Career Development

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Palm Beach Atlantic University’s Office of Career Development is focused on your future. Through exploring your interests and goals, as well as sharpening skills in decision making and employment strategies, we’ll help you snag top internships and land jobs while you’re in school.  We can also get you into your top-choice graduate school. With our careful guidance, you'll discover your vocation, which will lead to the career of your dreams.
 

Career Counseling

Some recent statistics:

• Around 50% of students start their college careers not knowing what to pursue.
• 85% of students who have decided their major end up changing their mind once they are in college.
• On average, students change their major at least 3 times during their college career.

Our office provides several services to help you in the pursuit of choosing an appropriate major. These services include specialized class advising and selection, career assessments and personalized career counseling.

									Click the photo below to learn about life purpose and vocation.

Through career counseling, you'll:

• Discover your vocational direction
• Connect with employers
• Write a resume
• Master interviewing skills
• Understand professional etiquette

Internships

An internship is an ideal way to put into practice what you are learning in the classroom. It’s also a great way to:

• Explore your career options
• Network with professionals
• Assess your strengths and challenges
• Stand out to future employers 

A PBA student interns at the Palm Beach Zoo in West Palm Beach.

PBA offers internship opportunities in areas including:

• Athletic Training                              
• Business
• Cinema & Television                                                                                     
• Communication          
• Counseling Psychology (Graduate)
• Dance                                                                                                    
• Education
• Humanities
• Music
• Nursing
• Pharmacy (Graduate)
• Physical Education                                         
• Psychology

Speaking of PBA...

“My internship at Intracoastal Family Office at Capital Guardian LLC has been an invaluable part of my education at PBA. Working alongside successful businesspeople, who generously mentored me, put a practical application to the theory and principles I have learned in the classroom.”
-- Kathryn Crabtree ’11, Finance