Career Readiness Style Guide

The College of Liberal Arts is committed to preparing its students for dynamic careers and a lifetime of learning. There are a variety of terms and rules unique to CLA's Career Readiness Initiative, which are detailed below.

A

Active Citizenship & Community Engagement: One of the Core Career Competencies. Should only be capitalized when referring to this specific competency, not as a general concept

Analytical & Critical Thinking: One of the Core Career Competencies. Should only be capitalized when referring to this specific competency, not as a general concept. Should always use an ampersand (&) instead of “and”

Applied Problem Solving: One of the Core Career Competencies. Should only be capitalized when referring to this specific competency, not as a general concept

C

Career Management: One of the Core Career Competencies. Should only be capitalized when referring to this specific competency, not as a general concept

Career readiness: When referring to the Career Readiness Initiative explicitly, should appear capitalized. When referring to career readiness as a larger concept, should not be capitalized

Career ready: Used to describe students who have completed the steps of the Career Readiness Initiative. Should not appear capitalized

  • E.g. This student is career ready
  • E.g. This is a career-ready student

Career Readiness Certificate: An undergraduate certificate program created as part of the Career Readiness Initiative. Completion of the certificate signifies a student’s career readiness. Should always appear capitalized when used in full

Career Readiness Guidebook: A free career readiness resource. Contains practical advice on everything from exploring majors and pursuing significant experiences to searching for a job or applying for graduate school

Career Readiness Initiative: An official initiative of the College of Liberal Arts to help prepare CLA students for life after graduation. Career Readiness Initiative should always appear in full and should not be abbreviated. Can be referred to in shorthand as Career Readiness when referring explicitly to the initiative

    CLA Career Management Model: An illustrated model that outlines the career management process as outlined by CLA Career Services. When referred to in full, should appear capitalized. Can be referred to generally (i.e. as the management model) in lowercase

    Core Career Competencies: Even when referring to the competencies generally (i.e. not referring to all 10), Core Career Competencies should appear capitalized to tie into the larger branding

    D

    Digital Literacy: One of the Core Career Competencies. Should only be capitalized when referring to this specific competency, not as a general concept

    Diversity (Goal): The dean’s Roadmap includes four goals, one of which is Diversity. Can be represented as Diversity or Diversity Goal

    E

    Engagement: The dean’s Roadmap includes four goals, one of which is Engagement. Can be represented as Engagement or Engagement Goal

    Engaging Diversity: One of the Core Career Competencies. Should only be capitalized when referring to this specific competency, not as a general concept

    Ethical Reasoning & Decision Making: One of the Core Career Competencies. Should only be capitalized when referring to this specific competency, not as a general concept. Should always use an ampersand (&) instead of “and”

    Excel: Part of the CLA Career Services purpose statement. Should only be capitalized when used to define the CLA Career Services purpose statement, or as a heading

    Experience: Part of the CLA Career Services purpose statement. Should only be capitalized when used to define the CLA Career Services purpose statement, or as a heading

    Explore: Part of the CLA Career Services purpose statement. Should only be capitalized when used to define the CLA Career Services purpose statement, or as a heading

    F

    First-year/first year: When used as an adjective to describe a student or program, first year should be hyphenated (e.g. first-year student). When not being used as an adjective or on its own, first year should not be hyphenated (e.g., They are in their first year)

    First-Year Experience (FYE): First-Year Experience is always hyphenated and capitalized. It should be written out in full on first mention and can be abbreviated to FYE on subsequent uses

    I

    ID 2201: Career Readiness for CLA Students: On first mention, use full course ID number and title (following title style rules). On subsequent mentions, may be referred to by course ID number

    Innovation & Creativity: One of the Core Career Competencies. Should only be capitalized when referring to this specific competency, not as a general concept. Should always use an ampersand (&) instead of “and”

    L

    The Liberal Arts Advantage: The tagline of the Career Readiness Initiative. Should only be capitalized when used in context of Career Readiness, or following the words Career Readiness

    O

    Oral & Written Communication: One of the Core Career Competencies. Should only be capitalized when referring to this specific competency, not as a general concept. Should always use an ampersand (&) instead of “and”

    R

    RATE Tool: Stands for Reflect Articulate Translate Evaluate. The RATE Tool should always be capitalized

    Readiness (Goal): The dean’s Roadmap includes four goals, one of which is Readiness. Can be represented as Readiness or Readiness Goal

    Research (Goal): The dean’s Roadmap includes four goals, one of which is Research. Can be represented as Research or Research Goal

    The Roadmap: The dean’s plan for helping our college be a destination college, can be referred to as the dean’s Roadmap. “The” should be capitalized when used with “The Roadmap”

    S

    SuperStrong: An online version of the Strong Interest Inventory (SII). Should always be capitalized when referred to, even when in shorthand, like SuperStrong

    Strong Interest Inventory (SII): Can be abbreviated as SII. Should always be capitalized

    T

    Teamwork & Leadership: One of the Core Career Competencies. Should only be capitalized when referring to this specific competency, not as a general concept. Should always use an ampersand (&) instead of “and”

    V

    VitaNavis platform: The platform upon which Super Strong runs, should always appear with the V and N capitalized