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Student Career Resources

Connect with a Career Advisor

Pomona College students are encouraged to use the CDO as a resource for anything and everything career related. From considering graduate school, to making your next big career step, our advisors are here to help.

Join us for Drop-Ins

Have a quick question regarding an upcoming application or need a quick resume overview? Our Peer Advisors and Advisors are here to help! Drop-in hours are Monday through Friday 10:30-11:30am and 3-4:30pm. No appointment required.

Explore Funding Opportunities

Pomona College students have a multitude of resources at their fingertips. Let the CDO help you find your next step. Through the Pomona College Internship Program and fellowship advising, your next big opportunity is just one application away!

Find Positions on Handshake

Find Job and Internship Opportunities, Career Fairs, Apply to On-Campus Jobs, and More! Sign on using Single Sign On, no need to create a new account.

Stay on Track

Wondering where to start in your career journey? View detailed lists of what you could be doing to gain experience while you are here at Pomona!

Affinity and Identity Group Resources

These resources are available to all Pomona College students, faculty, and staff, regardless of race, color, national origin, or sex, and are consistent with all current federal and state nondiscrimination laws.

Borrow a Blazer!

In collaboration with ASPC, we have black blazers available to borrow for interviews or career fairs. Women’s XXS Petite to Unisex XXL. Stop by the CDO for more details or email us.

Reserve an Interview Room

The CDO, located in Alexander Hall, has two private interview rooms to reserve for your upcoming virtual or phone interview. The two rooms are available Monday – Friday, 8:15am – 4:45pm and closed 12pm -1pm daily. Reserve by emailing us.

Student Acknowledgement

By utilizing the resources and services of the CDO, students agree to our student acknowledgement and responsibility guidelines.

Featured Articles

Pomona Sophomores Explore Career Pathways Over Spring Break

While many of their peers took road trips or hit the beach over spring break, 11 Pomona sophomores visited industry sites throughout Los Angeles County and networked with alumni and other professionals.

As part of the Smart Start Career Fellows …

By Lorraine Harry '97
Lorraine Harry '97
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Episode 43: Timeout with Cam F Awesome

On this week’s episode of Timeout with TWN, we chatted with Cam F Awesome, former boxer and Founder of Awesome Talks. 

Find out how he used sport as a tool to help him create opportunities for life after the game. Plus, learn the lessons that Cam gained from his journey that he shares with audiences around …

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Jobs for Individuals with Learning Disabilities: 10 Tech Careers Where Dyspraxia Is a Strength

Finding jobs for individuals with learning disabilities like dyspraxia means looking beyond motor coordination. Dyspraxia is usually described as a motor coordination disorder – clumsiness, difficulty with handwriting. But that framing misses what matters in tech careers: dyspraxic professionals often …

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10 Jobs Where Autistic People Thrive (And Why)

Beyond the tech stereotype. A closer look at the roles where autistic cognitive strengths are the work, not a workaround. The dominant cultural picture of autistic professionals is narrow and out of date. Software engineer, data scientist, possibly mathematician, likely …

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Why More Women Are Getting Diagnosed with ADHD After 30, and What It Means for Your Career

The cultural moment, the clinical reality, and the career implications of a diagnostic revolution that has been a long time coming. The percentage of women between 23 and 49 who were newly diagnosed with ADHD doubled from 2020 to 2022. …

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Skill Building Classes

LinkedIn Learning courses are available to all current students.  For Alumni Access please visit LinkedIn Learning to start an account.

Creative Inspirations: Doyald Young, Logotype Designer

Taught by Doyald Young
From humble beginnings in a small Texas town eight decades ago comes legendary typographer, logotype designer, author, and teacher Doyald…

Cybersecurity Policy and Governance for Business Success

Taught by Starweaver
Today’s executives and project managers must unify security standards with legal requirements and client expectations, to create a cohesive program,…

Working On Camera: Video Makeup Techniques

Taught by Rick Allen Lippert
This second installment in On Camera, a series designed to help anyone create a positive impression on-screen, concentrates on enhancing…

iBooks Author Essential Training

Taught by Chris Mattia
Even writers without extensive design or publishing experience find they can publish their own digital books with iBooks Author—and the…

Enhancing Your Productivity

Taught by Dave Crenshaw
Join author and business coach Dave Crenshaw as he shows you the key to enhancing your productivity—focusing on your most…

Infographics: Visualizing Relationships

Taught by Shane Snow
In this course, author Shane Snow shows how to depict complex relationships in an easy-to-understand infographic, or graphic representation of…

Infographics: Planning and Wireframing

Taught by Shane Snow
Join Shane Snow as he reviews the first steps in creating infographics, graphic representations of data—organizing sample data and preparing…

Creative Inspirations: Ed Emberley, Children’s Book Illustrator

Taught by Ed Emberley
Award-winning children’s book author and illustrator Ed Emberley is truly a national treasure, having drawn nearly 100 books. The warmth…

Creative Inspirations: Marian Bantjes, Graphic Artist

Taught by Marian Bantjes
Graphic designer Marian Bantjes has collaborated with numerous design legends, including Debbie Millman from Sterling Brands, Michael Bierut and Paula…

InDesign Secrets

Taught by David Blatner
In this series, David Blatner and Anne-Marie Concepción, cohosts of the web’s top resource for InDesign tips and tricks, InDesignSecrets.com,…

Creative Inspirations: Stefan G. Bucher, Designer, Illustrator, and Writer

Taught by Stefan G. Bucher
Meet a truly monster graphic designer, Stefan G. Bucher. Stefan’s projects range from his Daily Monsters, to the Daily Letter…

Creative Inspirations: Big Spaceship, Digital Creative Agency

Taught by Big Spaceship
Take a ride in the Big Spaceship with this intimate look at the inner workings of one of the web’s…

Creative Inspirations: Natalie Fobes, Photographer

Taught by Natalie Fobes
This installment in the lynda.com Creative Inspirations documentary series introduces the diverse talents of one of the world’s great award-winning…

Creative Inspirations: Ze Frank, Comedic Digital Savant

Taught by Ze Frank
Ze Frank is one of the most creative and enigmatic people working in digital media. He’s also just plain funny.…

Creative Inspirations: Kit Hinrichs, Graphic Designer

Taught by Kit Hinrichs
Kit Hinrichs is one of the most accomplished and respected graphic designers and illustrators of the last fifty years. A…

CSS Positioning Best Practices

Taught by Bill Weinman
Web designers and coders will be introduced to techniques to improve their results in CSS Positioning Best Practices. Beginning with…

Creative Inspirations: Dale Herigstad & Schematic, Interactive Design Agency

Taught by Dale Herigstad
Welcome to the future of media experience. Meet Dale Herigstad, Chief Creative Officer at Schematic—the company behind some of the…

Troika’s ABC Brand Campaign: Start to Finish

Taught by Troika Design Group
Get an inside view behind the making of ABC TV’s fall promotional and brand image campaign, and watch a 60-second…

Creative Inspirations: Troika Design Group, Design and Branding Agency

Taught by Troika Design Group
Ever wonder who’s behind those cool identity graphics on broadcast and cable TV networks? Come take a peek behind the…

Margo Chase’s Hand-Lettered Poster: Start to Finish

Taught by Margo Chase
Acclaimed graphic designer Margo Chase shows how she created a beautifully hand-lettered poster for a special appearance at the Santa…

Sagehen Connect

Daniel E. Kim

Alumni, General Career Advice, General Graduate or Professional School Advice, Resume Review
  • Greenwich, Connecticut
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery Yale School of Medicine
Meet Daniel E.

Gregory McKnight

Alumni, General Career Advice, General Graduate or Professional School Advice, Give a Presentation/Serve on a Panel, Recruit Sagehens for Jobs/Internships
  • Santa Monica, California
  • Partner United Talent Agency
Meet Gregory

Michael Feller

Alumni, General Career Advice, General Graduate or Professional School Advice, Give a Presentation/Serve on a Panel, Resume Review
  • Larchmont, NY
  • Distinguished Lecturer Baruch College
Meet Michael

Cecilia Ransburg

Alumni, Give a Presentation/Serve on a Panel, Shadow a Sagehen
  • Los Angeles, California
  • Teacher Alliance College Ready Public Schools
Meet Cecilia

Chris Goff

Alumni, General Career Advice
  • London
  • MS Science Teacher American School in London
Meet Chris

Mary Han

Alumni, General Career Advice
  • Contract Analyst Epic Systems Corporation
Meet Mary

Dale Turnacliff

Alumni, Recruit Sagehens for Jobs/Internships
Meet Dale

Yunju Song

Alumni, General Graduate or Professional School Advice
  • Los Angeles, California
Meet Yunju

Career Resources

December 6, 2022 | by Carney Sandoe Staff

The education system has been wrought with recent challenges and under intense scrutiny. The #teachertransition …

Teachers of Tomorrow December 2025

Alternative teacher certification programs, also known as non-traditional routes to certification, allow individuals without a …

Effectively communicate your professional value to future employers by framing your experience with the NACE Competencies. As a Pomona student, …

Your career journey STARTS HERE!

Determining which career path is right for you is not always easy. You have to …

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Contact & Location

Phone
(909) 621-8144
Address

Alexander Hall
550 N. College Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711

Career Service Hours

Monday 8:00-4:30PM
Tuesday 8:00-4:30PM
Wednesday 8:00-4:30PM
Thursday 8:00-4:30PM
Friday 8:00-3:00PM (Remote)

The CDO is located on the east side of Alexander Hall. Please bring your ID to get access.

The CDO is closed from 12-1pm daily.