Contacts in Career and Professional Development (CPD)

For recruiting and employer services, including posting jobs:
Please see employer services and contacts for employers.

To discuss our Cooperative Education and Internship Program, CEIP, and to discuss developing your own co-op or internship program, we invite you to reach out to our CEIP contacts.

Thank you for your interest in recruiting our Virginia Tech students!

CPD contacts and information:

• Scheduling advising appointments.
• See frequently asked questions.
• Career resources and topics for students.
• Contacts for CEIP, the Cooperative Education and Internship Program.
• Contacts for HPA, Health Professions Advising.
• For general CPD questions and contacts:
  Email cpd@vt.edu, or call our main number during office hours. Include details so we can assist you.
• Student concerns or complaints. You may:
  • Write a letter to the director:
    Virginia Tech Career and Professional Development
    Smith Career Center (0128)
    870 Washington Street, SW
    Blacksburg, VA 24061
    Please note, this address is not always accurate for GPS mapping.
  • Call our main number to request an appointment to speak to the director.
  • You may also consult the Dean of Students office: seek advice or express a concern.

Topics where help is provided by other offices in the university:

Career and Professional Development is not authorized to advise on course requirements.

• Academic advising for majors and minors:
  • Undergraduate students:
    • View the university information about undergraduate majors which includes a link to the major website and contact information.
    • Contact your academic advisor. See Academic advising: Find your advisor.
    • If you are between majors and need advising about courses to take, you may seek assistance from Transitional Advising.
  • Graduate students:
    • Graduate student academic advising.

• We invite you to see our resources for faculty and staff.
  
  
• Requesting presentations.
  
  
• Career Planning Guide.
  
  
• Contacts for CEIP, the Cooperative Education and Internship Program.
  
  
• Contacts for HPA, Health Professions Advising.
  
  
• Contacts for working with employers and questions about employer recruiting activity:
  Our employer relations staff are here to work with employers on all aspects of recruitng, and answering questions you may have about employer recruiting activity.
  
  
• Topics for our director: You may email Donna Cassell Ratcliffe or call our main number.
  
  
• What new graduates do: See First Destination Report.
  
  

• For advising and programming for students:
  • We have advisors designated as liaisons for colleges and other VT offices that serve student populations.
  • If you currently have a working relationship with a member of our staff, please feel free to continue working with your current contact.
  • If you do not have a current working relationship, please feel free to contact the liaison. Each will assist you and consult other of our staff members as needed to help meet your students' needs.

• To provide assistance to students, find networking resources, or job search resources for new graduates, please see information for alumni.
  
• For employers interested in recruiting, please see resources for employers.

• Please see requesting presentations.

• For employers who wish to post jobs, and for any questions about Handshake, please contact our employer relations staff.
• For copyright permissions, content questions, or comments, please email Catherine Copeland.
• About the Virginia Tech website: See university contact information for contacts about the Virginia Tech website.

• Employee or visitor requests: ADA and Accessibility Services in the Office for Equity and Accessibility.
• Student requests: Office of Services for Students with Disabilities in Student Affairs.
• For accommodations to use CPD services, please contact our office by phone or email:
  540-231-6241
  cpd@vt.edu

• CPD mailing address:
  Career and Professional Development
  Virginia Tech
  Smith Career Center (0128)
  870 Washington Street, SW
  Blacksburg, VA 24061
  Our mailing address is not always reliable for online mapping, and will not direct you to parking. For accurate mapping, directions, and parking, please see location, maps, parking.
• CPD fax: 540-231-3293
  

• Contacts for Virginia Tech