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Career Development Center

Career Development Center. The return on your investment in a Suffolk University education

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Career Development Center

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  1. Career Development Center The return on your investment in a Suffolk University education Students have the opportunity to start on the path to professional success by utilizing the services and resources of the Career Development Center. Services individualized career counseling, a four-year career timeline, career-related experience through paid/unpaid internships, and post-graduate employment/graduate school assistance. careers@suffolk.edu facebook.com/sucareers 617-573-8480

  2. Recent Alumni Success Stories • Jared Pelletier, Broadcast Journalism ’13 • Assignment Desk Intern (WHDH/Channel 7), Frontline Intern (WGBH) • Hired full-time as a General Assignment Reporter, WDTV/WVFX • Nicole DeSantis, Marketing ’13 -- President, Women in Business • Account Management Intern, Hill Holliday (advertising) • Hired full-time as Assistant Account Executive, Hill Holliday • Hannah Bartol, Psychology ‘13 • Student Leader/Volunteer, Alternative Spring Break (Habitat for Humanity) • Hired full-time as AmeriCorps Staff, Federal Emergency Mgmt. Agency (FEMA) • Scott Paiva, Finance ‘13 • Sawyer Ambassador, Resident Assistant • Corporate Tax Intern, State Street • Hired full-time as a Financial Analyst, State Street

  3. Services • Career Counseling • Four-Year Career Timeline • Freshman – Career Exploration • Sophomore – Career Discovery • Junior – Career Experience • Senior – Career Launch • Choosing a College Major/Minor • Career Exploration & Resources • Job Search Readiness – resume, social media presence, interview prep, networking/Linkedin • Internships • Post-Graduate Launch – employment or graduate school

  4. Sample Internship Sites Arnold WorldwideBig Brother Big SisterBoston CelticsBoston Police DepartmentBoston Red Sox British ConsulateBrown Brothers Harriman Conservation Law FoundationDepartment of Housing & Community DevelopmentDeloitte Dunkin’ BrandsErnst & YoungFederal Reserve Bank of BostonFidelity Investments Gap Inc.Hill HollidayLouis VuittonMassachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts State HouseMerrill LynchMuseum of Science New England AquariumPepsiCoSovereign BankSuffolk County Juvenile Court US Attorney General’s Office

  5. Sample Alumni Employers Accenture AmeriCorps American Cancer Society BNY Mellon Brigham & Women’s Hospital Bank of America Biogen IDEC Bose Corporation Boston Children’s Hospital City of Boston Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Deloitte & Touche Digitas Dunkin’ Brands Elkus Manfredi Architects Ernst & Young Fidelity Investments Genzyme Corporation Hill Holliday John Hancock Financial Services JP Morgan KPMG LLP Liberty Mutual Massachusetts Department of Social Services Massachusetts Environmental Protection Agency Massachusetts General HospitalMassachusetts House of Representatives Merrill Lynch Microsoft New England Sports Network (NESN) New York City Department of Education Oxfam America Partners Health Care PricewaterhouseCoopers Procter & Gamble Rhode Island Budget Office Ropes and Gray SHIFT Communications State Street Corporation The Boston Globe Tsoi/Kobus & Associates US Army Corps of Engineers US Department of Homeland Security US Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentUS Drug Enforcement Agency Verizon Walt Disney Company WHDH-TV, Channel 7 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute

  6. Career Advice “Follow your passion, secure relevant experiences through paid/unpaid internships, and you will compete successfully for career opportunities upon graduation.” Paul Tanklefsky Director, Career Development Ctr.

  7. Undergraduate First Destination Survey, Class of 2013 (preliminary data) Average salary: $44,800 Median salary: $42,000 Employed FT: 80.7 % Pursuing Graduate Studies (full-time): 13.2 % Seeking Employment: 6.1 % Work is career-related: 75.0 %+ Completed a co-op/internship: 65.0 %

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