The Office of Career Development Services offers both individual and group counseling sessions to help students identify career goals and explore options for graduate and professional schools.

Workshops on résumé writing, job search strategies, networking, interviewing skills, and applying to graduate school are held regularly.

Career Resource Library

The Career Resource Library contains occupational information on a wide range of professional career areas. Library holdings and online resources include occupational outlook and salary data, catalogs, admissions examination materials for graduate and professional school study, directories of employers, and guides for job hunting, career exploration, and life planning. For students exploring internship possibilities, more than 1,000 internships can be found in the library files and database. 

Post-Graduate Planning

Career Services provides opportunities for students to speak with representatives of graduate
schools and other programs such as the Peace Corps, Americorps and Teach for America at the annual Wells College Graduate School Fair. In addition, Wells students are invited to participate in job fairs at Cornell University, Ithaca College, and in Rochester, New York. These provide opportunities for students to meet with representatives from business, government, and nonprofit agencies. Notices of job openings in career fields of interest to liberal arts students are shared with students. Employment readiness programs are directed to students during their senior year, and special attention is given to students applying to graduate and professional schools as are summer job opportunities, internships, and scholarships and fellowships for graduate and professional school.

Credentials Files

The Office of Career Development Services maintains confidential files of letters of recommendation for juniors, seniors, and alumnae/i. Recommendation forms are provided for letters from Wells College faculty and staff. Letters from internship sponsors and other employers may be included in the files. Letters of recommendation can be used to support applications to graduate or professional school or to enhance applications for employment.

The Alumnae/i Network

Alumnae/i of Wells College are excellent sources of advice regarding career opportunities. In
cooperation with the Alumnae/i Association, Career Services helps link students with alumnae/i who have offered to provide career information, to sponsor internships, and to host students at Wells Alumnae/i Club gatherings and receptions. Alumnae/i return to campus for discussions with students about their experiences in graduate school and with the job search. The connection continues after graduation as alumnae/i are put in touch with other alumnae/i in similar career areas. In addition, alumnae/i are welcome to use any of the services provided by the career services staff.

Services for Alumnae/i )

Sponsoring Interns

The Career Development Services Office is located on the first floor of Main Building (south hallway). 

For more information, contact Nancy Karpinski, Director of Internships and Career Services.