Career Education Center
Career Education Center
It’s Your Journey. It’s Your Story.
The Career Education Center (CEC) educates and empowers students and alumni throughout their lifelong career development journey. Click the links below to see the range of experiences and outcomes of UP students and alumni.
UPNext Career Fair - October 28!
University of Portland’s first annual career development day, UPNext: Piloting Your Journey is designed to help students explore possibilities and prepare for life after graduation. With more than 50 student workshops and 60 employers, this event will help students make meaningful connections and take a next step toward their future. Current students and faculty can find more information on PilotsUP at the link below. See you there!
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The mission of the Career Education Center is to educate and empower students and alumni throughout their lifelong career development journey. Beginning with a student's first year, we foster career discernment, resilience, and development of the whole person. We partner with alumni, faculty, staff and employers to facilitate connections and identify meaningful experiences and opportunities.
We envision a culture in which career education is a critical component of the student experience.
We have the expertise to activate academics into meaningful career opportunities, guiding our students from classroom learning to applied experience. We honor each person’s uniqueness and career potential without judgment; we coach and accompany our clients on the path of self-exploration leading to career fulfillment.
- Our work is rooted in social justice.
- Your career journey is more than your major.
- Experiential learning is a critical component of your exploration and discernment.
- Every student deserves access to opportunities and connections.
- Career satisfaction is built by aligning who you are, what's important to you, and what you do.
- Meeting you where you are in your journey.
- Disrupting historic inequity by intentionally building an ecosystem of opportunities and connections for all students.
- Empowering you to define meaning and purpose in your life and career journey.
- Fostering experiential learning as a tool for exploration and connections.
- Continuous improvement with a focus on improving our work to advance social and economic mobility by making data informed decisions.
- Developing mutually beneficial relationships.
- Lifelong learning by leading with curiosity, staying informed of labor market trends and technology, and adapting to the changing world.
- Empowering the campus community to expand career education across campus by serving as experts in career development.
Career Resource Library
Find helpful guides, checklists, informational documents, sample resumes, and other resources as you embark on your career journey.
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