Student Services
Below is a list of services the CDC offers to WPI students. If you need assistance with something not listed, please set up an appointment with a staff member in the Career Development Center.
- Individual Appointments
- Students and alumni can arrange to meet a staff member by appointment or during walk-in hours. Help is provided in many areas including assistance with major selection, making career choices, resumes and cover letters, devising a job search plan, interviewing and applying to graduate school.
- Self Assessment Inventories
- These include, Strong Interest Inventory, Myers Briggs, or Self Directed Search to assess skills, values and personality traits to help you determine a career path. For more information, visit our Self Assessment website.
- Job Shadowing
- Spend a day shadowing an alumni or employer to learn about jobs, careers or industries. Visit our Job Shadowing web page for additional information.
- Career Resource Center
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The CDC maintains literature and information about various companies that recruit on campus. This information helps students prepare for their interviews with these companies. The CDC also provides vocational resources for students researching and exploring various careers. These resources include major binders to learn more about what you can do with a WPI major. For those students considering graduate school, the CDC provides information on the graduate school search process, and graduate education at WPI and elsewhere.
The CDC also houses general information on standard examinations required by many graduate schools such as the Graduate Record Exam (GRE), Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), and Law School Admission Test (LSAT). - Career Search
- This software program helps to identify companies in any industry or technology with great specificity and has the ability to perform searches that specify your ideal location in the U.S., Canada, or internationally. This program can be accessed through your Job Finder account.
- Mock Interviews
- Practice your interviewing skills with a staff member in the Career Development Center.
- Career/Job Fairs
- Each year the CDC organizes three career/job fairs for students to obtain information on full-time, part-time, summer internship and co-op opportunities.
- Career Workshops and Seminars
- Throughout the year a variety of workshops are offered to students. Past topics have included: Resume/Cover Letters, Job Search Strategies, Summer Job Search, Job Offer Decision Making, and Applying to Graduate School.
- Company Presentations
- Information sessions are provided by recruiters so that students have an opportunity to evaluate and learn more about the companies interviewing on campus.
- Job Listings
- The CDC posts full-time, part-time, summer and co-op opportunities. Students and alumni can access job listings through Job Finder.
- On-campus Interviews
- The CDC brings companies to campus to interview students each year from September through April. More than 200 private, government, civic and professional companies and organizations have participated in this program. Employers interview for summer, co-op or full-time employment. Resume submission for on-campus interviews usually begins in early September for interviews beginning the first week of October.
- Resume Referral
- Students can house their resume in Job Finder. Employers may access students’ resumes in two ways, either via a web resume book or referrals by the CDC for specific positions.
- Summer Internship Program
- Students may work three to four months, full-time, in a position directly related to their field during the summer. This opportunity is open to any student, First Year through Graduate Students. Visit our Jobs, Internships & Co-op website for additional information.
- Cooperative Education Program (Co-op)
- Students may work six to eight months in a position directly related to their major during the academic year and summer. Students must meet with a CDC staff member to learn how to participate in the Co-op Program.
- Alumni Assistance
- After students graduate from WPI, the CDC provides assistance to alumni seeking new employment or facing a change in career goals. For more information, visit the Alumni section of our website.
Last modified: August 07, 2008 13:47:03