Career Advising

Please schedule an appointment with any of our career advisors anytime through Navigate, Butler’s online advising portal. All undergraduate students have a Navigate account accessible with their Butler username/password.

Graduate students and alumni can request appointments via Handshake, Butler’s online job and internship portal. Graduate students can log in with their Butler credentials, while alumni can request to join Butler’s network on the Handshake login page.

CaPS advisors can help you build your resume and cover letter, practice your interviewing skills, help you explore your options, network with professionals, and search for internships and full-time opportunities.

If our advisors feel it’d be helpful for you, we administer the CliftonStrengths (formerly StrengthsQuest), Strong Interest Inventory, and Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) assessments.
These appraisals illustrate your strengths and interests, and can aid in choosing (or changing) a major, graduate school, or career path.
To request taking an assessment, please schedule an appointment here.
- In the “Career Discovery and Exploration” category, choose “Assessment Pre-advising.”

Career Advisor College Liaisons:
- Tabitha Barbour – Diversity Center & CCOM
- Theresa Nucciarone – JCA & CoE
- Courtney Rousseau – LAS
- Mona Guirguis – CCOM & CoPHS
- Sierra Ramey – LSB

You are able to schedule an appointment with ANY career advisor at any time through Navigate, Butler’s online advising portal

Our advisors provide guidance primarily in the following areas: general career, internship, job, gap year, graduate school, and service.
- Your work together may include: building and critiquing cover letters, assessments, resumes, CVs, internship and job search strategies, networking resources and tips, practice interviews, and designing a meaningful life.

Self-Guided Career Exploration

FOCUS 2 guides users through a reliable, intuitive career and education decision-making model to help choose a college, select a major, explore occupations, make informed career decisions, and take action in their career development. It provides valid and reliable assessments, including Work Interests-Holland Code, Personality, Values, Skills, Leisure Interests, and Career Planning Readiness.

Register or Login here.
How Students Create Accounts: New users simply click on the REGISTER button to be brought to their self-registration page.
To complete the form, new users will be required to enter an ACCESS CODE. The ACCESS CODE for Butler University is: lsbcareers
All new users need to fill out the requested information on the registration form and create their own unique username and password. Once they submit the form, a Focus 2 account will be activated for them, and they will be brought directly into the system. Each time they return to use Focus 2, they simply enter their username and password on the login page.

CaPS is pleased to offer you a free training system that features a new and innovative way to help you prepare more effectively for a job interview. Big Interview is an online system that combines training AND practice to help improve your interview technique and build your confidence.

Big Interview offers a variety of tools including:

Mock interview practice and recording tool
Written and video curriculum covering the entire job search and interview process
Mechanism for sharing videos externally/internally for feedback
Admin dashboard with reporting
Ability to customize/record questions and question sets
Assignments and Customer Sets (create and assign custom questions/sets)
Resume tool

HOW TO REGISTER

Here’s how to set up your Big Interview account:
STEP 1: Go to https://butler.biginterview.com/
STEP 2: Enter your school email address, name, and password, and click “Create my Account”
STEP 3: Log in and start using Big Interview.
Here is a short video if you need help with registration

Receive Career Help from Peers

Peer Career Advisors are undergraduate students trained in providing quick and timely assistance during fall and spring semesters to fellow undergrads in the following areas:

Building and reviewing resumes and cover letters
Searching for jobs and internships
Preparing for interviews
Creating and using your Handshake and LinkedIn profiles

To work with a peer advisor, you’ll schedule an appointment through Handshake, Butler’s online career advising and employment portal.

(All students have a Handshake account accessible with your Butler username/password.)

BU Be Well

Our office supports the Career and Life Skills dimension of BU Be Well.

We help students and graduates focus on building and maintaining successful skills for future or current careers, including internships, employment, graduate school, gap year/service programs, and financial literacy.

Learn more about BU Be Well.

Discover how internships can help you.

“Because we live in an ever-evolving world, a diverse skill set is crucial.” — Julie Schrader ’01, MBA ’08

“My internship gave me the ability to gain diversity of experience. Butler prepared me through its liberal arts curriculum.” — Emily Flandermeyer ’19

Emily’s Story

The CaPS office is here to support you.

Our advisors provide guidance primarily in the following areas: general career, internship, job, gap year, graduate school, and service. Your work together may include: building and critiquing cover letters, assessments, resumes, CVs, internship and job search strategies, networking resources and tips, practice interviews, and designing a meaningful life.

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INTERNAL RESOURCES

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Career Advising

Self-Guided Career Exploration

Receive Career Help from Peers

BU Be Well

The CaPS office is here to support you.