Counselors are available to help you think about how your interests
might translate into a career. Be open to exploration! Call (617)
353-3590 for an appointment.
The CEG is a 5-week group workshop to help you identify your personality
style, interests, skills and values as they might relate to career
choice. The CEG also helps you develop a plan for career exploration.
The CEG is given once each semester; dates will be listed in advance
on our website calendar. To enroll in the group, contact the Office
of Career Services at least one week prior to the starting date. A
fee of $25.00 will be charged for career testing materials; tests
should be completed prior to the first workshop. For more information,
please call (617) 353-3590.
The first thing to understand about career and personality tests is
that they don’t have all the answers. No test can tell you what
you “should be” or “should do” or even necessarily what you’d be good
at. Tests can be extremely useful, however, in helping you sort out
a direction, identify your skills, interests and values, or understand
why you sometimes think and feel the way you do.
The following assessments are offered by our Career Counselors:
- MBTI (Myers-Briggs)
- Strong Interest Inventory
- CDM
- "Skillscan"
- Values card sort
- Skills card sort
- Typefocus (on-line)
In addition, BU students are able to use an on-line self-assessment
instrument: Typefocus
The Career Resource Library (CRL) is part of the Office of Career
Services. The CRL provides a reference service for the different collections
which the library maintains, and referral service to other B.U. libraries
and Boston area libraries. The CRL is open to all B.U. students, staff
and alumni.
Information within the CRL includes:
- Job and internship postings. These come from local, regional,
national and international employers. Both are coded by career
field. There are 46 total career fields covered; click
here for a list. Postings are retained for three months. You
may photocopy any listing for 10 cents a copy.
- Books on:
- Self-assessment and career development
- Occupational exploration
- Job search
- Resume writing, cover letter writing, interviewing and networking
- Regional U.S. and international employment
- Emerging occupations
- Salaries
- Graduate school information
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