Undergraduates

The Office of Career Strategy offers a variety of ways for you to engage that align with the stage you are in on your academic and professional path. Whether you are just starting to consider possibilities or you are further along, we will help you explore options, create application materials, learn to networking with ease, guide you to negotiate offers, and consider how graduate school might fit into your plans.

Get Started

Explore our resources below and make an appointment to work with an experienced career advisor. For advice and resources specific to your fields of interest, please visit and sign up updates from our our Career Communities, Affinity/Identity Communities, and Applying to Graduate School Communities.

Engage with OCS

Students don’t need to know their career path before engaging. We are here to help you explore and apply to jobs and internships. Here are ways to get started:

Plan and Assess

Before you begin, consider assessing your goals through these OCS self-assessment tools:

Apply for Jobs & Internships

Applying to positions can be a mysterious process, but we’re here to help! Start with these resources and make an appointment with a career advisor.

Funding for Professional Experiences

Yale students pursue many meaningful projects and positions. Below are resources to help you consider opportunities and funding options.

Grow Your Network

Networking may seem intimidating, but it doesn’t have to be. Read these tips to network with ease.

Thinking About Graduate or Professional School?

Interested in pursuing a higher degree? We will guide you through the entire process, from the first moment through the application process and acceptance.

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✔ Provides millions of contacts for networking (alumni) and find recruiters for various employers or by industry

The Bridgespan Group: An Insider Look Into Non-Profit Consulting

The team at Management Consulted recently sat down with Stephanie Kater, a Partner and co-leader of the firm’s impact investing space. She has a lot to share about daily life as a Bridgespan consultant – and how you can become one.  …

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How to Stay in-the-know on Start-ups: Tips from a Yale graduate

Yale students, across industries and academic areas are dipping their toes into the start-up world as interns, full-time employees, and as entrepreneurs. But how do you stay up-to-date on what’s happening with start-ups? Here are some resources that might be …

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Casa Monarca – Humanitarian Affairs Assistant Internship

Given a project partnership agreement with the UNHCR Field Office Monterrey as an assistant of humanitarian affairs will participate in all the activities supporting our mission to welcome, to protect, to promote and to integrate refugees.

There’s a short period …

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Future Leaders in Public Service Internship: Info Session+Opportunity for Summer 2022

Info Session Today: Monday, January 24, 2022. 4:00-5:00 PM EST

The Future Leaders in Public Service Internship program is managed by the Partnership for Public Service, and supported by Schmidt Futures. This program provides undergraduate and graduate students in various …

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Department of Energy (DOE) Omni Technology Alliance Internship Program

The DOE Omni Technology Alliance Internship Program provides paid 10-week summer internships for up to three consecutive summers for talented undergraduate and graduate students in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and other related fields.Interns will hold appointments at DOE national laboratories, …

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Community Resources

Summer Experience Award Application in Yale Career Link

 

 

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Community Spotlights

Elaina Foley

Elaina Foley

  • Legislative Intern Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
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Shreeya Singh

Shreeya Singh

  • Research Project Intern Dr. Sarah Cahn, Professor
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Nicole Li

Nicole Li

  • Congressional Intern Office of Congressman Steve Cohen (D – TN)
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Montana Love

Montana Love

  • Research Project
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Sarah Borden

Sarah Borden

  • Human Rights Refugee & Immigrant Program Intern Advocates for Human Rights, Minnesota
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Shreyas Raman

Shreyas Raman

  • Innovation Lab Intern Greenwich Library, Connecticut
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Sophie Lieberman

Sophie Lieberman

  • Nutrition Education Fellow Capital Area Food Bank, Washington DC
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Vanessa Zhang

Vanessa Zhang

  • Development Intern Peer Health Exchange (PHE), Chicago
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CONTACT & LOCATION

Phone
(203) 432-0800
Email
careerstrategy@yale.edu
Address

55 Whitney Avenue, 3rd Fl.
New Haven, CT 06510

SERVICE HOURS

  Academic Year Summer Hours
M 8:30am - 5pm 8:30am - 4:30pm
T 8:30am - 5pm 8:30am - 4:30pm
W 8:30am - 5pm 8:30am - 4:30pm
TH 8:30am - 5pm 8:30am - 4:30pm
F 8:30am - 5pm 8:30am - 4:30pm

The office is closed weekends, holidays, and recess days.