Exploring careers

Find Your Place in the World

A job is just a piece of the puzzle. Finding the right career path is a process of discovery that lasts a lifetime. It starts with some big questions. What do you want to accomplish in your life? What kind of environment supports and inspires you? What makes you happy? You don’t have to figure it all out right now — but you can start to think about the bigger picture by exploring different career paths, setting long-term goals, and meeting with a CAPD career advisor.

The Career Exploration Series

Every fall and IAP, CAPD hosts an institute-wide Career Exploration Series! This series is a collaboration between MIT departments, programs, employers, and alumni to help all students learn about the different career and graduate/professional school options available to you. This year’s 2023-24 series will start on September 11th.

Visit the events page on Handshake and filter by the label “career exploration series” to see all events in the series and register for the events you would like to attend.

Some of the events in the 2023-24 series include:

Interested in exploring your options by chatting with employers? Sign up for an informal coffee chat to speak with employers in individual and small group settings!

Voices of Lime: The Intersecting Identities of Veterans + Disability

In this recording, Lime Connect and Maureen Elias, a veteran advocate and a veteran with a disability herself, moderates a panel discussion with Lime Connect’s veteran Network members who live with disabilities. This discussion explores how disability intersects with a …

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Voices of Lime: The intersecting identities of Black people who are disabled

In this recording, Lime Connect and Nancy Oduro, a Lime Connect board member who has lived experience with these intersectionalities, moderates a panel discussion with Lime Connect’s Black Network members who live with disabilities.  During this recent discussion, Lime Connect …
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Policy Student Aims to Use Tech for Good

NAGELA NUKUNA MBA ’22 HAS ALWAYS FELT THE PULL OF TWO DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES—tech and policy. In her view, they merge more practically than one might think. “Implementation is so important in policy. Technology expands access and opportunity and helps …

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Taproot Foundation

Taproot Foundation, a national nonprofit, connects nonprofits and social change organizations with passionate business professionals who share their expertise pro bono. Taproot is creating a world where organizations dedicated to social change have full access—through pro bono service—to the marketing, …

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Career Conversations: How to Find (and Land) a Job in Financial Services

Career Conversations is The Muse’s live virtual panel series that explores functional career paths and provide insight into how to get started at the entry-to-associate level.

Get advice from analysts and associates working at Deutsche Bank, Scotiabank, Goldman Sachs, and …

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The following resources are selected specifically because of their support to the US veteran population.

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