Center for Career Development

Your Future, Your Path—Personalized Career Support at Dickinson 

Dickinson’s career preparation begins in year one. You’ll connect with your Career Pathway Advisor for advice on early experiential opportunities, and you can attend workshops and sessions with the career development team. As a sophomore you’ll declare your major and start to hone in on potential future career paths through site visits, career treks and alumni connections. As a junior and senior, you’ll enhance your skillset through internships and networking, present at the Internship Showcase, meet with your pathway advisor regularly and prepare through our Life After Graduation Workshop Series.

Our emphasis on critical thinking, problem-solving and effective communication equips graduates with the essential skills needed to excel both in today's competitive job market and in the job market of the future. Through our robust academic program, supported by the work of our Center for Career Development and programs including the Burgess Institute for the Global Economy, Career Communities and global and domestic internships and research, Dickinson students gain valuable insights, build professional networks and develop the confidence to pursue their career goals. 

Customize Your Career Pathway

Our Career Communities offer personalized advice, industry-specific resources, alumni connections and job opportunities. Each Career Community is designed to help students both learn about potential paths within a given field or sector and acquire the specialized knowledge, skills and experiences that employers in that sector are looking for today. Along with Dickinson’s liberal-arts education, this gives students a distinct edge. 

The Career Communities are:

Business

Data, Tech &
Engineering

Environment, Natural Resources & Sustainability

Policy, Law
& Government

Health, Wellness
& Human Services

Arts, Media
& Communications

Nonprofit, Education
& Social Impact

Life Science &
Scientific Research

Career
Exploration

Game-Changing Internships

Internships and research projects are key to experiential learning, and Dickinson offers students opportunities across diverse fields with support through workshops, networking, financial aid, and academic credit.

The college’s extensive alumni network and global connections further enhance access to internships both domestically—including right here in Carlisle—and internationally. 

“Interning in a completely new field opened my eyes to career possibilities I hadn’t considered before. The experience showed me how important it is to stay open-minded about the future.”

—SOLVEIG AKSDAL ’25 (psychology and political science), legal intern at the African Energy Chamber.

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Access to our Global Alumni Network

Our alums hold positions at the highest levels of government, medicine, business, art, education, technology and every other industry on the planet. And they can be found with organizations such as Nvidia, Sotheby’s, Apple, L.L.Bean, Microsoft, JPMorgan Chase, Amazon, Amnesty International, Lazard, Eli Lilly, NBCUniversal, Google, NASA, World Wildlife Fund and Nike.

And Dickinson leverages the support and connections of our sprawling global alumni community to advance every student’s career through mentorships, internships, networking opportunities, career treks, classroom visits and more.

The Burgess Institute for the Global Economy

Operating across the curriculum, the Burgess Institute expands the value of the Dickinson degree by exposing students to principles of the global business economy. That gives students a competitive advantage as they seek to make their mark in finance, banking, economics, business and myriad related fields.  

The institute allows students to see any major through a business lens, opening new career paths and inspiring possibilities. And the executives-in-residence program provides students direct access to professionals excelling in the global marketplace.