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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Yale chapter.

Like all Yale students, my email inbox is constantly inundated with messages from various Yale career fairs, career counseling services, application opportunities, and LinkedIn requests. For someone with anxiety and literally no idea what they want to do with life after college, Yale’s helpful and encouraging career support often feels less like a great resource and more like a personal attack. But, the truth is, we are lucky that college is a bubble where mentors care whether you sink or swim. So take three deep breaths and put aside the panic because HerCampus is here to give you three easy ways to take advantage of the valuable internship and job support Yale is actually offering you.

  1. Personal resume and cover letter help

One of the hardest parts of any job application is knowing what exactly you’re supposed to say in your cover letter. That’s where Yale’s Office of Career Strategy (OCS) comes in. Just email a PDF copy of your cover letter or resume to ocs.resumereview@yale.edu and it will be sent to you back to you in about five business days (*ahem* plan ahead with those deadlines!) with constructive comments and edits to strengthen your application and calm your panic. 

  1. Set up a personalized workshop for your club, team, sorority, student group, etc.

OCS, yet again, comes through. Any Yale student group is able to request a career/internship focused workshop to be held especially for the group. Your group can choose between eleven topics based on your needs, questions, or concerns. 

  1. Reach out to a Yale alum!

Take advantage of some true #squadgoals, also known as Yale’s alumni network. You can look on OCS for contacts, ask a professor to connect you to another colleague or former student in the field, or make use of “Yale” in someone’s education profiles as an excuse to reach out during your not-so-secret LinkedIn stalking.

In addition to their online resources, OCS also has drop in hours very regularly, so consider that an option next time you hear about roommate’s recently secured internship and panic starts to set in. Check out ocs.yale.edu for more resources.

Faith Tomlin is a junior at Yale University majoring in Psychology and Spanish.
Clara Molot

Yale '21

Clara is a Junior at Yale University majoring in history. She is from Washington D.C. In her free time, Clara does creative writing. She is also a lover of world, particularly African, literature and art projects (we're talking glue, glitter and whatever other materials are around).