Dual Career Assistance Programs
Iowa State University is committed to recruiting and retaining a top quality faculty and staff. We also recognize that our faculty and staff seek to combine a stimulating academic career with a satisfying personal life. The Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost, in collaboration with colleges and departments, is dedicated to working with our new faculty and senior-level administrators to assist in their transition to the Ames area. Our Dual Career Programs serves as a focal point for efforts to find career options for the partners of new faculty and senior-level administrators.
Who do we serve?
- Partners and spouses of faculty members and senior-level administrators who are being recruited
- Department chairs, program directors, and deans involved in the recruitment of faculty members and senior-level administrators
What services do we provide?
The Dual Career Assistance Programs aim to provide spouses/partners of faculty and senior administrators with support in identifying employment opportunities both on campus and in the community.
We offer three types of assistance:
- Assistance in exploring existing employment opportunities on campus through individual consultation with staff in Iowa State University's Human Resources Services.
- Assistance in exploring on faculty employment opportunities on campus that require partial funding from the Executive Vice President and Provost. These requests are evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
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Assistance in exploring employment off campus in surrounding
communities with the support of a university-contracted career
coach. Our partner, WorkLife Design Inc., will help the spouse
or partner to...
- Identify what he/she does best and most enjoys doing
- Explore values, environment, and lifestyle goals
- Identify career and job options
- Position him/herself effectively in today's marketplace
- Improve his/her resume writing
- Prepare for interviews
- Write strategic letters and plan follow-up activities
- Network effectively
- Negotiate offers
- Stay energized during the JobGettingTM process,
- Start off on the right foot in his/her new position
- Explore self-employment as an option
Please note: the Dual Career Assistance Programs are provided as a resource. They do not guarantee job placement.
How do these programs work?
- For assistance in exploring existing on campus employment opportunities, the department chair and/or dean contacts the office of the Associate Provost for Academic Personnel to make the referral and to provide basic information about the status of the search or faculty/senior-level administrator appointment. The office of the Associate Provost for Academic Personnel assists the spouse/partner in making contact with Mallory Schon in Human Resources Services.
- For assistance in exploring on campus faculty employment opportunities that require central funding, the department chair and/or dean submits the funding request using the standard salary support request form. These requests are evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
- For assistance in exploring off campus employment opportunities, the department chair and/or dean contacts the office of the Associate Provost for Academic Personnel to make the referral and to provide basic information about the status of the search or faculty/senior-level administrator appointment. The office of the Associate Provost for Academic Personnel assists the spouse/partner in making contact with our external partner, Terri Deems, of WorkLife Design, Inc. The cost of the program ($2,000) is split by the hiring unit and the Executive Vice President and Provost.
For more information on our Dual Career Programs please contact:
Julie Tarbox () or 515-294-6410
