Career Exploration and Development

Career Exploration and Development and thousands of Polar Bear alums are here to support you—no matter where you are in your college career, or where you are in the world.

Check out Handshake to schedule appointments, find jobs and internships, and use our extensive resource library, built by our advisors specifically for Bowdoin students. Learn how to write a résumé, connect with the Bowdoin network, and more.

Internships are as important as ever for Bowdoin students to build their credentials in this economy.  We continue to post and source thousands of additional Bowdoin-specific internships from organizations across the country, and in the summer of 2023, Bowdoin provided funding for over 100 students whose internships would otherwise have been unpaid. 

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  Sophomore Bootcamp: Three Days of Honing Career Skills and Exploring Possible Futures

  Sophomores had the campus mostly to themselves the last week of winter break as they wrote and revised résumés, cover letters, and LinkedIn profiles, and reflected on what matters most to them in a job, a career, and a life.
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  From Firefighting to Sound Recording: The Wide Range of Funded Summer Internships

  The Office of Career Exploration and Development (CXD) awarded some 165 grants over the summer, enabling students to pursue a wide variety of summer internship opportunities across the US and the world.
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  Students Sharpen Business and Marketing Skills with Quick-Fire LEGO Challenge

  Nearly sixty students convened remotely for a quick-fire business challenge. The event, organized in conjunction with toy giant LEGO, gave participants the chance to use their liberal arts skills to tackle real-world commercial challenges.