Center for Career and Calling

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The mission of SPU’s Center for Career and Calling is to equip SPU students and alumni with a deep understanding of themselves and their calling in order to launch meaningful careers.

Explore

Discern

Prepare

Launch

Students

Employers

Families

Faculty

The Center for Career and Calling has gone virtual

The Center for Career and Calling is now also available virtually, and we’d love to support you!

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The Center for Career and Calling commitment

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Introducing Pathway U

Use this science-based online career guidance tool to predict your “fit” in a major and career that will bring joy, purpose, and meaning to your life.

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Connect with Switchboard

Switchboard is an online community where you can connect and engage with the SPU network.

search for a job
crowd-source advice
seek out alumni for guidance
connect with other students
find a Falcon to stay with when you’re traveling the world

Get what you need or offer what you have. It's that simple!

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Make a one-on-one appointment

If you are an SPU student or alum, we invite you to schedule an appointment with a career counselor:

in person at the CCC front desk.
by phone at 206-281-2485.
on your Handshake account – click “Career Center” and then “Appointments.”

Depending on availability, same-day 20-minute walk-in appointments for résumé and cover-letter reviews are available 12–2 p.m. each weekday. Simply stop by the CCC office on the second floor of the Student Union Building.

An SPU student meets with a career counselor | Photo by Lynn Anselmi

Explore your career and calling

Find out how you can discern your calling, understand and articulate your strengths and interests, explore career options, and more.

Learn more >

An SPU student looks through job postings on her laptop | photo by Lynn Anselmi

Find a job or internship

Our resources will help you find opportunities and meet employers, from your first year at SPU until after graduation.

Learn more >

SPU business graduate students work on a group project | Photo by Dan Sheehan

Consider graduate school

Use our online resources to get general advice, or make an appointment to have a professional career counselor edit your application materials.

Learn more >

An SPU student meets with a mentor | Photo by Lynn Anselmi

Become a mentor

If you’re a parent, an SPU alum, or a local businessperson, you can help SPU students and alumni by sharing your career experiences and expertise one-on-one.

Learn more >

Center for Career and Calling

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The Center for Career and Calling commitment

Introducing Pathway U

Connect with Switchboard

Make a one-on-one appointment

Explore your career and calling

Find out how you can discern your calling, understand and articulate your strengths and interests, explore career options, and more.

Find a job or internship

Our resources will help you find opportunities and meet employers, from your first year at SPU until after graduation.

Consider graduate school

Use our online resources to get general advice, or make an appointment to have a professional career counselor edit your application materials.

Become a mentor

If you’re a parent, an SPU alum, or a local businessperson, you can help SPU students and alumni by sharing your career experiences and expertise one-on-one.

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