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Career Development Center

 

The Career Development Center (CDC) is here to assist you as you explore, prepare for, and make successful transitions to life after Hamline! We empower you to take an active role in finding and pursuing your personal and professional passions.

The CDC offers a comprehensive program of professional and career development services. We're here to help you explore, plan, and achieve your career goals from the first year on campus to graduation and beyond.
 

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Hours Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Location Drew Science Center 113
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Phone 651-523-2302

We offer in-person, virtual, and phone appointments.

CDC Staff

 

Who we serve

  • All Hamline undergraduate students
  • Graduate students in the School of Education and Leadership or Creative Writing programs
  • Alums within three years of their graduation date

Others we help:

  • Employers interested in building connections with the Hamline community
  • Staff hoping to post work study positions and learn more about what we do
  • Faculty searching for ways to strengthen the tie between education and employment

 

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Career planning checklists

We're here to help you at every stage of preparing for your career after Hamline. Select the checklist by year below and you'll make steady and meaningful progress to finding your first career after graduation. 

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Be Piper-Prepared, Career Ready

What major or career is right for you, and what steps can you take to get there?

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Find an internship

Discover the steps for finding, registering, and receiving credit for internships.

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Find a job or work-study program

Resources and career fairs to get you started on your search.

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Get help with resumes, applications, and cover letters

Make your best first impression with resources and templates to help you.

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Get tips on interviewing

You've landed an interview. Now what?

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Unsure if a career may be right for you? Candid Career offers a number of in-depth interviews with people in a variety of careers.

The mission of the Career Development Center

The Career Development Center supports students in the discovery of interests, strengths and motivations as they pursue career goals. We do this through collaborations across campus and in the community, providing holistic support from orientation to graduation. By honoring the lived experiences and journeys that inform their career decision-making and lifetime growth, we help students bridge the transition from Pipers to professionals.

Recent graduate data

Each year, the Career Development Center conducts a survey of the previous year’s graduating class to determine their post-graduation employment and education status. All students receiving a Bachelor’s Degree are surveyed. The reports provide an overview of the First Destination Survey results by graduating class.
 

Class of 2023 Class of 2019 Class of 2015
Class of 2022 Class of 2018 Class of 2014
Class of 2021 Class of 2017 Class of 2013
Class of 2020 Class of 2016 Class of 2012

 

Hamline graduates' employment and education status (Google Drive)