Get to Know the Career Center
The Career Center is here to help you during your journey at Boston College and beyond. We celebrate the diversity of our student body and appreciate that each student brings to us a unique background, life story, and set of interests, skills, values, and goals. Our team will help you tap into resources that will equip you with the skills you need to make your next move, and to design your life and career.
Our Vision
All Boston College students will be empowered to pursue careers and lives of meaning and purpose.
Our Mission
The Boston College Career Center empowers students from all academic disciplines to incorporate their career goals into a life of meaning and impact. The Center embraces the value of a liberal arts education, which prepares students to discern their gifts and talents and how they want to use them to engage the world, while also providing the skills students need to be career ready. We guide students as they explore their career interests, begin to design lives of purpose, and actively prepare to pursue opportunities that help them achieve their goals. To meet the needs of each student and ensure we are accessible to all, we partner with faculty, staff, employers, alumni, and others to foster a diverse network that will support students at every stage of their career journey. Our aim is to reflect the University's belief that career education and readiness are essential components of our Jesuit mission “to learn, to search for the truth, and to live in service to others.”
Our Shared Values
Following are the Career Center’s shared values and a description of behaviors that demonstrate each value. As part of the mission of Student Affairs and rooted in the values of a Jesuit Catholic institution, we are dedicated to fostering an environment that reflects our shared commitment to the holistic development of our students and staff. We acknowledge the role we play in contributing to BC’s educational mission, guided by our values of caring for the whole person and promoting a just society.
Student-Centered Approach
We make choices that are deeply rooted in the best interests of students to empower them individually and collectively to discern their gifts and talents and how they want to use them to engage the world. We strive to balance the individual needs and preferences of students with overall trends in st
Leadership
Regardless of our role and position, we strive to develop and become the leaders necessary to realize our mission. We work purposely, strategically, collaboratively, and resourcefully. We take initiative, persevere in the face of challenges, communicate openly, and assume responsibility for achievin
Sense of Possibility
We think boldly, greet new ideas openly, and approach our work with optimism.
Learn Continuously
We critically and strategically seek out the best approaches to our work, reflect on past experiences, intentionally pursue the expertise of others, and evaluate data to guide our actions for the future in our commitment to continuous improvement.
Diversity and Inclusion
We recognize that we each bring a unique perspective to our team based on our identities and life experiences that help us do our best work. We keep in mind the limitations of our own experiences and actively seek out diverse perspectives to educate ourselves, enrich our team, and create an inclusiv
Team Orientation
We value, respect, and communicate with each other, while also inspiring, challenging and supporting one another to be our best, sustain our effort, and engage in our work with a sense of purpose. We align our work around common goals and practices in pursuit of our mission as well as with the divis
Our Model
How we organize our work at the Boston College Career Center
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The Three Stages of Your Career Journey
We are all at different stages of our life journeys. Our three-step model—Explore, Prepare, Act —will help you recognize where you are and what steps you need to take to achieve your goals. Our staff will help you tap into resources that will equip you with the skills you need to make your next move, and to design your life and career. Remember that your career development is an ongoing, lifelong process of exploration and decision-making. You will revisit these steps throughout your time at Boston College and beyond.
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1. Explore
Through a variety of experiences at Boston College, you will be reflecting on the three questions: what brings you joy?, what are you good at?, and what does the world need you to be? At this stage, you will dive deep to learn about yourself and find a path that aligns your individual skills, interests, and values with meaningful career opportunities.
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2. Prepare
Whether you are applying for a post-grad opportunity, internship, graduate school, or on-campus position, you will want to highlight what makes you distinct and present your talents in the best light. At this stage, you will begin to seek opportunities to develop the skills employers seek, and learn how to effectively present your experiences, skills, interests, and values to a potential employer or graduate school.
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3. Act
It’s time to make it all happen. At this stage, you will begin strategizing your search plan and start pursuing opportunities that align with your interests, skills, and values.