We're on Your Team
Whether you're just getting started or already filling out applications, our knowledgable career coaches areÌýhere to support you. We offer different kinds of coaching services, including career exploration appointments, industry-specific sessions, andÌýdrop-in hours for quick questions or résumé review.
Career coaching is available to all undergraduate students and graduate students currently enrolled in degree-granting programs within MCAS, CSON, LSOEHD, WCAS, and STM, as well as alumni within five years of graduation. Career coaching is not available for students in exclusively online programs. The information below will help you find the right appointment type to meet your goals.Ìý
Career Exploration
One-on-one discussions with a career exploration coach that can help you get started and gain clarity on your career direction.
Ideal for:
- Getting started with the Career Center
- Choosing a major
- Identifying career fields of interest
- Narrowing down career options
Career Paths
One-on-one discussions with an industry-specialist coach to help you launch a job/internship/graduate school search.Ìý
Ideal for:
- StrategizingÌýa job/internship search
- Preparing for graduate school
- Preparing for a behavioral interview
- Evaluating an offer
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Drop-In Hours
15-minute one-on-one, first-come, first-serve sessions designed to help you with a quick question,Ìýrésumé review, or more.Ìý
Ideal for:
- ¸éé²õ³Ü³¾Ã©/cover letter critiques
- LinkedIn profile reviews
- Referrals to our career assessments
- Quick guidance
- Eagle Exchange Profile ReviewÌý
Upon conclusion of a career coaching discussion, you will feel you have made progress in addressing your current career questions and be able to:
- Identify 1-3 next steps in their career discernment and planning.
In addition, depending on the content of your career coaching discussion, you may be able to:
- Describe 1-3 resources or strategies you can use to explore career fields.
- Identify 1-3 skills you hope to incorporate into your career paths that align with the skills employers are seeking in recent college graduates.
- Create a plan to develop skills and competencies required for a particular field of interest.
- Connect the skills, interests, and values you are gaining at Boston College to specific career opportunities of interest.
- Create application materials such as resumes, cover letters, LinkedIn profiles, and personal statements that articulate your experiences, skills, interests, and values.
- Verbally articulate how your experiences, skills, interests, and values relate to opportunities through networking conversations and/or interviews.
- Identify 1-3 resources to help you find specific jobs, internships, graduate school, or other career opportunities.
- Articulate at least one tip or strategy for communicating effectively with alumni and professionals.
For Appointments
For Drop-In Hours
Fall drop-in hours:
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12:00–4:00 p.m.Ìý
Friday
12:00–3:00 p.m.
Career Center