The Whitworth Career Services Office exists to promote the academic, personal, vocational and occupational success of students and alumni by assisting them in the processes of career-decision making and career development.  This purpose is achieved through the provision of high quality individualized/group career services and programming that prepare students to successfully identify their unique gifts and vocational goals, gain experiential opportunities, and navigate fulfilling careers in an ever-changing world of work.

Career services offers multiple opportunities for students to engage the community, including:

• Utilization of state and federal work-study program resources for student community service placements.
  
• Funding Bonner Leader community-service placements.
  
• Funding of community-service student employment upon request of academic departments.
  
• Encouraging students to gain valuable experience with internships, informational interviews, volunteering and extracurricular activities.
  
• Offering job and internship fairs that connect Whitworth students with community employers and internship sites.
  
• Providing career programming that brings together Whitworth students and community business/civic leaders (Career Connections).
  
• Membership in the four-college (Whitworth, Gonzaga, EWU and WSU) "Partnership in Employment" consortium.
• Promotion and implementation of the "Partnership in Employment" career fair which serves over 100 employers and 650+ students annually.
  

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