Workforce@NOVA

March 18, 2025 / @NOVA

Business Engagement and Career Services serves students across the college’s six campuses, multiple centers and NOVA Online. The department’s goal is to facilitate family-sustaining employment opportunities for our talented NOVA Nighthawks.

The centralized nature of Business Engagement and Career Services allows employers in the community — and even beyond the Northern Virginia region — to connect with NOVA and its vast talent pool in a simple, straightforward and effective manner. Employer partners register for a free account on Career Connection, the college’s career services management platform. The Business Engagement team personally vets all employers, along with their job and internship postings, to ensure employer needs not only align with NOVA’s credit and noncredit programs but also lead to economic mobility for our students. Once an employer has successfully created a Career Connection account, the NOVA team develops a “menu” of engagement opportunities tailored to a company’s specific recruitment, training and philanthropic goals. The team also works directly with faculty and student groups to further customize opportunities.

Business Engagement and Career Services helps students access career development resources, counseling appointments and workshops. All NOVA students have a Career Connection account, to which they maintain access for the duration of their program and even as a graduate. Career coaches at each campus are available online and in-person for 1:1 appointments to provide individualized guidance; coaches also offer regular workshops and classroom presentations to promote general awareness of the career development tools and resources available at NOVA.

Business Engagement and Career Services provides opportunities for direct engagement with employers and programs that prepare students for careers. This semester, our team is hosting more than 60 events and workshops. Here are just some of the events you can encourage your students to attend this spring:

  • Future of Work: How Artificial Intelligence Is Shaping Careers: Wednesday, March 19, 11 a.m.
  • What’s Your Worth? Negotiating Your Salary: Tuesday, March 25, 1 p.m.
  • Writing Standout Resumes and Cover Letters: Wednesday, April 2, 1:30 p.m.
  • Skilled Trades Career Fair, Woodbridge Campus: Tuesday, April 8, 4:30-7:30 p.m.
  • All Industries Career Fair, Annandale Campus: Wednesday, April 16, 12-3 p.m.
  • Certifications: Learn About NOVA Workforce: Wednesday, April 23, 4 p.m.

Students, faculty and staff can access Career Connection and contact Business Engagement and Career Services at novacareerservices@nvcc.edu.

—Dana Fallon, director, Business Engagement and Career Services
—Brent Via, associate director, Career Planning and Development