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We have gathered a list of our favorite online career resources in one place. Whether you're exploring your career options, preparing to apply for jobs, or seeking to maximize your experience, you'll find valuable resources below to help you succeed.
Career Resource Links
To access our resources, explore the topics of interest in the accordions below. You can expand on each topic individually or all at once.
- Career Assessments: Identifying your interests, strengths, values, and personality can help you make choices when exploring campus activities, academic majors, internships, and careers. We offer the MBTI, CliftonStrengths, Strong Interest Inventory, and Meaningful Work Kit.
- PathwayU: Choosing a career path or program of study can be challenging. PathwayU can help! This self-guided assessment helps you identify career paths, Stanford majors, jobs and internships, based on your interests, values and workplace preferences. Register using your stanford.edu or alumni@stanford.eduemail.
- Getting Started (:36)
- My Journey Page (:41)
- Assessments (1:07)
- Career Matches (2:46)
- Job Board (:52)
Careers
- Forage - Engage in virtual mock work experiences designed by employers to help you learn about roles in marketing, finance, consulting, HR, social impact, public health and more. Register using your Stanford student or alumni email.
- CollegeGrad: Career Profiles
- Vault: Professions & Industries Click on Featured and select: All in the search box.
- Industry Snapshots
- AI Prompts To Identify Potential Employers Or Job Roles
Academics
- Stanford LinkedIn Alumni Page
- Stanford Alumni LinkedIn Group Open to Stanford students and alumni
- How to Connect with Stanford Alumni on LinkedIn Video
- Alumni Directory
- To Access the Directory, sign up for your free Stanford Pass account.
- Getting Started with Alumni Directory
- Stanford Alumni Mentoring Program (SAM)
- Networking Questions for Employers
- Questions to Understand an Employer’s Commitment to DEIB
- Tips for Navigating Career Fairs
- How to Prepare for Your Career Fair “Elevator Pitch”
- Your Elevator Pitch
- Coffee Chats: Informal meetings with employers in a variety of fields
- ADPList.org: A global mentorship platform connecting mentors and mentees in design, product, AI, engineering, content, marketing and other tech and non-tech roles within the field of technology. The platform offers both free and paid mentorship.
- What You Need to Know About Recruitment Timelines
- Action Plan: Organize Your Job and Internship Search
- Job and Internship Search Organizer
- Getting Started with Handshake
General
- Handshake Jobs and internships for students and recent graduates
- Early Career Programs Internships and jobs
- Indeed Job Search Academy
- Idealist.org Nonprofit jobs and internships
- Wellfound - Startup tech jobs
- Built In & Built In SF -Startup tech and non-tech jobs
- Parker Dewey Paid short-term projects. Sign in using your stanford.edu or alumni.stanford.edu email.
- Going Global International jobs and internships
- Job Accommodation Network (JAN) Job Sites
- Interstride Jobs and internships in the U.S. and abroad for international and domestic students and alumni
Population-Specific
- Frosh/Soph Opportunities: Internships and More
- Frosh/Soph Internships
- International Students Job Search
- PhDs and Postdocs: Faculty Job Search Resource on Canvas
- PhDs and Postdocs: Job Search Beyond Academia
- Identity Focused Resources
Industry Specific
- Arts, Media, and Entertainment Opportunities
- Resources and Tips in Finance & Consulting
- Consulting: Navigating the Recruitment Process
- Careers in Finance
- Careers Working with Data
- How to Apply for Technical Roles
- Steps to Apply for Pre-Law Internships
- Tech for Non-Tech
- Working in Policy, Government, and Think Tanks
- Working in the Health Space
- Careers in Life Science and Health Research
- Gig and Remote Work
- Rotational Programs For New Grads
Stanford Campus Opportunities
- Searching for On Campus Jobs
- Stanford On- and Off-Campus Learning Opportunities Experiential learning opportunities, including internships, public service, research, and more
- Stanford Research Opportunities
- Haas Center Public Service Fellowships and Internships Undergraduate and Postgraduate Opportunities
- Handshake On-campus and work-study positions
- Summer Session Employment On-campus
- Global Studies Internship Program - In-person and virtual internships in various fields
- What Kind of “Opportunities” Count as Experience on your Resume
- Steps to Writing Your Resume
- Action Verb List
- ATS Resume
- Resume Review Checklist
- AI Prompts to Write Your Resume
Resume How-To Videos
Resume Samples and Templates
- Cover Letter Template
- Cover Letter Worksheet
- Cover Letter Review Checklist
- AI Prompts To Write Your Cover Letter
- Career Guide for PhDs and Postdocs Cover letter samples
Cover Letter Templates and Samples
Job Search Emails
- How to Email Research Faculty
- Writing a Letter of Interest (Cold Email)
- Requesting a Professional Reference
Declining and Accepting an Offer
- LinkedIn Profile Checklist
- Leveraging LinkedIn: A Guide for Connecting with Alumni
- How to Connect with Stanford Alumni on LinkedIn Video
- LinkedIn Learning An online training library, with 16,000+ career courses
To Access
- Stanford login: Enter your @Stanford email address
- LinkedIn login: Click the Sign in button in the upper right corner. Click Sign in with your organization's account. Enter your @Stanford email
- Interview Guide
- Interview Tips & Tricks: The STARs Method Video
- How to Prepare for an Interview
- What to Wear to a Job Interview
- Gender Neutral Guide: What to Wear for an Interview
- AI Prompts to Prepare for Interviews
Interviewing Questions
Interview Practice
- Career Coaching Make an appointment for a mock interview
- Big Interview & Directions The platform provides brief training modules and video practice to help you prepare for job, internship and graduate school interviews. Check out our Big Interview Student Handbook
- Students: Log in using your SUNet ID.
- Alumni: Visit Big Interview Alumni and log in using your @stanford.alumni.edu email and the organization code: CareerEd
Case Interviews
- Management Consulted The platform contains 600+ case interviews, framework/math drills, online courses (including Excel and PowerPoint), and resume and cover letter templates to help you prepare for consulting fit and case interviews. Register with your Stanford email. CareerEd supports student use of this resource but does not endorse any services that require additional fees.
Finance Interviews
- Wall Street Oasis (WSO) Prepare for investment banking, private equity and hedge fund technical and fit interviews. Register using your stanford.edu email. With WSO, you can:
- Practice interview questions from hundreds of IB, PE and HF firms
- Review templates and modeling tests used in Superdays and private equity interviews
- Engage in a networking course that offers email outreach templates and strategies for navigating information sessions and informational interviews
- Free WSO Courses: Excel, PPT, DCF, RE Modeling & VC
Tech Interviews
- Google: Tech Dev Guide - Interview prep for software engineering positions
- LeetCode - A crowd-sourced list of 75 coding problems to prepare for tech interviews
- Pramp.com
- Negotiation Video
- Negotiation: Strategies for Success
- AI Prompts to Help You Negotiate a Job Offer
- Salary Negotiation Scripts: What to Say and How to Say It
Where to Find Salary Information
- Glassdoor - Salaries, bonuses, and total pay for multiple companies all posted anonymously by employees
- Salary.com
- Indeed: Salary Search
- SalaryExpert
- BuiltInSF - SF Tech and Startup Salaries
- H1B Salary Database
CareerEd Coaching
BIPOC Professionals
- Top Diversity Programs for Students and New Grads From Underrepresented Backgrounds: Jobs and internships in a variety of fields
- Jopwell: Job listings
- United Latino Job Bank
- IMDiversity: Higher education and private sector jobs
- Diversity.com: Job listings
- Diversity Jobs: Click on community for articles and job listings by population
- Top 50 Companies for Diversity 2024
- Finding Companies That Value D&I
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Resources Created by Menlo College
Internship Programs for BIPOC Professionals
- INROADS: Internships and professional development
- SEO Career: Internships on Wall Street, in tech and corporate
- SEO Tech Developer: Tech training and 6-week paid residency
- T-Howard Foundation: Internships in media and entertainment
Disabilities and Learning Differences
- CareerEd: Students with Disabilities: Resources
- LimeConnect: Internships and jobs for high-achieving students and professionals
- ABILITY Jobs: Internship and job listings
- Chronically Capable: Job listings and resources
- JAN: Job Accommodations Network: Job listings and resources
- Depression, PTSD, & Other Mental Health Conditions in the Workplace: Your Legal Rights
First Gen Low Income (FLI) Professionals
- CareerEd: FLI Like No One Else: Resources
- On The FLI: Podcast
- Career Tips for First Gen College Students: University of Denver
- First Generation and/or Low-Income Student Success Center: Funding for Opportunities
LGBTQIA and Non-Binary Professionals
- Corporate Equality Index: 2023-2024
- Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality
- How to Find a LGBTQIA+ Friendly Workplace
- Out and Equal: Job listings and employers
- Out in Tech: Job listings and employers
- Job Searching While LGBTQ
- Advice for Transgender and Nonbinary Folks on the Job Search
- Transgender Law Center: Tools to Address Discrimination
International Professionals
- CareerEd: Job Listings and Resources for International Students. (this first site is posted)
- Interstride: Jobs & internships in the US and abroad.
- Sign in using your stanford.edu or alumni.stanford.edu email.
- How to search Interstride
Veterans
- Military.com: Match military experience to civilian jobs
- American Corporate Partners (ACP): Jobs and mentoring
- HigherEd Military: Job search and resources
- G.I. Jobs: Insider insights, jobs and resources
- Veterans Employment Center: Career and employment assistance
Women
- Forte: Education, mentorship and professional development for students and young professionals interested in business careers
- Black Career Women’s Network: Advice, events, learn & grow
- Career Contessa: Advice
- Inhersight: Articles
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Stanford Career-Focused Mailing Lists*
- Student-Careers Listserv - Jobs and Internships posted by employers
- ArtsUpdates
- Cardinal Careers – Nonprofit opportunities
- Communication Internship Email Listserv
- Computer Forum: Student Subscription Mailing List
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