See It, Achieve It
You have a God-given calling. Career Development is here to help you discover how your passion and purpose intersect with where the world needs it. We will engage with you to help chart your course and complete it.
There are no limits to the potential of PBA students. So we honour that potential by providing a wide range of programs and services designed to empower you to accomplish everything you can. We’ll assist you through all steps of the process.
Services include:
- Narrowing down options for choosing a major through Career Assessments
- Reviewing resumes and cover letters
- Practising interviewing skills
- Self-assessing (exploring interests, skills, values and personality preferences)
- Career Coaching
- Exploring graduate school plans
- Offering advice on how to secure career opportunities
- Researching employers and occupations
- Networking and etiquette
- Building an online professional profile on LinkedIn
- Showcasing internship and job opportunities on our job database, Handshake
Internship Program
Discovering Internships as Vocational Exploration
Career Development assists PBA’s internship programs and will provide you with powerful opportunities. Through internships, you will be able to explore career fields, develop skills, connect classroom knowledge to real-world settings, meet future employers and even earn a full-time position after you graduate. You will find these opportunities at some of the top organizations in the world, with names like Amazon, Google, and Bank of America.
Career Treks
Through our Career Trek Program, you will go to real-world professional settings and experience different career fields. These information trips will allow you to see how operations transpire in a broad range of professional industries, speak with employees and supervisors, and network with employers. Career Treks have become a powerful tool and have taken students to places such as CEMEX, the Port of Palm Beach, and the FBI’s Miami headquarters.
Career Peers
We offer resume and cover letter reviewing as well as practice interviews through our Career Peer program. Our Career Peers are students trained in resume, CV, and cover letter writing as well as interview preparations and LinkedIn reviews. Visit the office for a walk-in with a Career Peer or schedule an appointment with us on Handshake.
FAQ
Sign up for our Career database, Handshake, at pba.joinhandshake.com. Once you log in using your PBA username and password, you will have access to thousands of employers and their job postings to browse through.
Email Colby Girten at colby_girten@pba.edu to request the information on how to take the Strong Interest Inventory.
Come into the Career Development office any weekday from 8 a.m – 5 p.m. for resume coaching with a Career Peer.
Come into the Career Development office any weekday from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. to prepare for your interview with a Career Peer.
Practice interviewing from the comfort of your home using Big Interview at pba.biginterview.com to claim your account and start practicing.
You can find on-campus jobs through Handshake by searching “pba” to discover the available positions.
We also recommend going to the individual offices you are interested in to ask if they are hiring. Occasionally on-campus jobs will have separate applications outside of Handshake.
Go to pba.joinhandshake.com and login with your PBA username and password to claim your account.