Bethel’s Career Development Center is housed in the Marrs-Stockton Student Center on campus. The center offers you a number of resources and services that will help you succeed both during your studies at Bethel and when you look for employment.

We serve both current students and alumni, however, you must seek out our services by calling the Career Development Center and requesting an appointment to talk.

Self-Assessment – A variety of tests are available to help you determine possible majors and/or careers. Generally, these tests are personality profiles and/or interest surveys, not standardized tests.

The Bethel Career Development 4-Year Plan - As part of freshman orientation, the Career Development Center shares the Bethel College Career Development 4-Year Plan with students. It is designed to keep you from waiting until your senior year to begin searching for that first job. 

Academic/Career Counseling – The Career Development Center will discuss majors and/or career possibilities with you. We will help you objectively address concerns and goals and decide whether you should continue your studies in a graduate program or seek your first post-college job.

Internship Creation and/or Placement – We also provide some assistance in developing internship opportunities in which you might be interested, or we can find a good fit in a current internship where you can gain valuable work experience and build your resume while you complete your studies. Some of the internships we arrange are paid internships, and some are available for course credit pending approval from your department chair and the academic dean.

Career Development Counseling and Training – We will discuss career opportunities, research graduate school information with you, and assist you in writing your resume and supporting materials (such as cover letters, reference sheets, and other professional documents).  We’ll also guide you as you write your graduate school essays, and we’ll gladly conduct mock interviews and other interview preparation activities with you.

Assistance in Securing Part-Time and Full-Time Employment – In the Career Development Center and on this website, we post all full- and part-time job opportunities as well as any information we receive regarding internships, summer employment, scholarship opportunities, on-campus interviews, special presentations and annual Job Markets held at neighboring schools Freed-Hardeman University, Union University and Lambuth University. We also post information about other job or graduate school fairs.

If you are a junior or senior, it is especially important that you come to us and take advantage of the services we offer. If you have not been following the Bethel College Career Development 4-Year Plan, please click here to view it now. Then contact the Career Development Center at 731-352-4246 or e-mail your request to careerdevelopment@bethel-college.edu.

Monte Cunningham is the Director of Career Development at Bethel. Call him at 731-352-4246, e-mail him at careerdevelopment@bethel-college.edu, or stop by the Career Development Center in the Marrs-Stockton Student Center.