Summer 2025 Career Resources
Summer 2025 Career Resources
There’s plenty you can do this summer to continue your career development, but sometimes it can be difficult to know where to begin. We’ve added easy links below to some of the resources that may be the most helpful for you in the coming months. Appointments are open now for the summer months for Advisors for Career Exploration, Industry Advisors, Alumnae Career Advisors, and Fellowship Advisors, so please go ahead and schedule a time that works for you. We look forward to speaking with you!
This summer, you can...
... Brush up on your Financial Literacy with Kindros!
Wellesley is partnering with Kindros to offer free financia literacy modules for students. Currently, the platform covers earning, budgeting, saving, credit scores, borrowing, insurance, housing, education, and retirement. Additional modules being released over the next 12 months include an investment module and tax module. Students may choose to complete some or all of the modules in any order and at their own pace. Kindros provides unbiased financial knowledge — they do not sell financial products, advertisements, or user data.
... Build Mentorship Relationships
Mentorship comes in different forms, and your relationships with mentors will vary depending on your intentions, questions, and aspirations. Through the online platform The Wellesley Hive, you can meet alums who have expressed interest in mentoring current students. They have all proactively signed up and are eager to hear from you! You can search for alums who share your industry interests, location, major, identity affiliation, and more.
Search for Jobs & Internships
Handshake is Wellesley's platform for searching for jobs and internships. During this time, you can use the keyword "remote" to find opportunities that aren't tied to a specific location. You can also use Handshake to access the job search resources GoinGlobal and Vault.
... Explore & Reflect
Where do you begin when you don’t know where to begin with your career path? The resources below offer a great way to start exploring! You can also learn about various career fields by taking a look at our industry-specific pages. Each is a treasure trove of information to help you explore specific paths.
... Make the Most of Your Internship
Working at an Internship or a SHIP this summer? These resources will help you to reflect on how to maximize your experience!
... Network and Conduct Informational Interviews
Learn more about an individual’s career path and profession in a way that may inform your own journey! Hilda Lief, our BCFM Career Advisor, recommends this Life Kit Networking podcast episode from NPR.
... Think about Graduate School and Fellowship Opportunities for the Future
Summer can be a wonderful time to explore options for the future. Discover funding opportunities you never knew existed for undergraduate research, study abroad, and for after graduation, including self-designed projects, travel, teaching, service, graduate study, and more.
If graduate/professional degrees and scholarships to support them are on your mind, we have a range of resources that can help you weigh your options and plan to apply!
Transitioning to Life After College
If you are a graduating senior (or perhaps you're just thinking ahead!) Career Education has worked with partners across campus to develop a set of videos to help you explore topics related to the transition from college to career. Subjects covered are:
- Financial Literacy & Investing
- Benefits & Compensation Considerations in a Job Search
- How to Find An Apartment
- Building Community After Graduation
- Health & Wellness
Take Time to Relax, Rejuvenate, & Have Fun!
Our team knows we're no New York Times Book Review, but we're still excited to offer you a few of our favorite entertainment ideas for the summer ahead! Below are suggestions from members of the Career Education team.
TV Shows
- The Residence on Netflix (Becky K. & Ariane B.)
- Wolf Hall on PBS (Becky K.)
- Black Mirror on Netflix (Ariane B.)
- Paradise on Hulu (Ariane B.)
- YOU on Netflix (Ariane B.)
- Severance on AppleTV+ (Tess M. & Ariane B.)
- Doctor Who on Disney+ (Ariane B.)
- The Amazing Race on CBS (Ariane B.)
Podcasts
- Good Hang with Amy Poelher (Casey H. & Ariane B.)
- 5-4 (Ariane B.)
- We’re Your Girls (Ariane B.)
- House of Maher with Olivia, Ilona, and Adrianna Maher (Ariane B.)
- Maintenance Phase (Ariane B.)
- If Books Could Kill (Ariane B.)
- Two Hot Takes (for the lovers of Reddit confessions/advice) (Alexis T.)
- What Now? (podcast with Trevor Noah) (Heidi J.)
- Wiser Then Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Layne F.)
Movies
- Conclave (Becky K.)
Books
- Catalina by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio (Hilda L.)
- The Glass Maker by Tracy Chevalier (Becky K.)
- The Women by Kristin Hannah (Becky K.)
- The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King (Perfect for Red Sox & Thriller Fans) (Alexis T.)
- Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult (Alexis T.)
- The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott (Alexis T.)
- All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whittaker (Alexis T.)
- Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland (Alexis T.)
- The House on the Cerulean Sea and Somewhere Beyond the Sea, by TJ Klune (Caitlin Roberts-Donovan)