The Mignone Center for Career Success is dedicated to fostering an environment for intellectual, social, and personal transformation, helping students identify their strengths and how they can best use them in summer and post-graduation opportunities. We offer advising and a wide array of programming and resources aimed at discovering interests and skills, exploring career pathways, and preparing for internships, jobs, and graduate school. Please browse our website to learn more about our services.

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How You Can Help

Family members are a vital part of a student’s network, offering wisdom, support, and advice. Here are ways to support the career exploration process.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Here are the answers to the most common questions about our resources, internships and jobs, getting started, graduate school, and more.

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Hiring Harvard Students

Are you in a position to hire a Harvard student? Families can post at no cost in our Crimson Careers database.

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Our eResources

The Mignone Center for Career Success provides numerous online tools, from mapping career pathways to preparing for the interview process. While many of these are accessible only to students, we encourage you to browse what we offer.

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How to MCS: Crimson Careers

MCS has many resources to help you whether you are just exploring your interests, or applying for an internship.

Here are some recommendations on where you can start. 

Explore MCS resources:
Visit Crimson Careers to search for a job or …

By Anthony Arcieri
Anthony Arcieri Anthony Arcieri, Director of Undergraduate Career Advising and Programming; & Architecture, Engineering, Environment Advising
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Great Conversation Starters for Your Next Job Interview (No Weather Talk!)

You’ve got an upcoming interview, and you’ve prepared your answers, researched the company pre-interview, and picked out the perfect outfit. But have you thought about how you’ll break the ice? Interviews aren’t just about proving you can do the job—they’re …

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Designing a New Path: A Historian’s Leap from Academia to Innovation

In summer 2024, the Mignone Center for Career Success, with support from Harvard Griffin GSAS Leadership, partnered with Michael Tworek, PhD ’14 (Founder, Polis Education) and Erica Machulak, PhD (Founder, Hikma Strategies) to offer a new and innovative program rooted …

By Caroline Rende
Caroline Rende Associate Director of Graduate Career Exploration
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Find a career that aligns with your career interests, see current salary projects, and identify skills you need to apply for that next job or internship.

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Contact & Location

Phone
617-495-2595
Address

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54 Dunster Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

MCS Hours

Monday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wednesday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

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