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Top Career Search Tips

In our career spotlight, Linda Spenser suggests ways to find your ideal job.

Career Services

In addition to our reference library and workshops, CARC offers the following career services to all students. Services exclusive to degree candidates are also described.

Career counseling

Linda Spencer, assistant director of the Office of Career Services (OCS), offers individual drop-in counseling appointments for all students. She can answer quick questions about career options, résumés, cover letters, job search strategies, and interviewing skills. If you are a distance education student, you can receive counseling over the phone or via Skype video chat. (E-mail carc@dcemail.harvard.edu for video chat instructions.) If you want feedback on your résumé, bring a copy with you or e-mail it to carc@dcemail.harvard.edu.

Appointment availability

Appointments—ordinarily 15 minutes each—are available Fridays from 10 am to 1 pm (last appointment is at 12:45 pm), September 18 to May 14. Please note the counselor is not available on Friday, October 9.  No registration is necessary. Just come by the Undergraduate Office (at 51 Brattle Street, Room 501) or call (617) 495-9413 between 10 am and 1 pm on Fridays.

Services for degree candidates and alumni

The OCS offers a variety of career services to Harvard Extension School degree candidates and alumni. Due to specific funding regulations arranged through Harvard College, OCS is not able to offer degree candidate or alumni fellowship, on-campus recruiting, or premedical advising. Visit the OCS website’s section for students for a list of available services that include the following:

Additionally, you can research different careers through the OCS website’s careers section.

Career counseling appointments

Linda Spencer offers individual career counseling for candidates. In the appointments she can help you explore career options, develop job search strategies and interview skills, use the Myers-Briggs Type Indicators (a personality assessment tool), critique résumés and cover letters, and conduct mock interviews. To schedule an appointment, log on to Crimson Careers (see below) and select “Request an OCS Counseling Appointment.”

Questions? Contact the OCS front desk at (617) 495-2595.

Featured resource

Crimson Careers provides a platform of jobs and internships from employers specifically interested in Harvard University students and alumni. New listings are added daily; the database currently includes hundreds of jobs and internships.

To access the system, log on to Crimson Careers using your current e-mail address (the one on file with the Extension School) and Harvard ID (displayed on your Harvard University ID card) as your password.

Alumni: Self register using your post.harvard email account. (To register for a post.harvard account please visit the Harvard Alumni Association website.

Career events and announcements

Throughout the year OCS and CARC host a number of career events for degree candidates and alumni. A number of industry professionals share information on careers in fields such as biotechnology, education, environmental management, finance, journalism, and museums. These events offer opportunities to network and foster relations with fellow candidates who have similar professional interests.

Every fall, OCS also hosts the Harvard University Career Forum, which provides an opportunity for degree candidates and alumni to talk with 130 prominent organizations representing 20 different industries. More information will be available closer to the event, which will be held on Friday, September 11, from 10 am to 4 pm, Gordon Track and Tennis Center. Harvard ID required.

Be sure to sign up for the listserv to receive timely announcements about career events and fairs, such as the Study Abroad International Experience Fair (October), All Ivy Environmental Career Fair (February), and Working for the Public Good Fair (April). E-mails are sent out on a bi-weekly basis with career and graduate school events, as well as job and internship opportunities. You must subscribe using your Faculty of Arts and Sciences or Post.Harvard e-mail account.