Career readiness

Setting Students up for Success Today and in the Future

Queens Hillel works with our community partner, Commonpoint Queens, to provide students with career readiness support through CUNY Career Connect (CCC). Every other Tuesday you’ll find a CCC Career Coach at Hillel, ready to meet and discuss your future career. From job interviewing skills to resume development, our career support is unmatched. We also offer career cohort-learning , like our Financial Literacy Course, and monthly programs to help you success in college and life.

 Meet our Career Coach, Michael

Michael Gaudio is a career counselor in the CUNY Career Connect program. He brings a unique perspective to his work with a background in career counseling, higher education, theatre, and social services. He developed an interest in working with college students while serving in academic and career advising roles at Gordon College and Berklee College of Music. At both institutions, he helped initiate successful peer programs. He’s also worked in service roles with various populations and has performed in professional live theatre in multiple states. He is passionate about college and workforce access, career exploration, experiential learning, and incorporating arts practices for personal and professional growth. He holds a Master of Fine Arts from Boston Conservatory at Berklee and a Bachelor of Arts from Gordon College. He is a member of the Professional Association of Résumé Writers & Career Coaches. He is thrilled to be working with CUNY Hillel students to help guide them to identify and set goals, explore careers, get connected, and find opportunities.

Schedule a time to Meet with Michael by emailing him at mgaudio@commonpointqueens.org

 Financial Literacy Course

This 6-8 week intensive course walks students through everything they need to know about the dollars they have and the dollars they want: soup to nuts. They’ll learn to budget, save, spend, give, and grow their dollars. 

Student participants receive a stipend, access to a cohort of peers to support them in their journey. For more information please contact Em, Director of Wellness at wellnessem@qchillel.org.