Career Center News

Concussion Alliance connects patients with resources to manage their recovery and, most recently, established an internship program where several Carleton students have found incredible success.

Carleton parents play an integral role in helping Carls create meaningful opportunities that will launch them into a successful life after college. Here are 5 ways to support your student’s career and professional development during winter break.

The world may feel upside down some days, but Carls are finding ways to navigate an uncertain terrain. Since the global pandemic started shutting down in-person interactions in the spring, the Career Center has been tracking a variety of trends to understand how to position all students to effectively explore and pursue their career interests.

“A marathon, not a sprint,” may be a cliché, but in the context of one’s career, it could not be more true.

Carleton’s externship program will be taking on a new form this year: externships will be 100% virtual and project-based. After a robust recruiting effort involving over 30 parent and alumni volunteers along with staff, we’re thrilled to share there are over 180 externship opportunities for students!

Sophomorphosis presents a series of workshops that provides second-year students with a wealth of information about some key resources available to them as they move through their sophomore year, as well as the remainder of their time at Carleton. The topics included in Sophomorphosis are off-campus studies, fellowships, the writing portfolio, undergraduate research, career development, pre-health, and, finally, the path towards declaring a major in the spring.

Carls are intellectually curious. Carls are resilient when faced with challenges. Carls are creative in shaping their life stories. These are just three attributes our Career Center team loves about working with Carleton students. As the new academic year begins, we are ready to support Carls as they continue to create their career stories.

Watch a series of 10-minute video interviews with Carleton alumni in key sectors talk about their career paths and the impact of COVID-19 on their careers. Interviews were conducted in spring and summer 2020.

Isabel Hackett ’21, reflects on her back to back experiences in Africa: doing a summer internship in Cape Town with Global Edge followed by studying abroad in Morocco in the fall.

As hands-on experience has become increasingly essential to prospective employers, a number of generous Carls have stepped up to fund internships.