{"id":1053,"date":"2025-06-24T17:06:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T17:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/alumni\/?p=1053"},"modified":"2025-06-24T18:20:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T18:20:12","slug":"resources-and-tips-for-career-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/alumni\/2025\/06\/24\/resources-and-tips-for-career-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources and tips for career planning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-from-clark-s-undergraduate-parents-advisory-council\">From Clark&#8217;s Undergraduate Parents Advisory Council<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Career Connections Center (CCC)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hub of the CCC is on first floor of the Shaich Family Alumni &amp; Student Engagement Center (ASEC), where students have access to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1:1 conversations with professional advisors who meet students where they\u2019re at and find out what they need<ul><li>Help them discover careers that give them joy and income potential<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Personalized and customized help<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/curriculum-and-careers\/experiential-major-maps\/\">Experiential Major Maps<\/a> help students visualize and design their journey at Clark and beyond<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Students are encouraged to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Utilize <a href=\"https:\/\/clarku.joinhandshake.com\">Handshake<\/a> to schedule a 1-1 appointment with a career advisor, search for internship opportunities, and access CCC resources<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem\">Create a <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1.125rem\" href=\"https:\/\/clarkconnect.clarku.edu\/hub\/clark-connect\/home-v3\">ClarkConnect<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem\"> account<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem\">Create a LinkedIn account and follow the <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1.125rem\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/showcase\/clarku-ccc\/\">Career Connections Center LinkedIn page<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1.125rem\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=PSaytapoPkW5cqoUIUEPgNODWj-NlChEqBFhwDl1MoRURjJPTzZFWjRYM0ZFRTM1QkpNNjEyVkxSUy4u&amp;route=shorturl\">Join a Career Community<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem\">Get a resume and cover letter review at the Career Lab (it\u2019s open all summer!)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem\">Create an ePortfolio<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visit the Career Closet when needed \u2013 an initiative that provides gently-used professional attire<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are ways students can broaden their horizons and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/offices\/career-connections-center\/gain-experience\/\">gain experience<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/offices\/career-connections-center\/gain-experience\/academic-internship-program\/\">Academic Internships<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem\">Alumni Job Shadowing Program (offered over winter break)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1.125rem\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/offices\/studyabroad\/\">Study abroad or away<\/a><a style=\"font-size: 1.125rem\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/offices\/student-employment\/find-a-job\/\">Campus employment opportunities<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem\"> \u2013 for fall semester jobs, get ready in July and August!<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/offices\/community-engagement-and-volunteering\/\">Community engagement and volunteering<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/scholarships-fellowships\/the-fellowships-scholarships\/\">Undergraduate Research and Fellowships Advising<\/a> can provide opportunities and financial support for a variety of experiences. Here are just a few of many that exist:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/clscholarship.org\/\">Critical Language Scholarship (CLS)<\/a> is a fully-funded, immersive summer program for students to learn languages of strategic importance to national security, economic prosperity, and engagement in the world<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1.125rem\" href=\"https:\/\/www.borenawards.org\/\">Boren Awards for International Study<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem\"> for studying a wide range of critical languages and immersion in cultures in world regions underrepresented in study abroad<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1.125rem\" href=\"https:\/\/us.fulbrightonline.org\/fulbright-us-student-program\">Fulbright U.S. Student Program<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem\"> offers opportunities in all academic disciplines to passionate and accomplished graduating seniors, graduate students, and young professionals from all backgrounds to pursue graduate study, conduct research, or teach English abroad<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middlebury.edu\/projects-for-peace\">Davis Projects for Peace<\/a> is a global program that partners with educational institutions to identify and support young peacebuilders to provide grants that support the development of innovative, community-centered, and scalable-responses to the world\u2019s most pressing issues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/offices\/career-connections-center\/gain-experience\/funding-opportunities\/\">Funding for opportunities<\/a> like internships, research, and projects also exists. Students can check out what funding is available and how to apply on the website. Awards range in size and can be used for research supplies, cost of living during an internship, stipend, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/projectonramp.us\/\">Project Onramp<\/a> in Boston was also highlighted as a resource for talented, motivated students who are under-resourced and often first-generation college students who are interested in working in the life-sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Mental Health Resources<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another essential topic is awareness of mental health resources on campus. Please note the following links for more information about student wellness, counseling services, group sessions, and medication management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/student-life\/health-wellness\/\">clarku.edu\/student-life\/health-wellness<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/offices\/counseling\/\">clarku.edu\/offices\/counseling<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/offices\/counseling\/services\/groups\/\">clarku.edu\/offices\/counseling\/services\/groups<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/offices\/counseling\/services\/psychiatric-medication-management\/\">clarku.edu\/offices\/counseling\/services\/psychiatric-medication-management<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Clark&#8217;s Undergraduate Parents Advisory Council Career Connections Center (CCC) The hub of the CCC is on first floor of the Shaich Family Alumni &amp; Student Engagement Center (ASEC), where students have access to: Students are encouraged to: Here are ways students can broaden their horizons and gain experience: Undergraduate Research and Fellowships Advising can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Resources and tips for career planning | Alumni | Clark University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/alumni\/2025\/06\/24\/resources-and-tips-for-career-planning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Resources and tips for career planning\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From Clark&#8217;s Undergraduate Parents Advisory Council Career Connections Center (CCC) The hub of the CCC is on first floor of the Shaich Family Alumni &amp; 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