Career Development
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Learn how career development experiences can help you shape your Oberlin education.
Career Communities
From the first day on campus, students are invited to join a career community, a themed pathway preparing them for impactful internships and research experiences. Through all four years, our communities offer camaraderie and mentorship from a supportive network of Obies across the world.
Find Your Community
Explore Oberlin’s eight career communities and join the listserv to receive updates on internships, research opportunities, winter-term projects, and job openings.
From the Classroom to the World
The engaged liberal arts at Oberlin opens the classroom to the studios, laboratories, and workplaces defining the future.
Resources
Networking
Talking to people and learning from their experiences is an integral part of career exploration. Think of networking as career education and a form of relationship building.
Diversity and Inclusion
Our advising is responsive to each student’s unique professional goals. Our funding, programming, and identity-based events promote equal access and systemic change in workplace opportunity.
How-to Guides
Study the nuts and bolts of effective communication with our how-to guides on resumes, interviews, personal statements and learning portfolios.
Next Steps
An Oberlin education puts the liberal arts to work in achieving a life of meaning and purpose.
