Career Services
Welcome to Career Services
Your career success starts now, and we are here to help! All HPU students have access to a dedicated career success professional as well as a variety of resources that will aid in creating an enhanced student experience and prepare you for future career success.
Engagement with HPU career services throughout your college career will help you step into your calling.
Contact:
Dr. Daniel Vera
Director of Career Services
325-649-8300
careerservices@nbqifa.com
Mabee University Center Room 207E
Resources
Handshake
Handshake is a free online career hub designed specifically for college students and recent graduates. It connects students with a wide range of job opportunities, including internships and full-time positions, and is used by over 1,400 universities and 650,000 employers.
Howard Payne University uses Handshake to help place students in both on campus and off campus jobs and internships. If you haven’t already, please take time click on the link below, create your profile, and see for yourself the positions that are available on campus and nearby!
Employers
HPU Career Services invites you to engage with us and our students in several ways:
- Post any of your upcoming events directly on Handshake
- Set up a table and recruit on campus
- Post on Handshake job opportunities
***Make an appointment to visit with Dr. Vera, Director of Student Career Services
Job Fair for all On-Campus Positions
August 20th (1:00PM-3:00PM)
Bullion Suites (Upstairs above Cafeteria)
All students are welcome. Come and meet a variety of campus departments and community partners that will be hiring for this school year. Please bring copies of your resumes to hand out.
Brownwood Chamber of Commerce Business Expo and Food Truck Cook Off
August 21st
Brownwood Events Center
All Students Welcome
Come and enjoy food, fun, and meeting many of the local business that make the City of Brownwood feel like home.
Grand Opening HPU Career Center
August 26, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Upstairs Balcony, Mabee Center
The Career Center will be open every Tuesday and Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for career planning and counseling, personality and interest inventory assessments, cover letter and resume writing, job searches, and a variety of other services.
(Hot donuts and coffee served every morning until they run out!)
Career Talk w/ Dr. Donnie Auvenshine
September 18th
Career Center Balcony
4:00-5:00 p.m.
We are honored to have the opportunity to be joined by Dr. Donnie Auvenshine. Having served HPU for 32 years and contributed grace, humor, wisdom, excellence and leadership, Dr. Auvenshine will share with students the secrets to his success and how the Lord continues to use him to make a difference in the lives of all who know him. If your career includes becoming a minister, teacher, counselor, or friend, come expecting to learn from the best, and leave encouraged and loved.
Looking for that perfect pair of shoes, suit, tie, vest, or dress for that upcoming job interview; or simply browsing for a great deal. Come visit the Yellow Jacket Clothes Closet. We have what you are looking for at no cost to you.
The Yellow Jacket Clothes Closet (YJCC) is an on-campus ministry founded by Mrs. Melinda Hines that provides free professional attire to HPU students.
The YJCC can be accessed by you anytime, come by the Student Experience Office for key access. The YJCC will also host open house events twice a semester from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on September 11, November 13, February 12, and April 16. The events take place in Jennings Hall Pod D (across from Health Services). All students are welcome to attend! It is really amazing!
There are a number of student worker position on and off campus. 
You can apply for an on-campus job by filling out this form.
In addition, you can view and apply directly to open campus and off campus positions using Handshake.
Create a profile here: www.joinhandshake.com
Once you have a profile, send your contact information to the on or off campus job opening of your choice.
The Student Career Center is dedicated to providing a warm, comfortable and inviting place for students to come relax enjoy a drink or snack and discuss life-long career aspirations and find strategies to accomplish their goals. From discussions about forming a Major to completing or revising a resume, our student peer counselors are here to encourage, pray, and help in any way they can.
Hours of Operation:
Tuesdays 9:00-4:00
Thursdays 9:00-4:00
***Donuts and coffee daily***
CAREER EXPLORATION:
What can I do with this Major?
This resource by the Bureau of Labor Statistics contains a searchable job bank of both professional and non -professional jobs, the training requirements for those jobs, education needed and expected pay.
Explore over 1,000 jobs and careers and the degrees needed to do them. Take free assessments to see if you have a propensity for those careers.
This resource has it all. Literally is a one stop shop for everything career related and is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor.
At this link you can read real interviews of people in a variety of careers you may be thinking of pursuing. Find out what people like the most and what they hate the worst about their chosen career.
FREE ASSESSMENTS:
My Plan
Values assessment: Learn what is important to you about the work you will do and what motivates you to be happy.
Find your personality type and discover careers most suitable for your type.
Fun and quick interest inventory to help you narrow down your career searches
Employers value workers with soft skills: interpersonal and thinking skills needed to work well with others and solve problems efficiently and effectively. See if you have them!
CAREER TOOLKIT:
Create the most beautiful professional resumes you never thought you could.
What are the top 100 interview questions for any job!
Your personal AI powered Companion for everything Career! It’s really quite unbelievable.
Follow this link for information about Counseling Services, Dining Services, Jacket Food & Essentials, Health Services, Stinger Bucks Locations, Stinger Shuttle, and the Wellness Center.
The Center for Student Success – The Center for Student Success features a variety of services to equip students for success during their university experiences and into the future, through learning activities both in and outside the classroom.