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Center for Career Development

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Commencement 2024

BU Celebrates 7,600 Graduates at Buoyant 151st Commencement

May 19, 2024

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Everything Guide

Your Everything Guide to Landing an Internship

April 2, 2024

New Appointment

New Career Development Director Plans to Expand Initiatives to Graduate Students

February 12, 2024

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Watch Now

Video: A Visit to BU’s Professional Clothing Closet

March 29, 2023

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Center for Career Development

Prepping Students for a Tight Job Market

January 27, 2023

Photo of Tima Dasouki, a young woman wearing a white blazer and knee-length black dress rifling through a rack of business attire.

Student Life

New Professional Clothing Closet Provides Free Dress Clothes to Students Who Need Them

March 18, 2022

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New Appointment

New Center for Career Development Director to Provide Additional Help for Job-Seeking Terriers

January 21, 2022

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Networking

Need a Job? BU Mentors Are Ready to Help

April 21, 2021

Illustration of three different people, two panels per person, in separate houses, getting ready for virtual interviews. In the first house shape, a woman with red hair does yoga. Next, a man works on his laptop; a women with brown curly hair reads a book on her couch. At bottom left, the woman with red hair picks out an outfit. The man also picks out a suit and tie. Finally, the brown curly-haired women is seen on a video call. The background is bright yellow.

Virtual Interviews

Smart Tips for Successful Virtual Job Interviews

April 16, 2021

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Entering the Job Market

Career Experts Offer Advice for New College Grads

April 16, 2021

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Student Voices

BU Seniors, How Is Your Job Search Going?

March 23, 2021

Flier for the Center for Career Development’s “Launch Your Career” course. It shows a line of tools, such as hammer, wrenches and screwdrivers. The text reads “the tools you need to succeed in the job search. Register: bu.edu/careers/launch “Launch Your Career”, job search during a pandemic.”

Job-Hunting

Looking for a Job during the Pandemic? New Center for Career Development Blackboard Course Can Help

March 14, 2021

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Career Advice

Seven Tips for a Successful (Virtual) Career Fair

October 19, 2020

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Student Life

Job-Hunting Students Face Uncertainty—but Also Opportunity—in Pandemic

May 14, 2020

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Jobs

BU Center for Career Development Increases Help for Students as Economy Worsens

April 7, 2020

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Career

Job Hunting? Dos and Don’ts for Negotiating Salary

March 25, 2019

A student hands out a resume at an All-Majors Career Fair

Science & Technology

One Minute to a Better Resume

October 15, 2018

Career fair on Thursday, February 16, 2017. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Employment

Get Your Résumés Ready: Fall Career Fair Tomorrow

October 17, 2017

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Internship

Help for Students Seeking Internships with Nonprofits

October 24, 2016

Center for Student Services

Career

Yawkey Foundations Gift Goes to Work

September 8, 2015

Yawkey Foundations Gift Goes to Work

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