The Career Development and Placement Center
The Career Development and Placement Center provides guidance and preparation to full-time and part-time students who have matriculated toward a degree. Career Development programs and services include:
- Major in Success program, which assists students in gaining self-knowledge, selecting a major, and researching compatible career options;
- Career testing including self-directed career assessments, the Strong Interest Inventory, and the Myers-Briggs Type Personality Indicator (MBTI);
- Assistance finding paid and unpaid internships for which students may be able to earn academic credit;
- One-on-one career counseling for career-related issues;
- Help finding part-time and summer employment;
- Résumé writing and interviewing skills workshops;
- Career panel discussions, networking and etiquette events, employer on-campus interviewing, and job fairs;
- Online job postings—the office maintains an online job bank and job search management website exclusively for Sacred Heart University students;
- Guidance in conducting a senior-year job search for a full-time position after graduation; and
- Planning for and researching graduate school options.
The Career Development and Placement Center is located in the Linda E. McMahon Commons building and can be reached by phone at 203-371-7975 or via e-mail at careerdev@sacredheart.edu.