Student & Alumni Career Development

My Career Plan will equip you to develop your strategy for discovering your purpose and achieving your career goals. Everyone’s journey is different, but every job requires a combination of education, practical experience, and relationships. Jump in anywhere to get started. Connect with your Career Development Specialist through Handshake for help customizing your plans. Complete the tasks and events in the experience sets of Explore, Prepare, Connect, and Flourish to earn your My Career Plan achievement.

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Whether you’re exploring majors or searching for information about your chosen field, this website will help you connect majors to careers. Learn about typical career areas and types of employers that hire people with each major, as well as strategies to make you a more marketable candidate. 

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Focus is a self-paced career guidance tool designed to assist you with self-assessment and career exploration.

The assessment will profile your interests, skills, values, personality, and preferences.  You may then explore occupations and career paths that match your profiles and use the tools available to narrow down your options, map your career goals, and solidify your plans.  

Focus is only available to current students and graduates of Belmont University.  The following login will be used to verify your association with Belmont University. 

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Do you have the skills employers are looking for when they hire college grads? Take the FOCUS2 Career Readiness Assessment to evaluate your skillset!

Career Readiness Self-Assessment

Preparation is all about rehearsing and taking your first steps.

• Upload your resume to Handshake for review
• Learn how to tailor your resume & practice your interviewing skills
• Increase your on-campus involvement
• Have career conversations
• Complete internship prerequisites
• Apply for an internship and consult your internship coordinator for course credit
• Study abroad or away, participate in service-learning, missions, or volunteer work
• Review your academic plan and your career plan

Belmont University is committed to bringing you the best resources available to help you in your job search.  CareerShift offers the most comprehensive online resource, designed to support the No. 1 request of job seekers: an easy to use Web site to conduct and organize their job search.

CareerShift’s set of tools and applications provide a very unique opportunity to job hunters. While other web services provides bits and pieces of the job hunt process, only CareerShift provides an easy-to-use approach for bringing all these parts together to crack  the “hidden job market” and for managing the job hunt all in one place. With CareerShift, you can:

• Search, store & record job listings at all publicly posted websites, company websites, and newspapers.

• Get inside contact information immediately, including email addresses, for millions of companies, even alumni, then save and manage your lists.

• Upload/ Copy and Paste as many targeted resumes and cover letters needed or upload your current documents.

• Work with Career Services to create unlimited e-mail campaigns with your saved contacts, resumes and cover letters. You can choose to send your lists to yourself for a postal campaign.

• Campaigns are automatically saved and recorded. In MY CALENDAR, you can keep notes, and set reminders for follow-ups.

• Access your confidential CareerShift account from anywhere, anytime, 24/7.

CareerShift is only available to current students and graduates of Belmont University.  The following login will be used to verify your association with Belmont University.  Once your information has been validated, you will be linked to a page containing the registration instructions  to enter the CareerShift  site.

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Belmont University Career Development offers a wide range of services and resources to assist students and alumni in every phase of the job and internship search process.

We will help you discover your purpose, develop career readiness, form meaningful relationships and achieve your career goals.

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The Career Development Team is committed to equitable access to opportunities by providing financial assistance to students lacking resources needed to participate in experiential education.

The Opportunity Fund will be used to compensate students who are completing unpaid internships for credit. Students may apply for funding through an application process. The Opportunity Fund Committee will review applications based on need before selecting. Student funding will be subject to taxes per IRS regulations at the time of distribution.

Students applying for the Opportunity Fund must be enrolled in an internship course at Belmont University for the semester that they are seeking funding. Students must be enrolled for at least one semester prior to receiving funds. Students must provide an internship offer letter and a signed Internship Agreement. Additional documentation and verification may be requested. 

Questions? Contact Mary Claire Dismukes at maryclaire.dismukes@belmont.edu.

We understand that the job market can be competitive and we want to help you stand out from the crowd. Whether you are looking to make a career change or maximize current employment, we can help you achieve your goals. Belmont's Career Development Team is here to assist each student with career planning and reaching their professional goals! Each graduate program has a dedicated career specialist. Contact us today to learn more about our services. 

Resources for Graduate Students and Online Learners 

• Handshake, our robust career management platform is accessible via the launchpad of MyBelmont and will connect you with In-demand employers for every career path.

• CareerShift, our industry research tool will help you build a network with 220M+ professional contacts with 150M+ direct email addresses. 

• Belmont Alumni Network, an extensive community of alumni professionals.

Meet the career specialist for your program to learn more about program-specific resources available to you: 

• Master of Education or Education Specialist in Educational Leadership, MEd/EdS
  • Career Specialist: Mary Claire Dismukes

• Master of Science in Applied Analytics, MS 

• Belmont Online, Jack C. Massey College of Business
• Professional Master of Business Administration, PMBA
  • Career Specialist: Lori LeBleu