The Heebner CDC empowers students to take ownership of your career path and chart a course that is aligned with your interests, skills and values.  Our office supports you by:
Expanding your knowledge of the broad range of career and employment possibilities.
Creating opportunities to connect with employers to learn about opportunities, the hiring process, and leverage your network.
Working in partnership with WPI International House to guide international students through the internship, co-op, and job search process.
Get started by exploring the resources on this site.
Search for jobs, internships, or co-ops in Handshake
Start the approval process for your co-op or internship using the ‘Experiences” tab in Handshake
View date, times, and employers attending upcoming WPI Career Fairs in Handshake
Attend drop-ins (M-F 12 pm – 4 pm at the HCDC) when classes are in session (no drop-ins in the summer) for quick questions or an initial resume review.
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Occupation Description
Employment Trends
The number of jobs in the career for the past two years, the current year, and projections for the next 10 years. Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full- and part-time jobs. Sources include Emsi industry data, staffing patterns, and OES data.
Top Employers
These companies are currently hiring for .
Education Levels
The educational attainment percentage breakdown for a career (e.g. the percentage of people in the career who hold Bachelor’s Degrees vs. Associate Degrees). Educational attainment levels are provided by O*NET.
Annual Earnings
Earnings figures are based on OES data from the BLS and include base rate, cost of living allowances, guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay (including commissions and bonuses), on-call pay, and tips.
Technical Skills
A list of hard skills associated with a given career ordered by the number of unique job postings which ask for those skills.
Core Competencies
The skills for the career. The "importance" is how relevant the ability is to the occupation: scale of 1-5. The "level" is the proficiency required by the occupation: scale of 0-100. Results are sorted by importance first, then level.
Job Titles
A list of job titles for all unique postings in a given career, sorted by frequency.
