Question of the Week

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Can Career Ser­vices help me find career oppor­tu­ni­ties other than the ones posted on Tiger Tracks? – Jason War­ring­ton ‘13

Such a great ques­tion, Jason! Career Ser­vices offers a host of ways to find out about career oppor­tu­ni­ties other than the ones posted on Tiger Tracks! In fact, our web­site is the num­ber one place to go if you need more help with find­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties. Check out the fol­low­ing tips. I’m sure they’ll help out a lot!

  1. Use the Career Ser­vices web­site to search job oppor­tu­ni­ties by INDUSTRY at http://www.princeton.edu/career/about_us/online-resources/by-industry/.  This is a great resource to browse dif­fer­ent oppor­tu­ni­ties depend­ing on the indus­try you are inter­ested in.
  2. Cre­ate a pro­fes­sional LinkedIn account. LinkedIn is a great resource for col­lege stu­dents and alumni to build pro­fes­sional net­works. It can also be used to learn about indus­try trends and research poten­tial employ­ers and oppor­tu­ni­ties. LinkedIn users can sub­scribe to job boards and groups. For exam­ple, I am sub­scribed to a social media job board. When­ever there are new post­ings, I get a cus­tomized email noti­fy­ing me of “jobs I may be inter­ested in.”  Our career coun­selors can help you set one up!
  3. Attend Career Ser­vices Events. Each semes­ter Career Ser­vices hosts more than 100 pro­grams and events. Attend­ing these events is a great way to find out about oppor­tu­ni­ties that are not on Tiger­Tracks. Events range from career pan­els and alumni speak­ers to com­pany pre­sen­ta­tions and career fairs. Even more, they are a great way to net­work with other stu­dents and pro­fes­sion­als who may be able to con­nect you with more oppor­tu­ni­ties. Check out our event cal­en­dar today!
  4. Alumni Net­work­ing.  One of the best ways to learn about career oppor­tu­ni­ties and to receive career advice is to get in con­tact with our won­der­ful Prince­ton alum! The Alumni Careers Net­work (ACN) por­tal is a great way to search alum by indus­try and pro­fes­sion.  There are over 4,000 vol­un­teers world­wide who can be used as a resource when con­sid­er­ing a career or for gen­eral net­work­ing within a spe­cific field.
  5. Make an appoint­ment with one of our career coun­selors who can pro­vide cus­tomized job search strate­gies for each of the stu­dents they see.  Visit Princeton.edu/career for online sched­ul­ing or call our office at (609) 258‑3325 to make an appoint­ment today!

As you can see, Jason, Tiger­Tracks is not the only Career Ser­vices’ resource that you can use to research career oppor­tu­ni­ties. It’s actu­ally just one of many. Remem­ber, the job search is a process and Career Ser­vices is here to help you.

If you have a ques­tion about Career Ser­vices you would like answered, feel free to con­tact me at and I will do my best to assist you!