An award-winning program that helps you navigate Kenyon's career resources while earning points and unlocking new resources as you go!
Engage with the CDO's resources to earn points. Points move you up through four levels — and each level unlocks new resources built to move your career forward.
Take real career-building actions across five stages — from updating Handshake to landing an internship. Every action is worth points.
Reaching a new level takes more points and a wider spread of engagement, so you grow across every area that matters.
Each level opens new resources — assessments, stipends, mentors, recommendations — plus automatic entry into level raffles.
See where you've earned points and how you rank across campus.
Every point you earn belongs to one of five stages. Together they cover the full arc of career readiness — reflection to real-world experience.
Tap any action to see what it's worth and how to accomplish it. The points for some activities carry over year to year. Everything else resets each academic year.
Advancing takes both more points and a wider spread across stages. Here's exactly what each level requires.
You're eligible for the rewards at your current level and every level below it. The higher you ascend, the more you unlock.
Add up what you're planning to do and watch your points, your level, and your unlocked rewards update in real time.
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