Use our online tools for a guided, intuitive career and education decision-making model to help you choose majors, explore occupations, and make informed career decisions.
The Career Center
Helping You Become Career Ready
The PennWest Career Center, including the Internship Center, is dedicated to educating and empowering students as they explore their interests, prepare for the workforce, and apply their skills toward achieving their own definition of career and life success. In addition to individualized student support, the center offers resources for faculty and families to help guide students in reaching their personal, academic, and professional goals. Through partnerships across campus, the Career Center delivers tailored workshops to classes, student clubs, and organizations on topics such as career planning, job search strategies, and professional development.
Each student at PennWest is paired with a professional career coach who specializes in their area of study. These coaches provide one-on-one guidance in exploring career paths, building strong resumes and cover letters, preparing for interviews, and identifying internship and job opportunities. The Career Center also facilitates connections between students and employers actively seeking PennWest graduates, helping to bridge the gap between college and career through strategic support and real-world engagement.
Explore, prepare, and apply
Use this interactive tool to view information about specific jobs including employment trends to determine the future need for positions, average annual salaries, top employers, and common educational levels for certain careers. View nationwide data or further narrow your search by including a specific state and even county!
Gain a free virtual project experience through Forage, a remote, interactive, and real-world experience working with employers such as Red Bull, Bank of America, and Lyft. Work at your own pace while gaining skills to prepare for your future career. Completing programs provided by Forage, in partnership with global companies, helps build your resume by earning certificates awarded to you after completing a program. The virtual job simulations help students explore new career options interactively. Broaden your knowledge, gain practical skills, and apply what you have learned to real work situations.
Resumes and cover letters are important tools in your job search and can make or break a job application. Let us show you how to craft job search documents that will help you secure an interview!
The best way to prepare for internship, job, or graduate school admission interviews is to practice! Use our digital interview training and practice system, available 24/7 or meet with your career coach.
Mark your calendar with the upcoming events, both on-campus and virtual.
An internship is a professional learning experience that offers meaningful, practical work related to a student’s field of study or career interest. An internship gives a student the opportunity for career exploration and development and to learn new skills.
The Career Center offers advice on job-searching strategies to help you secure a position!
The Career Center can help you explore if graduate/professional school can help you achieve your career goals and help you through the application process.
Prospective, accepted, and admitted students can view open positions and apply online.
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