Career Possibilities and Entrepreneurial Pathways
Your education, skills, interests, and lived experience can lead to many kinds of work. You might complete a short-term paid project, gain experience through research or service, work with clients independently, start a business, or explore opportunities outside the United States. There is no single right path.
Use this guide to explore your options, gain experience, build career materials, prepare for work after graduation, and find support. You do not need to make every decision at once.
Start Here
Choose the section that matches your most immediate question. If you are unsure, begin with Understanding Your Career Possibilities.
- Understanding Your Career Possibilities: Pathway overview, exploration activities, assessments, AI research prompts, and counseling support.
- Funded and Experience-Building Opportunities Now: DSIG, Parker Dewey, Forage, and research with faculty.
- Preparing for Work After Graduation: Portfolio, contractor-versus-business decisions, professional presence, and social media.
- Exploring Work Outside the United States: Interstride and global-opportunity research.
- Building Your Services or Business: Services, pricing, marketing, contracts, networking, finances, taxes, and finding clients or projects.
Career Opportunities
Dream Success Center Fellowships
Grant-funded fellowships and scholarships made through partnerships and donations. Available for currently enrolled students.
Grant Funded Internship Programs
Internship resources compiled by the DSC in collaboration with the Career Development Center. Options and opportunities regardless of immigration status.
Resources
Connect with the Career Development Center
The CSULB Career Development Center empowers students to become effective leaders of their personal career journeys. Through career counseling, employer connections, and professional development opportunities, we prepare them to become skilled and productive members of the local, national, and global workforce.
Contact and Hours
Career Development Center, California State University, Long Beach
1250 Bellflower Boulevard
Brotman Hall, Room 250
Long Beach, CA 90840
Phone: (562) 985-4151 | Fax: (562) 985-1641
Website: csulb.edu/career-development-center
Office Hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM - 5 PM
