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The Mignone Center for Career Success welcomes students from all Harvard College concentrations, and offers a wide range of services and resources tailored specifically to internships, summer opportunities, and entry-level jobs for Harvard College students and recent alumni.  

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Ten-minute “ask me anything” drop-in sessions every weekday:
  • In-person: 2-4pm (54 Dunster St.)

    Thirty-Minute Scheduled Appointments (in person, phone, or Zoom)

    Discuss career decisions, summer planning, making connections, interviewing, applying to graduate school, or other questions. Log in to Crimson Careers and click on “advising appointment” at the top to view advisor availability and reserve a time.

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    Excerpts from Nathan Falde’s article via Truity.com, originally published 9/8/23

    “Career planning is essential for students who want to control their own destiny. There are some tried-and-true career planning strategies that have helped many other people ultimately land the job of …

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    “InHerSight’s list of the 50 best companies to work for is created from millions of anonymous employer ratings and reviews by working women.

    This is a dynamic list—the data based on ratings and reviews from active users. The companies on …

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    How to Prepare a Presentation for a Biopharma Job Interview

    “So you’ve been asked to deliver a presentation to a hiring team. What’s expected of you, and what should you expect?

    Cicely Zhu, an analytical chemist and writer who worked in biopharma for over a decade, told BioSpace presentations are …

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    Negotiating Your Salary with Valerie Sutton

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    In this course, instructor Valerie Sutton, former Director at the Harvard Graduate School of Education Career Services Office, shares smart…

    Get Ready for Your Coding Interview

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    If you’ve nabbed an interview for a software development position, it’s likely that you’ll have to face a common hurdle—the…

    Intro to Machine Learning

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