About URI Career Services

Career Services, the centralized career development, planning and placement office at the University of Rhode Island,  has as its goal the career education of students and the facilitation of student contact with employers.   Career Services is a clearinghouse for recruitment opportunities, career resources and career events at the University of Rhode Island.  Partners include employers, students, faculty, parents, alumni and the public.  Career Services is a department within the Division of Student Affairs  .

The following services are key components in providing Career Services:

• Providing professional and confidential career counseling and career testing and assessment to undergraduates, seniors, graduate students and recent alumni.  This includes confidential meetings with counselees, career and interest testing, job search assistance, and follow-up
• Preparing students for the workforce and increasing the opportunities for work experience, including paid and for-credit internships, summer jobs and part-time employment.
• Providing specific skills training to enable students to obtain appropriate employment:  resume and cover letter services, interview workshops, preparation for professional and graduate school
• Providing state of the art technology to provide 24/7 access to career information and job postings and interview sign-ups.
• Connecting students to alumni and potential alumni employers through Career services Career Contact and Alumni mentor program.
• Managing and facilitating access to thousands of employers recruiting URI candidates through job fairs, on-campus interviews, job postings and networking events.  This also includes the on-campus student employment job fair to provide undergraduates with an easy way to contact URI departments seeking student workers.
• Ensuring all appropriate candidates, regardless of gender, ethnicity, ability or sexual orientation have equal access to job and internship opportunities.  Through URI’s BEACON program, powered by MonsterTRAK, students and alumni can access a centralized job and internship posting site.

Location:  228 Roosevelt Hall, Kingston