Your Professional Journey is a Lifelong Partnership
Welcome back Hawks – to the Center for Career and Professional Development! At Roger Williams University, we are thrilled by your continued commitment to your professional growth. Your success story did not end at Commencement; it is a journey we are proud to support for life. As a valued alum, you are empowered to leverage our career support resources, ensuring you can navigate any professional transition with confidence and a competitive edge. Consider us your lifelong professional advocates.
In today’s competitive job market, your application materials are your most critical asset. We are dedicated to ensuring your professional portfolio is perfected, polished, and positioned for success, making you the standout candidate for your target role. Our Career Advisors work to transform your documents from good to exceptional. Here is what we can offer to you!
Ready to transform your job search?
Our Career Advisors work to transform your documents from good to exceptional. Here is what we can offer to you!
| Services | How We Elevate | Your Outcome |
| Curated Resumes | We meticulously tailor your experience to align with industry expectations, highlighting essential soft skill utilization, ensuring optimal formatting, and meeting rigorous industry standards. | A descriptive, powerful resume that gets noticed. |
| Impactful Cover Letters | We strategically blend your professional narrative with the company’s values and the role’s essential functions, ensuring your letter is custom-curated to make you an unforgettable applicant. | A targeted document that immediately makes you stand out. |
| LinkedIn Optimization | Your digital presence matters. We review and provide actionable suggestions to make your profile hire-ready, ensuring all connections and recruiters see your full professional proficiency. | A fully optimized profile that attracts recruiters and opportunities. |
Unlock the Hidden Job Market: Strategic Networking
Did you know that an estimated 70-80% of jobs are secured through the ‘hidden job market’, positions that are often filled through referrals and networking before being publicly advertised? Networking is key to a higher offer success rate, less competition, and faster hiring.
Alumni Advantage: We encourage you to take advantage of the RWU Office of Alumni Relations regional events. These gatherings are the perfect place to connect Hawks to Hawks, gain invaluable industry insights, and meet peers and leaders who can open doors to your next role. We are excited to partner with you on your journey to career distinction.
Additional Information for Hawk Alums!
THE AVP Kelly Scafariello
Kelly Scafariello ’99 serves as the Assistant Vice President for Alumni Relations at Roger Williams University, where she leads efforts to strengthen engagement, deepen connections, and expand opportunities for the University’s more than 30,000 alumni worldwide. A proud Hawk through and through, Kelly brings exceptional energy, dedication, and institutional insight to her role, guiding alumni programming, regional chapter development, annual giving participation, and initiatives that connect alumni with current students through mentoring, networking, and experiential learning.
Kelly partners closely with departments across both the Bristol and Providence campuses to enhance alumni involvement, support institutional priorities, and help advance RWU’s Strategic Action Plan. She is particularly committed to fostering meaningful relationships between students and alumni, ensuring that every Hawk feels supported from their time on campus through their transition into the alumni community.
Keep up with Kelly! Follow RWU Alumni on our Socials!
The Association helps keep you connected and provides opportunities for you to engage with the University in ways that are especially meaningful to you. Whether you assist future students in discovering Roger Williams for the first time, provide current students with career guidance, mentor young alumni, or be a volunteer for special events, we appreciate your support and commitment.
Membership in the Alumni Association is automatic upon graduation. The Alumni Association is devoted to keeping you informed and connected, and we encourage you to take advantage of the many programs available to our alumni community.
Are you a Law School alum? Visit the Law Alumni Association
The Roger Williams Alumni Association invites you to join us in community to explore our resources, ways to connect with fellow Hawks and ways of being involved with RWU. Engaged alumni invested in our future are vital to the strength and prominence of the University. We appreciate all of your time dedicated to RWU and look forward to seeing you. Click HERE to learn more.
Alumni Chapters offer a great opportunity for alumni to connect with fellow graduates, foster lifelong learning, support their local communities and build connections with the University. They also serve as a valuable resource for new graduates and alumni who are relocating to a new city. Visit our Facebook page to join your group, or start a new one! Click HERE to learn more.
Alumni & Reunion Weekend welcomes all alumni & their family. Join us for a weekend of fun with classmates on the Bristol campus. We have something for everyone, including alums with children. To learn more & register click HERE.
