Career Development Center

Schedule a career coaching appointment

Contact info for the Career Development Center
By email:	career@hamline.edu
By phone:	651-523-2302
Through our portal:	Schedule online

We offer appointments in person, virtually, or by phone — whichever works best for you. Please note that we do not offer same-day or walk-in appointments.

Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m.– 5 p.m.
Location: Drew Science Center 113 [ View campus map ]

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Prepare for your career

The Career Development Center (CDC) is here to assist you as you explore, prepare for, and make successful transitions to life after Hamline! We empower you to take an active role in finding and pursuing your personal and professional passions.

The CDC offers a comprehensive program of professional and career development services. We're here to help you explore, plan, and achieve your career goals from the first year on campus to graduation and beyond.

Students wait on line at a tabling event for the Career Development Center

Who we serve

All Hamline undergraduate students
Graduate students in the School of Education and Leadership or Creative Writing programs
Alums within three years of their graduation date

Others we help:

Employers interested in building connections with the Hamline community
Staff hoping to post work study positions and learn more about what we do
Faculty searching for ways to strengthen the tie between education and employment

Career planning checklists

We're here to help you at every stage of preparing for your career after Hamline. Select the checklist by year below and you'll make steady and meaningful progress to finding your first career after graduation.

First-year career planning checklist (pdf)

Second-year career planning checklist (pdf)

Third-year career planning checklist (pdf)

Fourth-year career planning checklist (pdf)

What the CDC helps you do

Be Piper-Prepared, Career Ready

What major or career is right for you, and what steps can you take to get there?

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Find an internship

Discover the steps for finding, registering, and receiving credit for internships.

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Find a job or work-study program

Resources and career fairs to get you started on your search.

Get help with resumes, job applications, and cover letters

Make your best first impression with resources and templates to help you.

Get tips on interviewing

You've landed an interview. Now what?

View the careers video library

Unsure if a career may be right for you? Candid Career offers a number of in-depth interviews with people in a variety of careers.

Recent graduate data

Each year, the Career Development Center conducts a survey of the previous year’s graduating class to determine their post-graduation employment and education status. All students receiving a Bachelor’s Degree are surveyed. The reports provide an overview of the First Destination Survey results by graduating class.

Class of 2023	Class of 2019	Class of 2015
Class of 2022	Class of 2018	Class of 2014
Class of 2021	Class of 2017	Class of 2013
Class of 2020	Class of 2016	Class of 2012

Hamline graduates' employment and education status (Google Drive)

Contact information

Career Development Center

651-523-2302 (office)

career@hamline.edu
MS-B1802 (mail stop), Drew Science Center 113