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This guide contains tools, tips, and trends for job seekers, compiled through Career Center staff’s searches of career development resources and suggestions from BUSSW graduates concerning experiences with their career pursuits.  \nYou are invited to visit the Social Work Career Center to gain further information about any of the topics outlined in this publication or to obtain further assistance with your own important career decisions.  \nWe wish you the very best for a successful employment search!  \nSocial Work Career Center  \nBoston University School of Social Work  \n264 Bay State Road  \nBoston, MA 02215  \n617-353-3761  \n[http://www.bu.edu/ssw/career](http://www.bu.edu/ssw/career)  \n[swcareer@bu.edu](swcareer@bu.edu)  \n3  \nIntroduction to the BUSSW Career Center  \nThe Alumni Relations Office and the Office of Student Services and ALANA Affairs at the Boston University School of Social Work initiated the Social Work Career Center in 1990 to meet the unique career development needs of the School's students and alumni.  \nThe mission of the BUSSW Career Center is to:  \n􀂙 Provide comprehensive information and quality services to promote social work career development.  \n􀂙 Enhance relationships with the social work practice community at large, with particular emphasis on the urban environment.  \n􀂙 Facilitate the process by which students make the transition between the School and the practice community, and by which alumni make the transition to different fields of social work.  \n􀂙 Provide a greater understanding of social work among different professions, create options for social workers in different settings, and provide students and alumni the opportunity to participate in such processes.  \nThe Center is currently housed in Room 115, School of Social Work, 264 Bay State Road.  \nBUSSW students and alumni may utilize resources between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays. 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