Career Education For Students

Our Mission: To educate and create connections for the Arcadia University community to facilitate the holistic career development of undergraduate students, graduate students, and alumni.

Explore

• Individual Career Support: Available by appointment on topics such as career exploration, professional preparation, and graduate school.
  • Visit Handshake to schedule your appointment with a Career Educator.
  • Drop in for Express Advising staffed by Career Peer Advisors. 
• Career Assessments: Assessments are interpreted by a Career Educator to identify your interests, skills, and personality traits to help with major and career decision-making.
• Career Exploration: Explore majors and career options.
• Career Mentoring: The Alumni Career Mentor Program matches undergrads (18 and older) with alumni mentors.

Engage

• Handshake: Online hub for Arcadia students and alumni. Apply for internships or jobs, publish your resume, & sign up for on-campus interviews, career events, and career consultations.
• Interview Prep: Improve your ability to discuss your skills through a practice interview. 
  • Sign up for a practice interview with a professional expert (select Interviews with the Experts). 
  • Request a practice interview with a Career Educator. 
  • Practice virtually with Quinncia, an online career preparation platform helping students improve interview skills. 
• Strategic Career Planning: Engage in this 2-credit course for all majors and classes offered over 7 weeks. 
• Online Career Resources: Our job search tools will make your job/internship search more productive. 
• Career Topic Guides: Download career advice for resumes, cover letters, thank you notes and more.

Embark

• Internships: Learn about internships that employers seek in recent grads. 
• Employer and Career Connections: Connect with employers through internship and career fairs, networking events, and on-campus interviews.  Use Handshake to register for:
  • Career Events
  • Employer Events (such as our Internship and Career Fair and Networking Nights)
  • On-campus Interviews  (application required)

e³ Career and Professional Development Made Easy

Arcadia undergraduates can now take advantage of the e³ Career Action Plan!