Undergraduates

Students can engage with the Office of Career Strategy (OCS) at any time! OCS can help you brainstorm career paths, apply for positions, network with ease, negotiate offers, and consider graduate school.

Connect With OCS

Connect with an Outreach Coordinator in your Residential College
Make a 15-minute virtual Quick Question Appointment (when classes are in session)
Schedule a 30 or 45-minute advising appointment
Student Organizations: Request a Workshop
Careers: Explore, Apply & Accept: Move Step-by-Step through the Summer Job Search Process in this Self-Paced Canvas Course

Reflect on Your Skills & Interests

Designing Your Career Tool: Use this engaging online tool to help you apply Design Thinking principles to career decision-making
Five-Step Career Decision Making Process
Consider Job Function vs Job Industry and how that will factor into career choices
Forage Job Simulations: Gain exposure to different careers through free, short virtual simulations

Apply for Jobs & Internships

Resumes and Cover Letters
Academic Credit & Letters of Support
Interview Preparation, including Big Interview
Search opportunities in Yale Career Link
On-Campus Recruiting
Self-Reported Grade Sheet

Funding Professional Experiences

Summer Experience Award
Select Internship Programs (Block, Buckley, LA Arts, Yale in Hollywood)
Post-graduate & Summer Fellowships

Grow Your Network

Review our top networking tips
Connect with fellow students and recent alums through the Peer Networking Lists.
Connect with Yale alumni through Yale’s Cross Campus networking platform.
Create a LinkedIn account

Considering Graduate or Professional School?

News from OCS

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Yale Law Student Seeking a Personal Care Assistant

$17 – $20/hour
Flexible schedule, located on Yale Campus in New Haven, CT

Summary: I am seeking several dependable and friendly females who are interested in healthcare and wellness to assist with personal care during a variety of shifts over …

By Kristin McJunkins

Advanced Interview Prep: How to Answer “Walk Me Through a Deal”

This Article is from the Adventis. There are job postings and several articles to view on the Adventis website.

For many sophomore students preparing for investment banking interviews, few questions feel as intimidating or as ambiguous as: “Walk me through …

By Yale Office of Career Strategy

How much time should you spend on job boards instead of networking?

Let’s be real: spending eight hours a day hitting “Apply” on LinkedIn, Indeed, or any other job board is the fastest way to burn out and get zero results. It feels productive because you’re “doing something,” but for an early-career …

By College Recruiter

CareerShift

CareerShift, licensed by the OCS, is a job aggregator and a powerful tool for searching internship and full-time positions posted …

Firsthand (powered by Vault)

Firsthand helps students, professionals, and job-seekers find the right career path through career exploration and connections with mentors and employers.

Candid (formerly Guidestar)

Candid non-profit directory provides information on the mission, programs, leaders and financials of over 1.8 million non-profit organizations.

GoinGlobal

GoinGlobal Country Career Guides are the ultimate jobseeker’s tool for finding employment at home and abroad. Packed with country-specific career …

OCS YouTube Channel

OCS is excited to share our brand new YouTube Channel! You’ll find all our animated videos, panel talks, career development …

Handshake

Handshake is a career community for students, which posts jobs and internships. Yale University students can sign-up at https://app.joinhandshake.com/login, choose …

Search continually updated U.S. market trends to learn about job types (job functions), growth trends, and desired skills. The results will include general information about each job (functional area), employment trends from the past two years and projections for the next 10 years, employers that have that role, desired education level, skills for the position, and more!

TWO WAYS TO SEARCH:

Find Career Data by Selecting Keywords: Enter keywords of various job titles and choose a state or search nationwide to learn more about that job.
Filter by Industry and Occupation: Search by industry and choose among popular occupations/job titles within that industry.

Find career data by selecting keywords Keyword Search

or, by filtering for industry and occupation Industry Search

Type in a keyword to select a relevant occupation. (If you'd like to see data for a specific location only, filter by state.)

Day of the week	Academic Year	Summer Hours
Monday	8:30am - 5pm	8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 5pm	8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 5pm	8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday	8:30am - 5pm	8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday	8:30am - 5pm	8:30am - 4:30pm

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

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