Your Next Giant Leap Begins Here

The CLA Career Center helps students build confidence while developing an individually defined personal brand in which their values, interests and careers align. We leverage our relationships with employers, alumni, and campus partners positioning students to pursue effective, successful, and personally meaningful careers throughout their lives. We inspire excitement about the future and empower CLA students to develop insights and connections in order to own and shape their personal and professional journeys.

The CLA Career Center’s values are based on Purdue’s six pillars of Boilermaker success:

We believe in integrity: We are committed to supporting a student-centered environment while maintaining the highest level of professionalism, treating all students, alumni, and community members with dignity, respect, and trust.

We believe in respect: We are committed to providing comprehensive career-centered guidance individualized to their personal interest, values, and identities.

We believe in honor: We are committed to respecting and valuing the dignity of each individual while holding students accountable for their own actions and learning.

We believe in inclusion: We welcome all students and strive to provide an environment in which everyone feels that they belong, that they are heard, respected, and valued.

We believe in innovation: We are committed to helping students develop in-demand employable skills to solve authentic challenges facing our communities and businesses.

We believe in growth: We strive to help students discover where they want to go, what they want to do, and help them make that happen. We motivate and challenge students to aim higher in pursuit of their next giant leap.