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Signature Career Programs

We know that your 21st-century liberal arts education will set you apart after you graduate. Your communication, analytical, and research skills will be key to tackling some of tomorrow’s most pressing issues. We’ve designed our programming with this unique advantage in mind.

As you start designing your personal career roadmap, we’ll link you with like-minded Laurentians and connect you to opportunities both on campus and off that demonstrate how your liberal arts experiences can make a difference in the real world.

Explore our programs and learn how you can take advantage of events that will help you build your network, workshops that will enhance your practical job skills, and guidance from Laurentians that will help you design a path to career success and fulfillment.

Programs That Set Us Apart

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LINC Mentor Program

Develop your networking, job search, and job application skills while exploring career interests and building your professional network with an individual Laurentian mentor. Our LINC Mentoring Program individually matches you with an alumni or parent mentor who understands your goals and passions.

You can take part in the LINC Mentoring Program at the start of your sophomore year, or wait until your junior year to get involved. Not only will you foster a relationship you’ll be able to lean on throughout your time at St. Lawrence and beyond, but you’ll also hone the practical skills you’ll need to pursue internship and job opportunities with confidence.

You'll also have the ability to indicate that you'd like our team to take diversity and inclusion attributes into consideration alongside your career interests during the matching process. This allows us to better connect you with a mentor who shares a similar backgroundempowering stronger bonds over shared experiences.

SLU Connect

Spend part of your winter or spring break connecting with alumni and parents where they live and work in cities across the country. You’ll attend industry-based roundtable discussions, company site visits, and networking events to get a sense of how and where our alumni are having an impact. 

Laurentian in Residence

Several times each year, we welcome Laurentian leaders from a variety of industries back to campus to share career expertise and advice.

You’ll have opportunities to connect with them during classroom presentations and career conversations. They’re inspiring innovation and driving change for the companies and organizations you want to be a part of.

Saints Accelerate 

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During winter break of your sophomore or junior year, consider returning to campus early for two packed days of career focused activities with alumni. You will participate in panel discussions, mentoring and career path insights sessions, and an escape room networking event, all designed to help you to learn about career paths and industries, strengthen networking abilities and confidence, and assist you in building a career narrative to articulate your interests and value of your St. Lawrence experience.

[The Career Boot Camp] event taught me that a great interview is the same as performing Mozart. A great musician is not one with natural talent, but one who practices for several hours every day. Being good at interviewing requires practice, practice, and more practice. -Thoin Begum ’18

Signature Career Programs by the Numbers

#4

Alumni Network in the Country

The Princeton Review, 2023

7

SLU Connect Trips

Offered annually in cities like New York City, Washington D.C., San Francisco, and Boston

500+

SLU Connect facilitators

Alumni, parents, and friends serve on panels and host site visits and other events to make one of our most popular signature career programs possible.

500+

Mentors

Alumni and parents volunteer to be part of our LINC Mentor Program

800

Student Participants

Students who have strengthened their career search skills with mentors through our LINC Mentor Program

What You'll Discover

It's our job to make you feel as prepared as possible after you graduate. That means empowering your curiosity with plenty of opportunities to ask questions and explore. 

SLU Connect Trips

Experience what it’s like to work…

  • In the tech industry in San Francisco
  • In finance, banking, or publishing in New York City
  • In the nonprofit sector in Burlington, Vt.
  • On Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Laurentian In Residence

Connect with Laurentians making an impact to learn what it's like to work in industries like: 

  • Healthcare
  • Environmental science
  • Technology 
  • Communications and media
  • Public policy
  • Nonprofit sector
  • Arts and entertainment 

LINC Career Mentoring

Learn how to apply your academic passions to roles that inspire you while working with a Laurentian in a field that interests you. While working with his mentor, Sam Cowles '22 learned how his environmental studies major can give him a leg up when applying for jobs in environmental advocacy and policy.  Read more about Sam's experience.

The Power of Connections

Jacqueline Sovie '18 understood the real-world applications of her liberal arts education and, with the help of the St. Lawrence alumni network, secured a job offer before her senior year of college. Hear about the connections with St. Lawrence alumni and parents that got her there.

 

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Our Career Commitment

Bring us your passion and enthusiasm and we'll provide amazing opportunities to connect the dots between your liberal arts experiences and your desired career path. That's our Career Commitment, and we're all in if you are. 

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