Braven Course Structure and Experience

How the Career Accelerator with Braven Works

The Braven Career and Leadership Accelerator is divided into three sections. Throughout the course, Fellows are grouped into small cohorts with other Mount Saint Vincent students from various majors, allowing them to connect across disciplines and develop teamwork skills that mirror the real world.

Design Your Career: While bonding with a cohort of Fellows by sharing core value stories, students will explore leadership, values, and career interests, which will help them create a career project plan. 

Launch Your Career: Students build or refine their resumes, develop their interview skills through mock interviews and informational interviews with professionals, and learn to communicate their stories and strengths clearly and concisely. They receive extensive feedback on their cover letters and mock interviews, and practice their skills at networking events. 

Capstone Challenge: Each semester, Braven partners with a local employer for the Capstone Challenge, a five-week project where Fellows use design thinking to solve a real-world problem proposed by the employer. Fellows present their solutions to employers and develop teamwork, leadership, project planning, and public speaking skills. 

Post-Accelerator Support

After completing the Braven Accelerator, Fellows gain continued access to leadership and career development opportunities, networking events, and a national community of peers and professionals. Fellows receive continued access to career development tools, employer events, and ongoing communication about internships and job opportunities. They can also opt into an optional 12-week professional mentoring program for 1:1 support.