Explore and Make Connections
A good place to start is to understand your skills along with your values and career goals. Career Services has a wide range of ways to help students including various assessments, 1:1 career counseling, and workshops.
Explore various industries and careers by making connections with alumni and other professionals. Know that there are different hiring timelines for different industries – it is important to connect with Career Services and alumni in your fields of interest to better understand what makes the most sense for your search.
Apply and Interview
Search for opportunities that are aligned with your skills and career goals through Handshake and check out the Swarthmore Funded Summer Opportunities.
Prepare your resume and cover letter for upcoming applications.
Learn more about interviewing and work with our team to ensure you are best prepared to present.
Money scammers have found a new lucrative home – the job and internship seeker. Throughout the past academic year alone, thousands of fraudulent job offers and part-time employment scams have targeted the Swarthmore student community. With increasingly sophisticated and effective methods …
Summer housing options at Swarthmore can be viewed on the Residence Life page.
If you are going to be off campus and in other locations, you may find the below links helpful.
Note: We do not officially endorse any of …
This year, Career Services is offering two opportunities to obtain summer funding:
1. Swarthmore Future Entrepreneurship Program (SFEP)
This program allows students to intern at local start up companies through a partnership with Ben Franklin Technology Partners. Students can apply …
The Summer Opportunities Fair happened in late October. Sofia Perez ‘26 is a Career Fellow in the Career Services office. She attended the fair as a student and as a representative for Career Services. Sofia shares her thoughts on why …
So you didn’t get accepted to the Goldman Sachs Summer Analyst Program or any “Big Bank” internship for that matter, or maybe you were just too late to the application process. What do you do now?
First and foremost, don’t …