Hale Center for Career Development/Four-Year Career Development Program

The career development program at Connecticut College offers a unique, comprehensive, and developmental curriculum designed to teach students to integrate their experiences and leverage their liberal arts education. The Career Action Program launches in their first year; students are encouraged to take a credit-bearing seven-week Career Preparation course focused on key pillars of career development: Exploration, Storytelling, Networking, and Professionalism. The course helps students integrate an understanding of core career readiness competencies and personal values, as well as how to articulate these for job, fellowship, and graduate school applications. Students complete a Final Career Portfolio of career-related materials including a resume, cover letter, LinkedIn profile, and collection of interview-ready stories demonstrating the top career readiness competencies sought after by employers. 

We provide students with resources to find and develop opportunities that align with their individual interests and goals. Through the Career Action Program, students who successfully complete the Career Preparation Course are eligible for funding to support their pursuit of approved career and professional development opportunities. These opportunities include competency-building courses, training, or certifications, as well as internships and research experiences that will advance their future competitiveness for jobs, fellowships, and graduate school. 

Beyond the course, dedicated Career Advisors and Hale Center staff work to support all students in their individual career development, providing internship and job search advising and guiding them through the professional and graduate school decision-making process, including pre-health, pre-business and pre-law support. Students learn to use their network to participate in Camel-Connected opportunities with alumni and campus partners and understand how to build career paths in their particular field of interest. 

Fact: 90% of the student body at Connecticut College regularly utilizes the services of the Hale Center for Career Development over the course of their four years.