Explore Healthcare, Nursing, and Counseling

Careers in healthcare, nursing, and counseling offer opportunities to use science, research, compassion, and critical thinking to provide care, improve the health of others, and solve global health challenges. We invite you to explore this cluster to determine if it is a good fit for you and leverage our resources to launch your job, internship, or graduate school search.


You can also check out to see if a career in healthcare, nursing, and counseling is right for you.

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Our specialized Healthcare, Nursing, and Counseling career coach will help you launch a job, internship, or graduate school search in your field of interest.

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Key Resources

We recommend using these platforms as a starting point. This is not an exhaustive list.

Handshake

As you look for opportunities, start with,our centralized platform where employers post positions for Boston College students. All of the top employers are hiring on Handshake, including many in HNC! You can also findcampus recruitmentopportunities.

Our guide will help you set up your profile and make the most of your Handshake account.

Featured HNC Employers

Follow these employers and others you like on Handshake to receive email alerts when new jobs and events are posted. Following employers also helps improve your job recommendations.

Eagle Exchange

is an interactive virtual platform that fosters connections between students and Boston College alumni. You can use Eagle Exchange to build your professional network, ask career-related questions, find alumni mentors, apply to projects to build skills, and more.

Our guide will help you set up your profile and make the most of your Eagle Exchange account.

Featured HNC Alumni

These alumni (and many more) are excited to connect with you on Eagle Exchange. Take the first step and reach out!


Director of Nursing/Patient Care & Emergency Services, Boston Children's Hospital

Physician Assistant, New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center

Clinical Social Worker, Massachusetts General Hospital

PhD Candidate, UCLA | Consultant, Aetion

Resident Physician, Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital

Big Interview

Build confidence in your interview skills through free access to . You can record yourself answering questionsthat are tailored to specific industries.

To access: Click on 'Register' in the top right corner. Use your ϱ email address to create your account.

HNC Question Library

Start practicing mock interviews in hundreds of industries and job titles. Below are a few featured question sets– browse these and more in Big Interview.

Forage

A formal internship is not the only way to gain professional experience. Projects are a great option to boost your resume/portfolio, build skills, and grow your professional network. Theplatform offers hypothetical projects from top employers that you can complete to learn more about working in a specific field.

HNC Virtual Work Experiences

Check out these bite-sized 5-6 hour virtual work experience programs that give you a genuine career advantage with Fortune 500 companies.

LinkedIn Learning

LinkedInLearningprovides free access to thousands of on-demand courses giving you an opportunity for self-pacedlearningabout topics of interest from industry experts. This is also agreat way to develop the skills all employers seek in their entry-level candidates.

Loginwith your ϱ credentials to start exploring.

LinkedIn Learning

HNC Linkedin Learning Content

Following are select LinkedIn Learning pathways and courses to help you build professional skills related to healthcare, nursing, and counseling.

Firsthand

Find out what it is like to work within an industry, a company, or a profession. View the career guides for up to date information on a variety of careers as well as interviewing strategies and job search tips.

To access: Register for an account using your Boston College email address.

HNC Career Guides

These career guides provide essential information about key HNC careers and industries, including industry trends, employment and earnings statistics, and what employers look for in job candidates.

In addition to the above platforms, use these resources curated by the Career Center to assist you in your career exploration and preparation.

to receive regular updates from our coaches withexclusive resources, reminders, event invites, job/internship postings, and more.

Summer Experience Database

Use the database to find students who completed internships that you may be interested in and reach out to them to discuss their summer experience.

specific to Healthcare, Nursing, and Counseling.