Supporting students as they create career and professional development goals and work to accomplish them guides the work of the Professional Development team in the Office for Professional Development in the Ellis Center.
We work closely with the University Career …
You’re staring at your laptop screen, cursor blinking in an empty resume document. Every internship posting you’ve seen asks for “prior experience,” but here’s the catch-22: how do you get experience without experience?
Here’s the truth: you have more to …
Toni Frana, Career Expert at Zety.com
Artificial Intelligence tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, among others, can be useful for optimizing your resume and other job search materials. These tools can help you be faster and more efficient, thus, less …
Interviews often begin with one question that sets the tone for everything that follows. In fact, 93% of hiring managers ask candidates “Tell me about yourself”, making it the most common interview question.
That means your answer is not just …
Stop leaving thousands on the table! Recruiters expect you to negotiate your total compensation, one some of which is your salary or wages. Learn the insider secrets now.
On this episode of the From Dorms to Desks Podcast, we expose …
Published on March 17th
Take advantage of this opportunity to explore meaningful career paths with employers and alumni whose mission motivates their professional practice! Learn about how you can build a meaningful career and create a difference in the world.
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Spend your Fall 2026 break in Washington DC, learning about careers in politics, public policy, advocacy, and media while making valuable connections and even better memories! If you want to make this a reality, you have one week left to …
As students begin searching for internships, many want to find workplaces that genuinely support accessibility and inclusion. While many organizations highlight diversity in their messaging, it can sometimes be difficult to determine whether a company truly prioritizes accessibility for employees …
Many college student-athletes spend years balancing demanding practice schedules, competitions, travel, and academics. Yet when it comes time to build a resume, they often struggle to explain how their athletic experience translates to professional skills. The reality is that employers …
Written by Hadassah Lopes ’27, Peer Career Coach
1. Get to know your potential employer
More often than not, we receive more rejections than acceptances when applying to jobs or internships. This creates a desire to apply to as many …
