Careers & Internships
Humanities Resume Lab: Your Strengths, Your Story
Monday, Sept. 14, 5 to 6:30 p.m., Posner Hall, Room 145
Calling all Humanities students! While campus is buzzing with the STEM Fair, take this time to invest in your unique career path! Join Dietrich’s Career Consultant from the CPDC and Dietrich’s Humanities Coordinator for an interactive, hands-on Resume Lab.
Whether you’re eyeing early-bird applications or simply getting a head start on opportunities that open throughout the year, this session will help you articulate the power of your Humanities expertise with confidence.
Bring a draft of your resume (or a blank page to start from scratch!) and join us to work, collaborate and get real-time feedback in a supportive space.
What We’ll Cover:
- Translate Your Academic Strengths: Learn how to translate research, analysis, works of creative and artistic expression, into compelling resume bullet points.
- Master the Timeline: Get clarity on when different humanities internships hire so you can pace your search stress-free.
- Hands-On Polishing: Work directly on your resume with guided support from career staff and feedback from your peers.
- Tailored Action Plan: Leave with a strategy for a polished resume draft, and clear next steps for your unique application strategy.
Bring your laptop, your questions, and a friend!
Give Yourself Permission to Dream: A D3 Workshop
Monday, Sept. 14, 5 to 6 p.m., Margaret Morrison Neighborhood Commons (below Hamershlag House, across from Donner)
D³: Dream. Discover. Do. ("D-cubed") is an informal program for first- and second-year undergrads who want to explore career possibilities but aren’t sure where to start. Each session is led by experienced Career Peer Mentors (CPMs) in a relaxed, welcoming space! No registration needed!
Tartan2 Professional: Student-Athlete & Employer Networking Event
Monday, Sept. 14, 7:30 to 9 p.m., Legacy Plaza
This unique event outside at Legacy Plaza allows you to converse with leading companies that are looking to leverage your athletic experience and skill set! Light refreshments will be served.
As you prepare for this event, we will be utilizing a new tool in Handshake. At each employer table, there will be a QR code that you can use to “check in”. In order to “check in” with an employer, you will need to log into your Handshake account from the webpage. To ensure that an employer can contact you after the fair, make sure you have filled out all of the fields on your profile. Employers can only see limited information if the account is not public.
Disability Accommodations: If you are a student who would like disability accommodations for the event, please reach out to the Office of Disability Resources (access@andrew.cmu.edu) at least one week before the event.
CMU SPARK 2026: Startups & Emerging Companies Job Fair
Thursday, Sept. 17, 5 to 9 p.m., McConomy Auditorium & Rangos Ballroom, CUC
Join us for CMU SPARK 2026, a high-energy evening connecting Carnegie Mellon students with startups and emerging companies hiring across technology, design, product, and business.
The evening opens with a keynote from Boris Sofman, co-founder and CEO of Bedrock Robotics and former leader at Waymo and Anki. Boris will share lessons from building ambitious robotics and autonomy companies and offer students a firsthand look at what it takes to create and scale frontier technology.
Following the keynote, startups founded by CMU alumni will take the stage for rapid-fire tech talks about what they are building and the roles they are hiring for. The evening concludes with a career fair where students can meet founders, executives, and hiring teams directly.
Presented by CMU’s Career Professional & Development Center and Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship
CMU Swartz Student Startup Showcase (S4)
Friday, Sept. 18, noon to 2 p.m., Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, Tepper Building, Suite 3712
CMU Swartz Student Startup Showcase (CMU S4) is an interactive exhibition event showcasing what’s coming next from CMU student-founded startups as a part of CMU Startup Week.
Attendees will have the opportunity to engage directly with the founders and learn about the incredible innovations they are building and critical problems that they are solving.
Over two dozen different companies will be presenting at this event, including companies funded through the Bruce S. Gebhardt Sandbox Fund, Beyond 2% Fund, and the Project Olympus Spark Grants.
Snacks and drinks will be provided for attendees.
This event is open to everyone!
Presented by the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship
Apply to the CMU Washington Semester Program
Deadline: Oct. 1
The Carnegie Mellon University Washington Semester Program (CMU/WSP) provides undergraduate students from any department or major the opportunity to live, intern and study in the nation's capital. Sponsored by the Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology, students earn 48 units interning about twenty-four hours per week in any sector or field of interest within Washington, DC, while taking classes taught by Carnegie Mellon faculty.