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What is DukeConnect?
DukeConnect is a database of alumni, parents, and friends of Duke who have volunteered to assist fellow alumni and current students with their career exploration process. DukeConnect is a networking tool to be used as a source of information about majors/fields of study, industries, and career paths. In addition, it's a way to help Duke students and alumni understand and enter a competitive job market.
What is Duke eRecruiting?
Duke eRecruiting is Duke’s job posting and on-campus interviewing system. All students have an account in Duke eRecruiting but each student must request a password from the eRecruiting website in order to gain access to Duke specific job postings for campus jobs, summer jobs, internships and full-time opportunities. In the on-campus interview section you will find job descriptions and schedules for companies scheduled to interview students on campus. New jobs are added daily so it’s important to make Duke eRecruiting a resource that you check regularly.
What is e-leads?
e-leads provides potential leads for internships, externships and jobs in industries where pro-active recruiting does not typically take place. Since many industries and companies do not actively recruit on college campuses, e-leads provides an opportunity for you to learn about positions offered by such companies.
What is the Engineering Alumni Internship Program?
The Engineering Alumni Internship Program provides students majoring in engineering, science and technology an opportunity to intern with a current Duke alumni within their place of employment, typically during the summer.
What is an Externship?

This is a career exploration program that provides students with a snapshot of a particular career environment, enabling them to gather information that will influence their career decisions. Students have the opportunity to shadow an alumnus or friend of Duke University for 1-5 days during Spring Break or after commencement in May. Externships often include overviews of the career, informational interviews with professionals and short term projects.

What is Internship Exchange?
Duke has partnered with several colleges and universities to create this dynamic database of thousands of summer jobs, internships, fellowships and other short-term opportunities. If you have an interest in applying to any of the listings, you may want to consult a career counselor about putting forward the best possible application.
What is the Resource Room?
Located in 106 Page Building, the resource room is home to drop-in advising from 2-5pm Monday through Thursday and 2-4pm on Friday. We keep all of the printed materials that counselors refer students to in the resource room as well as our computer cluster. You're welcome to come and browse any time the Career Center is open.
What is the Alumni in Residence Program?
Experienced alumni return to campus to advise students. Their time here is split between Career Center staff, faculty, a presentation and individual appointments with students. The Alumni in Residence Program is designed to provide students with current industry information, to increase awareness of employment opportunities and trends in the industry and to advise students on how best to prepare for careers in their area of interest. This is a great opportunity for students and faculty to benefit from alumni expertise.
What is Career Week?
Career Week is an annual week-long program of transition and career discussions that culminate in a full day of panel discussions based on career fields. Although Career Week has ended for this year, you can still browse the biography of the alums who attended.
What is CareerSearch?
CareerSearch is an extensive database that includes over one million companies along with contact names, addresses, phone numbers and a variety of company background information. Search by industry type, location and keywords. *CareerSearch is a subscription and is currently available to undergraduates and graduate students in Trinity College and Pratt.

What is the Career Guide?
Duke's Career Guide is published yearly and is packed with tips for everything from learning about careers to interviewing tips.  You can pick yours up at the Career Center, 110 Page Bldg.

What is an assessment?
A Career Counselor will review the results of these assessments and discuss the occupational implications. Assessments can help you find direction if you don’t have it, confirm that you are already headed in the right way, or help you understand that maybe you need to make a u-turn.

 The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) reports a person’s preferred ways of interacting with the world and making decisions. The results of the MBTI are helpful when making important decisions such as selecting a major or a career field. Several careers may be a good fit for your personality are listed.

The Strong Interest Inventory evaluates your interests and matches them to career areas. A list of occupations that might be a good fit for you is generated from your responses on the questionnaire. For students who aren’t sure about future career options, the Strong is the first step in the career development process.

The Campbell Interest and Skills Survey (CISS) measures your current level of interest and skill level. To differenciate the Strong from the Campbell, the Campbell evaluates the perception you have of the skills associated with interests.
What is Career Counseling?
Take action by talking with someone concerning your thoughts about the future. A career counselor, of course, is the most likely person with whom to begin this conversation. You have nothing to lose. However, here are some clues about getting the most out of a visit with a career counselor.
First of all, career counselors are trained to help you discover what skills, interests, values and issues seem to be recurrent in your life. If you take the time to assess these attributes, you will be in a much better position to evaluate the various options you will have upon graduation. Counselors will assist you by suggesting some good starting points for your search.

Call 660-1050 to make an appointment to see a career counselor. Together you can assess where you are in the career planning process. Then you can work together to create an action plan. The sooner you start this process the better prepared you will be to tackle the job market and, more importantly, find the career path that is best suited to your interests, experiences and skills.
Drop-in Advising ?
You can stop by Monday through Thursday from 2-5 pm or Friday from 2-4 pm in 106 Page and sign up for a 15-minute session to see a counselor (on a first come-first serve basis). Drop-ins are ideal if you have a quick question or if you would like a professional and constructive opinion on a resume or cover letter.
What is HCEP?
The Health Careers Exploration Program is an excellent opportunity for students considering or pursuing careers in health professions to gain training, volunteer patient-care experience and shadow a health professional. The program places students in Duke Medical Center or another local health facility during the fall and spring semesters. This program may require a significant time commitment, and some aspects are not available for first year students.
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