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    Career Outcomes

    Here, nationally ranked academics and opportunities in a world-class city equip students to pursue their dreams and serve the world.

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    81

    percent of SPU students complete internships and other field experiences–one of the best ways to land your first job

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    89%

    percent of graduates are employed or attending graduate school within one year of graduation

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    17

    Fortune 500 companies in Seattle – and SPU students have worked at all of them

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    2,500

    Seattle-area professionals are available as mentors to students through SPU’s Mentor Program. Get matched with a leader in your dream field for career coaching, job shadowing, and more.

    Connecting you to your dream career

    Your SPU professors, mentors, and faculty advisors will help you develop a personalized plan to get to your dream career. That could mean getting connected with a mentor or landing an internship that turns into a full-time job after graduation.

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    Amazon, Alaska Airlines, Boeing, Center for Infectious Disease Research, Deloitte & Touche, Disney, F5 Networks, Getty Images, Gravity Payments, KOMO 4, Moss Adams, Nordstrom, Peace Corps, Porch, Seattle Seahawks, Seattle Sounders, Subsplash, Swedish Hospital, Tableau Software, Teach for America, Tesla, UW Hospital, World Vision, Zillow, and many more.

    Center for Career and Calling

    Explore your career options and discover your vocational calling and purpose. Through career assessments, classes, resources, and appointments with career counselors, you'll have all the tools you need to find a path that fits you. The Center for Career and Calling can connect you with internship opportunities. The Center also offers personalized career, resume, and interview guidance. It doesn't stop after you get your diploma, either: SPU alumni have continued access to CCC resources even after graduation.

    Mentor Program

    Get a better idea of what jobs in your field best match your skills, interests, and gifts by meeting with a mentor. Our mentor database contains over 2,500 local professionals. Through the Mentor Program at Seattle Pacific, you can meet regularly with a mentor, schedule a half-day job shadow, or meet with several people from the same company.

    Whitney Giaimo

    Whitney Giaimo
    Whitney Giaimo

    Whitney Giaimo

    Microsoft engineer

    The summer before her senior year, Whitney Giaimo '12 interned at Microsoft. The electrical engineering grad, who earned a Master of Arts in Management with an emphasis in Social and Sustainable Management at SPU in 2013, now works at Microsoft as an engineer.

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    The summer before her senior year, Whitney Giaimo '12 interned at Microsoft. The electrical engineering grad, who earned a Master of Arts in Management with an emphasis in Social and Sustainable Management at SPU in 2013, now works at Microsoft as an engineer. Read more

    Ryan Alcantara

    Ryan Alcantara
    Cara Wall-Scheffler

    Ryan Alcantara

    Intern at Brooks Running

    As an advisor and mentor, Associate Professor of Biology Cara Wall-Scheffler helped applied human biology major Ryan Alcantara '15 land a paid internship in the biomechanics lab at Brooks Running, which is in walking distance of campus.

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    As an advisor and mentor, Associate Professor of Biology Cara Wall-Scheffler helped applied human biology major Ryan Alcantara '15 land a paid internship in the biomechanics lab at Brooks Running, which is in walking distance of campus. Read more

    Shaina Mackin

    Shaina Mackin
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    Shaina Mackin

    Fulbright Scholar

    After graduation, Shaina Mackin '15 worked at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. She's currently a Fulbright Scholar in Malaysia.

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    After graduation, Shaina Mackin '15 worked at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. She's currently a Fulbright Scholar in Malaysia. Read more

    Qadar Omar

    Qadar Omar
    Qadar Omar

    Qadar Omar

    Career in tech

    To prepare for a career in Seattle's tech industry, Qadar Omar '16 combined the logic and reasoning of a philosophy major with the skills learned in his computer science classes. By graduation, he had a job offer waiting at Vehicle, a local tech company.

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    To prepare for a career in Seattle's tech industry, Qadar Omar '16 combined the logic and reasoning of a philosophy major with the skills learned in his computer science classes. By graduation, he had a job offer waiting at Vehicle, a local tech company. Read more

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