Career Counseling and Exploration
Career Services is here to help you with your resume, cover letter, improving your interviewing skills, career exploration, reciprocity assistance at other Jesuit universities, and more.
Career Counseling and Services
Career counselors are available for virtual and in-person appointments covering any career-related topic. Counselors provide resume and cover letter reviews, career counseling, career planning assistance, mock interview opportunities, and job/internship search guidance.
A resume summarizes your qualifications for employment and is often required when you apply for a job. It typically outlines the type of position you are seeking and highlights your education, experience, skills, and other relevant information. A cover letter introduces prospective employers to you and how your skills, education, and experience fit their open position.
Follow the link below to schedule an appointment.
Career Services staff can also review resumes, cover letters, and other professional documents virtually. Feedback may take up to 72 business hours. Allow extra time for review if you submit a resume before a University holiday or the weekend. Receive feedback by:
- Uploading your document to Handshake (you will receive feedback via Handshake messages)
- Attending virtual drop-ins
Career assessments can help you learn about yourself so that you can make more informed career decisions. The results of your assessment will not make the decision for you or tell you what career is right for you, but can provide additional guidance. All assessments will be interpreted by your career counselor during your appointment, and results will be based on your individual situation.
SLU Career Services offers the following assessments:
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI): This personality assessment can help you understand your individual personality type and can point you in some possible career directions
- Strong Interest Survey: This assessment can help you identify interest areas to see how they align with individuals working in various career fields
- StrengthsQuest: This assessment can help you discover, understand, and maximize your strengths
Successful job applicants take time to research a desired position, practice answering different types of questions, plan an appropriate wardrobe, and are prepared to follow up quickly with a thank you note. To prepare for your next interview, schedule an appointment and/or check out our Interview Guide.
Students can also access BigInterview, an online mock interview tool that prepares students for job interviews. It's not enough to only read advice — you need to put that advice into practice! That's why Big Interview isn't just a training course. You'll also get hands-on practice with mock interviews tailored to your specific industry, job, and experience level. Create your account using your @slu.edu email address.
For help, view the Big Interview student user guide.
If you are needing assistance right away, you can utilize guides that help walk you through the process of creating a resume, cover letter, and/or other documents that you may need assistance with.
We also provide a service called BigResume, which allows you to have your resume reviewed and critiqued by personalized AI software.
After logging in, look to the top left, switch to BigResume, and upload your files.
Career Services offers professional headshot services for current students. These headshots can be used on LinkedIn and/or on student portfolios. We have sessions available at either 9:30 a.m. or 2 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays.
Registration will be conducted through Navigate360, the platform used for scheduling counseling sessions. If no options are available, this indicates that all time slots for the upcoming month have been reserved. We encourage you to check periodically for new openings.
View the scheduling guide for assistance with this process.
Schedule an appointment with a counselor via Navigate360, or visit during the Spring and Fall semester drop-in hours. (Monday - Friday, 3:30–4:30 p.m., on days when classes are in session). Current students can schedule with one of the following modalities:
- In-person: Griesedieck Hall, lower level, Suite 130
- Phone appointment: Provide the 10-digit phone number you will be using
- Teams meeting (Voice or Video): Your career counselor will email you with a link to the Teams meeting
For document review appointments, please email your documents to your career counselor before meeting.
Alumni can request an appointment through Handshake. For alumni Handshake account requests, please email handshake@slu.edu and include your full name, graduation year, and program of study in your message.
Career Exploration and Self-Assessments
These self-assessments and career exploration tools can help you discover more about yourself during your own time.
SLU Career Services offers tools including:
Career Services utilizes Focus2, an online career exploration platform that guides you through assessments and results in possible matches for occupations and fields of study.
Focus2 can provide you with tools to develop a career plan as well as gain insight into your skills, values, and interests.
Create your account below (Use the access code: "billikens"):
Returning users should access their accounts via the following link:
Once you begin considering what majors align with your skills and interests, you may utilize the website What Can I Do With This Major?
What Can I Do With This Major? outlines common career areas, employers, and strategies designed to maximize career opportunities.
Career Exploration Events
Career Services hosts many events that can help prepare you for your future career. We host Lunch and Learns sessions, So You Want to Be a Doctor? discussions, panel presentations, and we bring employers on campus to visit with students.
Follow the link below to view upcoming events:
Career Treks
Career Services has hosted career trek opportunities for students to travel to new cities and network with alumni and professionals in the area. Students get to experience first-hand what work and life is like in a different city. There is one career trek opportunity per semester.
To learn more about upcoming opportunities, contact Karl Aldrich at karl.aldrich@slu.edu or contact our department at career_services@slu.edu. Check out previous career treks below.
Spring: Dallas
22 students traveled with Career Services to Dallas for the Spring 2026 career trek. On this trip, students visited Southwest Airlines, Baylor Scott & White Health, JPI, Charles Schwab, AT&T, and PGA of America. Students also spent time at Galleria Dallas and at the AT&T Discovery District, and attended a networking dinner with local alumni and professionals from the area.
Spring: Houston
Career Services and 14 students arrived in Houston for the Spring 2025 Career Trek on March 9, 2025. During this trip, students met with NASA, KBR, Engie, and BP. They also attended a Houston Rockets game at Toyota Center and met with SLU grads and other professionals at an alumni dinner.
Fall: Cincinnati
Career Services traveled east with 23 students for the Cincinnati Career Trek on Oct. 22, 2025. On this trip, students met with Procter & Gamble, GE Aerospace, and Ipsos. Students also attended a professional dinner at Xavier University, where they were able to network with alumni and professionals in the area.
Spring: Washington D.C.
The Saint Louis University Career Services Department provided a Washington D.C. Career Trek for 10 students from March 10-15, 2024. Students met with many organizations, including the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Brookings Institution, Capital One, Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Dream.org, and U.S. Senate Staff. Students also attended an alumni dinner to help them network further.
Fall: Indianapolis
Career Services and 14 students traveled to Indianapolis for the 2024 Career Trek on Oct. 23, 2024. Students met with Eli Lilly, Indiana Sports Corp, National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and Eskenazi Hospital, operated by the Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County. Students also attended a networking event with alumni in the area.
Reciprocity Assistance
If you are looking for an internship or job outside of St. Louis, you may be eligible to use the career-related services of other colleges and universities through the reciprocity assistance program.
For example, if you are job hunting in Chicago, you can request reciprocity with a university that is closer to Chicago. In turn, SLU Career Services can assist students from that university who may be job hunting in St. Louis.
Services offered through other schools may be limited, as institutions offer different levels of reciprocity and access. SLU Career Services cannot guarantee assistance from any other school.
The following services may be available through SLU if you are a current undergraduate or graduate student at a Jesuit university, or it has been less than three years since you graduated from one.
- Three months of full access to our job/internship database, Handshake, with the exception of on-campus recruiting activities
- Resume critique service
- Drop-in hours from 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Central, Monday through Friday, when classes are in session
- Access to career fairs at no charge
- Complimentary 30- to 45-minute counseling/job search session. Subsequent sessions at a charge of $75 for career counseling and $25 per career assessment (includes appointment for interpretation)
Non-SLU students who would like access to SLU Career Services, contact us through email at career_services@slu.edu. In the email, include the name of your university's career center director.
Reciprocal Jesuit Institutions:
- Boston College
- Canisius College
- College of the Holy Cross
- Creighton University
- Fairfield University
- Fordham University
- Georgetown University
- Gonzaga University
- John Carroll University
- Le Moyne College
- Loyola Marymount University
- Loyola University Chicago
- Loyola University Maryland
- Loyola University New Orleans
- Marquette University
- Regis University
- Rockhurst University
- Saint Joseph's University
- Saint Peter's University
- Santa Clara University
- Seattle University
- Spring Hill College
- University of Detroit Mercy
- University of San Francisco
- University of Scranton
- Xavier University
SLU students can request reciprocity with other Jesuit institutions' career services departments by completing the form below.
For assistance with any documents, please email Noah Jones, marketing coordinator, at noah.jones.1@slu.edu.