Get career ready from home this summer

While COVID-19 has greatly reduced the number of internships and part-time jobs available this summer, there are many options for you to explore your career interests and advance your career preparation beyond a formal position.

The Career Center’s Praxis Summer Program is a free comprehensive, self-guided summer career program designed to help Boston College students of any major recognize and develop the skills most highly sought after by employers as well as understand how to use their gifts and talents to engage with the world.

You have been developing these critical skills throughout your time at Boston College, both in and outside the classroom.  This week-by-week guide will help you reflect on and strengthen these skills in order to give you a competitive advantage when applying to jobs and graduate school in the future.

Details:

Class Years:
Open to all current students

Schools:
Open to all majors

How To Register:
Registration is now closed for Summer 2020

Complete the program on your own schedule

The eight-week program will be available via Canvas. It is designed to be completed on your own schedule at your own pace. While you are encouraged to work through the full program, we recommend that you identify the two to three skills you most want to develop and focus your energy there.

There are approximately four to five required tasks for each weekly module. Most tasks will take 20 minutes to one hour. In addition, there are more in-depth optional activities for those skills you want to spend more time developing

Week-by-Week Schedule

Suggested Start Date: Monday, June 1, 2020
Week 1

Know Yourself: Start Where You Are and Discover Where to Go

Example Activities:

  • Take a self-assessment to further understand your work and leisure interests, personality, values, and skills
  • Identify the top two to three skills you plan to work on this summer
Week 2

Effective Communication

Example Activities:

  • Take a self-assessment to understand your communication style
  • Learn how to craft your elevator pitch
  • Conduct informational interviews with alumni
Week 3

Working Across Cultures and Differences

Example Activities:

  • Gain a deeper understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion and its importance in the workplace through reflective exercises
  • Complete an Implicit Association Test
  • Complete an eLesson on unconscious bias
Week 4

Leveraging Technology

Example Activities:

  • Build your skills in Excel and Powerpoint
  • Complete a Google Analytics for Beginners Course
  • Create or update your resume
Week 5

Teamwork and Collaboration

Example Activities:

  • Complete a conflict style assessment
  • Create a “How to Work With Me” User Manual
  • Collaborate with another Praxis student to complete a research assignment
Week 6

Leading Effectively

Example Activities:

  • Take a self-assessment to understand your leadership style
  • Understand how to manage a project and learn how to build a project tracker
  • Craft a personal mission statement
Week 7

Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

Example Activities:

  • Complete a self-assessment to understand how you solve problems
  • Read about strategies leaders use to make better decisions
  • Complete a Future Innovator Training Project
Week 8

What it Means to be a Professional

Example Activities:

  • Learn about professional etiquette
  • Complete a practice interview
  • Add Praxis to your resume

Boost Your Resume

Upon completion of the program, you will be able to add this experience to your resume to showcase the skills you gained.

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