The Office of Student Life sponsors campus-wide career fairs featuring numerous companies seeking to recruit students within the spectrum of our academic majors. In the past, the PHC career fairs have featured such notables as the F.B.I., Prison Fellowship, The C.G. Koch Foundation, the Institute of World Politics, and others.
Though Patrick Henry College does not place graduates in jobs or students in internships, research has shown our students have a remarkable record of professional acheivement, in part by making use of the following opportunities:
As you commence your college career at PHC, it is wise to begin discerning what you like to do, what interests you, and where you are headed. Click HERE for information about personal assessments.
The internship program at PHC is an essential part of its classical liberal arts education. Click HERE for a list of websites to help you in your internship search, as well as information about tools PHC provides.
If you are looking for a job or internship, here you will find a wealth of websites beneficial to you as you pursue employment. These websites may offer career services, job search engines, resume help, or all the above. Take advantage of these tools.
In addition to the many online career resources here, the PHC library provides other print resources. Search for key terms in the online catalog such as “resume,” “cover letter,” “jobs,” “internship,” or “interview.” As always, the librarians are ready and willing to help you with any of your career services questions. Email them at askalibrarian@phc.edu or go in person.
Recruiters from a variety of organizations frequently visit campus and hold informational sessions for the benefit of PHC students. Law schools, seminaries, missionary agencies, military recruiters, and government agencies actively pursue PHC students in this valuable way and often initiate contact with the college to do so.
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PHC maintains employment bulletin boards in the CAMS portal and on the PHC Jobs & Internships Facebook page. Jeff Thornhill, the PHC Director of Apprenticeship Programs, works with students to facilitate internship opportunities within their individual fields of study. These internships frequently result in employment offers for PHC students upon graduation. He also works with the Office of Alumni Affairs, including job postings in their bi-monthly e-newsletter and access for PHC alumni to the Jobs & Internships Facebook page mentioned above.
