Welcome!
The Center for Career Design is here to help you on your unique journey at Dartmouth and beyond, whether you’re a first year just arriving on campus or a senior looking ahead to graduation! Get started by logging into our Handshake career platform with your NetID and single sign-on (SSO) to access internship and job postings, coaching appointments, workshops, career fairs, and targeted invitations to employer events/opportunities that match your interests.
Schedule a one-on-one 30-minute appointment with our Career & Life Design Coaches, virtually or in-person, to discuss:
- Finding and articulating your strengths, interests, goals and values
- Exploring potential careers and the world of work
- Learning about career-related tools resources available
- Creating and refining resumes, cover letters, eportfolios, LinkedIn profiles
- Learning how to cultivate a professional network
- Searching for internships and jobs
- Exploring graduate/professional school
- Developing interview skills
- Evaluating and negotiating offers
- Building your reputation
- and more!
The Career Communities are hubs of knowledge and connection open to undergraduate students of all class years, majors, and backgrounds. Any student can join any community, and each student can join as many communities as they want! Join any of the following communities:
Stop by (or schedule an appointment with) our Career Design Lab in 001 Lower McNutt Hall to try out our:
- Career Exploration Generator, a CustomGPT that suggests job roles that may be of interest to you based on your inputted values, skills, and experiences
- Decision Lab, a set of short exercises designed to help you make career decisions with clarity
- Exploration Lab, a set of quick exercises meant to help you explore and identify your strengths, skills, interests, and more
- Headshot station, where you can take a professional-grade headshot in less than 2 min.!
The Career & Life Design Immersion is a 9-week program combining in-class workshop experiences and employer-based projects to help you move from self-understanding to real-world action. Rather than expecting you to have everything figured out, the program emphasizes exploration, reflection, and learning by doing.
Embark on your Career Design Quest with the Center for Career Design! Complete action items related to career exploration and preparedness in order to level up and win prizes.
Students can reserve rooms for studying or interviews – fill out this form to reserve a room!
- Industry and skill-building events throughout the year
- Alumni, employer and professional/graduate school connections
- Career fairs, information sessions and informal events
- Weekly and monthly newsletters packed with timely news, announcements and opportunities
- Tailored industry and population-specific resources
- Job, internship, and other experiential learning opportunity postings
- Plus, other resources and tools to support you throughout each phase of your unique career journey
The Center for Career Design and Thayer Career Services does not make any representations or guarantees about positions posted in the Handshake system or any other job / internship sites listed on the Center for Career Design website as a suggested resource for students. It is the responsibility of the student to research the integrity of the organizations to which they are applying. Students with questions or concerns about an opportunity, event or organization may contact the Center for Career Design at careerdesign@dartmouth.edu or Thayer Career Services at ecserv@dartmouth.edu, respectively.
