Career & Professional Development Advice

Learn How to Apply to Earn Academic Credit for an Internship

Have you officially applied to earn academic credit for your internship? Click here to begin the online internship application.

The Internship Program provides you with opportunities to explore careers, acquire professional experience, and prepare for post-graduate employment. To read more …

By Kate Szumanski
Kate Szumanski Director, Professional Development
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Virtually Connecting With Liberal Arts and Sciences Students Exploring Career Interests and Pathways

Making decisions about careers can be confusing for students, especially for those liberal arts and sciences students who are undecided about a particular path and open to …

By Kate Szumanski
Kate Szumanski Director, Professional Development
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Journeying From College to Career in 2024-25!

By Kate Szumanski

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 Undergraduate Students. We work closely with the University Career Center …

By Kate Szumanski
Kate Szumanski Director, Professional Development
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What’s the difference between a recruiter and a hiring manager?

There are plenty of examples in life of something that many others taking for granted but which are a surprise to us. Is that because they’re brilliant, we’re dumb, or both? Sometimes, but probably far more often it is simply …

By College Recruiter
College Recruiter believes that every student and recent grad deserves a great career.
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3 Career Lessons from Taylor Swift

By: Emily Wiegand

Published: Jun 06, 2024 on Vault.com

Although Taylor Swift has dominated headlines in recent years, she hasn’t always been a global superstar. In fact, Swift has encountered (and overcome) many challenges to get to where she is today—challenges …

By Beth Cahill
Beth Cahill Director of Career Development
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Many job applications are never read by a human. Here’s how to make sure your résumé gets seen.

These 5 tips from Fast Company can help you ATS-proof your résumé.

Posted on Fast Company | By Andrew Fennell

For years now, the vast majority of job applications have been scanned, filtered, and assessed by an application tracking system (ATS) before they …

By Beth Cahill
Beth Cahill Director of Career Development
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