Resources for Parents
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THE BOSTON COLLEGE CAREER CENTER NEWSLETTER FOR PARENTS
Check out the Newsletter for Parents to keep you updated on the wealth of career resources and programs the BC Career Center has to offer to your sons and daughters.
We welcome parents to partner with us as we guide Boston College students through their career development path. Your sons and daughters may come to you with questions about major choice and career direction.
The resources we provide may help you with their career-related concerns. Please look at the wealth of information that we provide through this website and encourage your daughter or son to visit our office.
And, as always, please feel free to contact us at 617-552-3430 should you have any questions.
RESOURCES FOR PARENTS
Translating Education Into Careers
The PowerPoint slides from the Career Center's summer orientation sessions for parents of incoming freshmen.
Have an employment or internship opportunity?
Posting opportunities for BC students and alumni.
Career Center Survey Results
Here you can see what the recently graduated class is doing, what BC alumni are doing ten years after graduation, and what the previous ten years of graduating students are doing.
A Parents' Guide to Career Development
One of the most valuable things parents can do to help a student with career planning is listen: be open to ideas, try to help your student find information, and be nonjudgmental. Here are 10 ways you can help.
SERVICES FOR YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER
Career Advisors can help with:
Internships
Jobs
Graduate school
Choosing a major
Choosing a career
Changing careers
Resumes
Cover letters
Interviewing
Accepting/declining offers
Advance appointments are available by calling 617-552-3430.
Drop-In Question Hours provide a 15-to-20-minute consultation with a career advisor.
To navigate the Career Center's website, use the menu to the left on each page (scroll up).