# Prospective Students
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The Mignone Center for Career Success helps matriculated Harvard students identify their strengths and how they can best use them in career opportunities. When you are an enrolled student, you have access to individualized advising and a wide array of programming and resources aimed at discovering interests and skills, exploring career pathways, and preparing for internships, jobs, and graduate school. Please browse our website to learn more about our services.
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## Explore Career Pathways
Gain access to career resources, view videos featuring diverse job functions, and explore job, internship, and graduate school opportunities across 20 industry clusters.
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## Our eResources
We provide numerous online tools to support Harvard students — from mapping out career pathways to preparing for the job and internship interview process.
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## [Featured Articles](https://careerservices.fas.harvard.edu/channels/prospective-students/posts/)
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### [Majority of Employers Use Skills-Based Hiring](https://careerservices.fas.harvard.edu/blog/2025/11/13/majority-of-employers-use-skills-based-hiring/)
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Employer use of skills-based hiring has grown over the last year, with nearly 70% now saying they are using it.
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Anthony Arcieri, Director of Undergraduate Career Advising and Programming; & Architecture, Engineering, Environment Advising
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### [How to MCS: Crimson Careers](https://careerservices.fas.harvard.edu/blog/2025/08/27/how-to-mcs-crimson-careers/)
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MCS has many resources to help you whether you are just exploring your interests, or applying for an internship.
Here are some recommendations on where you can start.
Explore MCS resources:\
Visit Crimson Careers to search for a job or …
By Anthony Arcieri
Anthony Arcieri
Anthony Arcieri, Director of Undergraduate Career Advising and Programming; & Architecture, Engineering, Environment Advising
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### [Great Conversation Starters for Your Next Job Interview (No Weather Talk!)](https://careerservices.fas.harvard.edu/blog/2025/06/02/great-conversation-starters-for-your-next-job-interview-no-weather-talk/)
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You’ve got an upcoming interview, and you’ve prepared your [answers](https://www.themuse.com/advice/interview-questions-and-answers), [researched](https://www.themuse.com/advice/the-ultimate-guide-to-researching-a-company-preinterview) the company pre-interview, and picked out the [perfect outfit](https://www.themuse.com/advice/what-to-wear-to-an-interview). But have you thought about how you’ll break the ice? Interviews aren’t just about proving you can do the job—they’re …
A smarter way to find a job
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### [Harvard College Resumes & Cover Letter Guide](https://careerservices.fas.harvard.edu/resources/create-a-strong-resume/)
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A resume is a concise, informative summary of your abilities, education, and experience.
### [Harvard College Resume Example (Tech)](https://cdn-careerservices.fas.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/161/2025/07/Harvard-College-CS-Resume-Example.pdf)
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Use this template as reference to build out your computer science resume.
### [Harvard College Bullet Point Resume Template](https://careerservices.fas.harvard.edu/resources/bullet-point-resume-template/)
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[Word (.docx) version.](https://cdn-careerservices.fas.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/161/2025/09/2025-template_bullet.docx)
[Accessible Word (.docx) version](https://cdn-careerservices.fas.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/161/2025/02/Accessible-MCS-Resume-Template-Bullet-Points.docx).
[Google Docs version.](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EujuYFWxVXZ2PUaJ2uizvK5raMoMsz1KMys-UYpUSk4/edit)
Use this bullet-point template to build out your first draft …
### [Harvard College Resume Example (Engineering)](https://cdn-careerservices.fas.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/161/2025/07/Harvard-College-Engineering-Example.pdf)
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Use this template as reference to build out your engineering resume.
### [Harvard College Paragraph Resume Template](https://careerservices.fas.harvard.edu/resources/harvard-college-paragraph-resume-template/)
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[Accessible Word (.docx) version](https://cdn-careerservices.fas.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/161/2025/02/Accessible-MCS-Resume-Template-Paragraph.docx).
[Google Docs version.](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Gv7ACYJIrNC2TRPfCqjH8406JcKru9SfiRcJ9i-Ecwk/edit?usp=sharing)
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### [Harvard Griffin GSAS PhD Resume & Cover Letter Guide](https://cdn-careerservices.fas.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/161/2024/08/2024-GSAS_phd_resume_cover_letters-1.pdf)
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When applying to most non-research-oriented, non-academic jobs, you will want to use a resume instead of a CV.
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## Videos & Recorded Webinars
[### Introduction to MCS](https://careerservices.fas.harvard.edu/videos/welcome-to-mcs/)
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## Job Market InsightsIn partnership with
**Find a career that aligns with your career interests, see current salary projects, and identify skills you need to apply for that next job or internship.**
There are two ways to use this tool below:
1. **By Keyword:** Search for the name of the occupation you’re interested in.
2. **By Industry:** Not sure what job you’d like? Search by desired industry and see available occupations.
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Occupation DescriptionEmployment TrendsTop EmployersEducation LevelsAnnual EarningsTechnical SkillsCore CompetenciesJob Titles
## Occupation Description
## Employment Trends
The number of jobs in the career for the past two years, the current year, and projections for the next 10 years. Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full- and part-time jobs. Sources include Emsi industry data, staffing patterns, and OES data.\
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## Top Employers
These companies are currently hiring for .
## Education Levels
The educational attainment percentage breakdown for a career (e.g. the percentage of people in the career who hold Bachelor’s Degrees vs. Associate Degrees). Educational attainment levels are provided by O\*NET.
## Annual Earnings
Earnings figures are based on OES data from the BLS and include base rate, cost of living allowances, guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay (including commissions and bonuses), on-call pay, and tips.
## Technical Skills
A list of hard skills associated with a given career ordered by the number of unique job postings which ask for those skills.
## Core Competencies
The skills for the career. The "importance" is how relevant the ability is to the occupation: scale of 1-5. The "level" is the proficiency required by the occupation: scale of 0-100. Results are sorted by importance first, then level.
## Job Titles
A list of job titles for all unique postings in a given career, sorted by frequency.
[Explore all Job Market Insights.](https://careerservices.fas.harvard.edu/labor-market-insights/)
## Organizations
[### Harvard Alumni Association (HAA)](https://careerservices.fas.harvard.edu/organizations/harvard-alumni-association/)
[### HES Career and Academic Resource Center (CARC)](https://careerservices.fas.harvard.edu/organizations/hes-career-and-academic-resource-center/)
[### The Nieman Foundation](https://careerservices.fas.harvard.edu/organizations/the-nieman-foundation/)
[### Student Employment Office](https://careerservices.fas.harvard.edu/organizations/student-employment-office/)
[### AI Safety Student Team](https://careerservices.fas.harvard.edu/organizations/harvard-ai-safety-team/)
[### Mahindra Humanities Center](https://careerservices.fas.harvard.edu/organizations/mahindra-humanities-center/)
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## Contact & Location
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