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Career Engagement: Students

The Center for Career Engagement works with every student from the moment they step on campus to graduation. Through our unique experiential learning opportunities paired with strong employer partnerships we enable students to learn and gain insight about various career fields, build their own strong, professional networks, and encourage engagement in their own career development.

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Resources

Looking for quick help? We have a robust resources page that cover a variety of topics including career exploration, resume writing, networking tips, and job and internship search techniques. Review our resources.

Student Employment

Whether you plan to work on campus or are a returning student worker, we are here to support you in identifying opportunities and completing employment paperwork. Learn more about work on campus.

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Handshake

Handshake is the system to stay up-to-date with career events, appointment scheduling, on-campus employment, and job & internship searches! Login to your Handshake account today!

Career Exploration Programs

These opportunities help students to develop a better understanding of their interests and strengths and how those transfer into success after college. These programs include Intern, Extern, Shadow, & Trek and Connect with Employers.

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Enduring Skills

Adaptability

Be open to new ideas, learn from experiences, and embrace change with a position mindset.

Communication

Effectively convey information, ideas, or emotions over various channels and mediums in a way that is clear, concise, and impactful.

Creativity

Embrace curiosity, think outside of the box, generate new ideas, and find innovative solutions.

Intercultural Fluency

Effectively communicate and interact with people from different cultures, understand and appreciate different perspectives, customs, and behaviors, and be open-minded, empathetic, and respectful in navigating diverse environments.

Leadership

Coach, motivate, organize, and leverage the strengths of others to achieve common goals, using empathy and interpersonal skills while demonstrating integrity.

Problem Solving

Define and analyze challenges, identify and evaluate effective solutions, and implement and assess results.

Teamwork

Work within a team structure to build relationships, reach consensus, and achieve objectives, considering diverse voices.

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Entrepreneurial Fellow

“The most surprising thing I’ve learned has been just how much work goes into making a web application. As a computer science major, the Fellowship has given me a new appreciation of my field of study.” – –William Czubakowski ’17

Externships

“I chose an externship out of my comfort zone, but one that I still had an interest in learning about. This experience taught me a plethora of strategies that brand managers, social media specialists, influencer marketing specialists, and others use to effectively represent the KIND business and products.” – –Raven Waters ’19

Career Immersion Trip

“The most valuable aspect of the trip was meeting with the leaders who run the different operations we were touring. Learning how they manage their brands really reaffirmed my interest in the advertising and marketing industry.” – –Mike Gaza ’16

The Start-Up Experience

“One of the biggest things for me early on was signing up for a weekend-long workshop on entrepreneurship at Gettysburg. I saw a poster for the Start-Up Experience. It was a ton of work, but I really enjoyed it because I was working for myself.” – –Noah Pompan ’18