Welcome to Career Services at MCLA! We’re here to help you connect you with internships, graduate school opportunities, life-planning, and meaningful employment.
CLICK HEREto view the most recent Alumni Career Panel event "Job Searching in a Recession." Also posted on the MCLA Career Services Facebook Page!
CLICK HERE to view the most recent Alumni Career Panel event "Nailing the Zoom Interview and More". Also posted on the MCLA Career Services Facebook Page!
Many MCLA students are awarded work study funds in their financial aid package. If you have a question about your workstudy award, please connect with Student Financial Services and they can confirm your award!
There are also many jobs available for non-work study students. A list of all openings can be found here. Please see Human Resources for all of the necessary documentation to begin working at MCLA.
MCLA Career Services recognizes how important it is to start your professional development journey early. From orientation onward, you will engage in a comprehensive career-planning curriculum.
First, you will engage in self-discovery, via the O*NET Interest Profiler O*Net provides you with a blueprint for the future. It matches you with a three letter code. The O*NET Interest Profiler will then share presentations related to a variety of career options best suited for you, based on your results. This will help you learn not only more about yourself as an individual , but also about the career paths might be best for you.
You may use what you learned from O*Net to understand your priorities and establish S.M.A.R.T. Goals. S.M.A.R.T. stands for:
It is our goal to empower you to create a path by which you engage in personal and professional development. You can accomplish this by continued engagement with the Career Services Office at MCLA throughout the time you are enrolled at MCLA. We emphasize a comprehensive approach to career exploration and discovery here at MCLA. We believe goal setting and follow-through are critical to success in early and on-going professional development.
Career Services is available to you throughout your first year through a series of workshops, one on one appointments, and more.
Check out our mock cover letter and resumes, tailored to the MCLA Experience.
As a sophomores and juniors, we reccomend you complete a job shadow and internship. We encourage professional dress for your shadowing and internship experiences. This is great preparation as it is a necessity for success in your future professional endeavors. Please see our internships page for a complete guide to dressing for success.
Thinking about continuing your education after undergtaduate school? Career Services has plenty of graduate school resources for you too.
Also, it's never too early to start networking. We believe you should start no later than your sophomore year. An easy place to start is on LinkedIn. The guide below illustrates how LinkedIn can be of benefit to you as begin a lifetime of networking.
As seniors and alumni, we encourage you to take advantage of a full range of resources, including: resume review; mock interviewing; drafting personal statement for graduate school; networking tips; and much more.
Please See our resource library below for excellent information on cover letters, resumes, interviewing, and the job search.
