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.

Events in February 2026 from Career Services

The following events are hosted by Career Services, a Tri-Co college, or an employer or institutional partner. See the events page of our website for a full list of events, and follow @swatcareers on Instagram for additional news and updates.

By Talia Barnes
Talia Barnes
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Events in January 2026 from Career Services

The following features events hosted by Career Services, in partnership with an employer or another institution, or referred to us to specifically share with Swarthmore students. You can find a list of both our highlighted events on a monthly-basis as well as a full list …

By Pattie Kim-Keefer
Pattie Kim-Keefer Associate Director, Assessments & Technology
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Exciting Funding Resource

CIL: Center for Innovation and Leadership

Design and Development Fund (DDF) 

Fund Information Brochure 

Check out the CIL’s Design and Development Fund created to support everything from Conferences, Hackathons to student start ups, ventures and more…..

By Jennifer Barrington
Jennifer Barrington Associate Director, Career Education
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Becoming You: Finding Self, Community and Career Paths

by Tobias Chen

Becoming You is an initiative hosted by Jen Barrington, Assoc. Director Career Services, aimed at helping students explore career paths related to their passions and interests. Students met for 5 weeks once a week in the Career …

By Jennifer Barrington
Jennifer Barrington Associate Director, Career Education
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Events in November 2025 from Career Services

The following features events hosted by Career Services, in partnership with an employer or another institution, or referred to us to specifically share with Swarthmore students. You can find a list of both our highlighted events on a monthly-basis as well as a full list …

By Pattie Kim-Keefer
Pattie Kim-Keefer Associate Director, Assessments & Technology
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Employer & Interview Insights

Vault Guide to Top Internships, 2024 Edition

The Vault Guide to Top Internships rates more than 100 internship programs. Based on a survey of more than 12,000 …

Swarthmore & External Resources

Beyond the Classroom

Experiential Learning provides you with choices of how to live into your mission—that is, internships, research fellowships, and projects offer …

Funding Resource – CIL: Center for Innovation and Leadership

Design and Development Fund (DDF) 

Fund Information Brochure 

AY 25-26

This brochure will provide you with all the details, criteria, …

Swarthmore Summer Funding – Navigation Tree

Are you looking ahead for funding for a summer opportunity, but not sure what’s available? (Hint, there’s lots of options!) …

Alumni Connections

  • Account Executive Goosehead Insurance Agency, LLC.
Meet Nicole
  • Analyst Praescient Analytics
Meet Anyssa
  • Managing Director and Co-Founder The Counsly Group
Meet Lisa
  • Associate Boston Consulting Group
Meet Sandy

Contact & Location

Phone
(610) 328–8352
Address

500 College Ave.
Parrish Hall 135
Swarthmore, PA 19081

Career Service Hours

Monday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Tuesday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Wednesday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Thursday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Friday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Office closed daily from 12–1pm for lunch.