Career Services

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Work-Search Wednesdays

Drop-in and virtual appointments

11 am-1pm Each Wednesday for resume review and job search assistance Hoke 2nd.

October 8, 2025 – May 27, 2026

Meet with Shawna!

Career Services Individual Appointments
Student employment is a valuable part of your experience at Eastern Oregon University! Whether you’re looking for an on-campus position, exploring internships, or developing professional skills for your future career, Shawna is here to help.

Common Questions:
Interested in a campus job?   
How do I use my Federal Work Study?
Searching for work in your community?
What does it mean to be “Career-Ready”?
Explore possible industries and occupations?
Interested in developing your workplace skills and talents?

Schedule an Appointment:
Current Student Appointments: SLATE APPOINTMENTS
EOU Alumni/Faculty/Staff Appointments: GOOGLE CALENDAR

The Senior Countdown: Resume, Jobs & Graduation Prep


Graduating this spring? Join the Senior Countdown Canvas shell for career help, graduation tips, and support as you prepare for your next steps.

Are You Career Ready?

What’s inside:
✅ Resume & cover letter support
✅ Interview prep & job search strategies
✅ Workplace Skills
✅ Graduation week info
✅ Networking tips
✅ EOU Enrollment Wrap-up

No grades or assignments — just helpful tools and advice.

👉 Click here to join the Senior Countdown Canvas Shell!

Featured Resource

PathwayU is a platform that gives you an amazing value during all steps in your college through career journey. PathwayU is powered by a predictive algorithm to help guide you to an educational choice, help with vocational exploration and find employment pathways where you will live with the greatest sense of purpose and meaning.

Create a PathwayU Account

Focus 2 Career guides students through a reliable intuitive career & education decision making model to help them choose majors offered here at EOU, explore occupations & make informed career decisions.

Create a Focus 2 Account

EOU Career Talk Podcast

Career Talk is a student-managed podcast highlighting the experiential learning taking place as our EOU students engage in student employment & internship activity while showcasing local and regional employers providing meaningful student employment opportunities for our EOU students. Hosted by the EOU Career Services Student Staff Team and WorkSource Oregon, each episode delves into what student are learning along with employer interviews sharing details of their student employment positions.

Click here to listen to the podcast

Our Approach to Career Development

We guide and coach students through the multiple aspects of career development. From the beginning stages of career exploration, to preparing for job interviews after graduation, EOU Career Services takes a foundational approach to helping EOU students connect their coursework to the workforce.

The Career Development Process

  1. An awareness to engage in career-decision making
  2. Engage in self-exploration and evaluate goals
  3. Engage in career and occupational exploration
  4. Gather information about potential career-paths
  5. Determine tentative choices
  6. Decide on necessary training and education
  7. Get a job!

Career Services Team

Shawna Elsberry

Director of Career Services

Current Student Appointments: SLATE APPOINTMENTS

EOU Alumni/Faculty/Staff Appointments: GOOGLE CALENDAR

Hoke 209
541-962-3090
selsberry@eou.edu

Student Employee Team

Megan Gustafson

Experiential Student Employment Intern

Angel Sandoval

Outreach and Recruitment Student Lead

NOTICE TO STUDENTS:

Eastern Oregon University’s Career Service staff is diligent about ensuring the integrity and legitimacy of the on-campus student job postings. EOU Student Employment jobs are screened and verified by Career Services staff before posting.