The Career Center is here to help you design a path that enables you to pursue meaningful work and a purposeful life. Whether you're reflecting on your gifts and talents, exploring possible majors or career paths, or ready to meet potential employers, we're here to support you!
Our Approach
At the Career Center, our approach to career development is inspired by the Jesuit practice of discernment, in which we reflect on our own experiences, understand their meaning, and then translate that meaning into action.
Explore
What interests you? How can you align your gifts and talents with a career? Dive into these questions and more by meeting with one of our career coaches, attending an event, or signing up for a career exploration course.
Prepare
Put your best foot forward with a professional headshot, polished resumé, and compelling online profile. Our programs and resources help you feel organized and confident before you step into your first interview.
Connect
Find a mentor and learn more about different careers by tapping into BC's vast alumni network. We also host career fairs and recruiting events to help you develop and cultivate professional relationships with potential employers.
Find & Apply
Embark on a customized search to find the job, internship, or graduate program that meets your unique needs and goals. We'll be with you every step of the way, from navigating jobs sites to negotiating a starting salary.
Not sure where to start?
Our guide can help.
Key Resources
Our most popular programs, platforms, and tips for every stage of your professional journey.
Big Interview
Career Paths
The Career Center has organized careers into seven groups to support the diverse interests of Boston College students. To start off, our career exploration tool will help you discover how your skills, interests, and values fit with potential career options.
Eagle Exchange
Focus 2 Career
Handshake
All of the top employers are hiring on Handshake, including the Fortune 500, nonprofits, and startups. In addition to employer profiles, you can also use your Handshake account to schedule appointments with our career coaches and find upcoming career fairs and networking events. View our Handshake Guide to get started.
Interstride
Post-Graduation Outcomes
Résumé Resources
A résumé is a tailored document highlighting your skills, education, goals, and experience. It is a summary of qualifications for a job, internship, scholarship, or other opportunity. Employers will often spend far less than 30 seconds looking at each résumé, so yours needs to stand out. The resources below will help guide you through the process.
Once you have a draft of your résumé, stop by our office for a 15-minute résumé review. Visit Us
Summer Experiences Database
Career Center Events
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Welcome to the Career Center
Diversity & Inclusion
“Regardless of your background or identity, it is our hope that you feel equipped to explore, prepare for, and act on your career goals and contribute your rich ideas, skills, and values to the world. As a staff, we strive to collaborate with you in making those goals a reality.”
Class of 2023: By the Numbers
94%
of graduates from the Class of 2023 were employed, enrolled in graduate school, or involved in a fellowship or volunteer experience
84%
of students completed an internship during their four years
70%
of students used a BC Career Center resource to secure their employment
“I would encourage BC students to reach out to the Career Center as early as freshman year for advice on majors and interests. The center is one of the most valuable resources on campus.”