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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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Business & Law

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

University News

Get Your Résumés Ready: Fall Career Fair Tomorrow

October 17, 2017

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Business & Law

Help for Students Seeking Internships with Nonprofits

October 24, 2016

Center for Student Services

Business & Law

Yawkey Foundations Gift Goes to Work

September 8, 2015

Yawkey Foundations Gift Goes to Work