at least once.
- Attend at least ONE academic advising session prior to Registration
Requirements:
- Attend one McCoy student org event
Requirements:
- Complete the TWO Emerging Leader Sessions
Requirements:
- Attend ONE professional development activity by the Student Success Center that will count towards your networking badge based on your classification (i.e. sophomore, junior, senior).
Academic Success
In partnership with the Bobcats Bounce Back, McCoy College of Business is here to support student academic well-being.
Requirements:
- Attend at least ONE learning support service at least once.
- Attend at least ONE academic advising session prior to Registration
Requirements:
- Attend at least TWO Strategies for Success workshops via B3.
Mentoring
Participation in the mentoring program is based on applications and available space.
Requirements:
- Schedule at least three meetings with your mentor
Requirements:
- Complete a professional development plan
Internship Bootcamp
Available for Transfer and students with 45+ hours. Student who complete the program will be invited to an exclusive employer event the day of the Career Fair.
Requirements:
- Attend the session
- Complete the reflection
Requirements:
- Attend the session
- Complete the reflection
Requirements:
- Attend the session
- Complete the reflection
Requirements:
- Attend the session
- Complete the reflection
Transfer Student Experience Badge
Take your transfer experience to McCoy to the next level now! In partnership with the BA 3110 and 3120 Curriculum, these activities are recommended to Transfer Students to enhance professional development in keys areas.
Requirements:
- Attend TWO Transfer Events
Limited-Time Badges
Students can obtain limited-time badges.
Requirements:
- Attend ONE Financial Education event
- Attend ONE 1:1 financial coaching session at the Student Success Center
Requirements:
- Attend ONE McCoy First-Gen event during National First-Gen Week (Nov. 4-8)
Employer Badges
Students can obtain employer badges by attending site visits hosted throughout the semester.
Requirements:
- Attend Informational
- Attend Site Visit
Requirements:
- Attend Informational
- Attend Site Visit
Requirements:
- Attend Informational
- Attend Site Visit
Requirements:
- Attend Informational
- Attend Site Visit