Wellesley’s new career education model for the liberal arts — an approach designed with the mission of preparing and inspiring every Wellesley student to craft a lifetime of opportunity and reach her full potential.
Career Education is available all summer long to meet with students and alums!
Appointments will be available to incoming first year students beginning August 22, 2022.
Schedule Career and Fellowship Advising appointments by visiting Handshake, and visit our Summer 2022 landing page to read our suggestions for summer exploration.
You will always have access to [Career Education]. Keep using them, keep checking in with them afterward, because the Wellesley community is always willing to help.
Nicole Ntim-Addae (Nico Addae) ʼ20
Entrepreneurship and Research Manager at Fenaroli & Associates
It’s okay if things don’t turn out exactly the way you expect... and as I grew throughout my time at Wellesley, I discovered that I also wanted to gain experience in more people-oriented clinical roles.
Louisa Oppenheim ’20
Mental Health Counselor with Walden Behavioral Care
Speak to many different people when you are deciding which schools to apply to and preparing your applications. Your professors and Career Education have valuable insights about different programs, your strengths, and how you can approach your applications. Speaking to them makes your application stronger.
student satisfaction in 2018–2019 after in-person appointments (on par with 98% in 2017–2018)
Award Winning
2 Awards Won
2017 NACE Career Services Excellence Award & 2017 Eduventures Innovation Award
98%
98% of Class of 2021 graduates were employed, accepted to graduate school, participating in a service/volunteer program, or serving in the military within 6 months of graduation
"From the first program I wrote to the projects I'm working on now, I still get a rush every time my code runs. That feeling is what got me hooked on computer science."