Business Meeting

Career Services

Career Services' mission is to assist NMU students and alumni with career exploration and job placement concerns. It provides resources and services focused on assisting students with career placement and career decision-making activities linking NMU students and alumni with potential employers, teaching effective job-search strategies and providing supportive information and resources to faculty and staff in addressing the career-related concerns of students.

Female student leaning against a railing

Getting Started with Career Services

This is a great place for incoming students to begin the job search process.

Career Services at Fall Fest

Handshake: Career Services' all-in-one web system

For students and alumni, it's where you can search and apply for job opportunities 24/7. You can also host and manage resumes, cover letters and more.

For employers, post and manage job openings or explore potential candidates using Handshake. 

For pre-orientation students (not yet registered for classes), open on-campus jobs and other jobs in the U.P. can be viewed by visiting our Twitter.

Group meeting on campus

Upcoming Events

Fall Semester Workshops

Career Services offers career-oriented workshops each semester to current students and NMU alumni.  Each workshop will have both in-person and virtual options and are free to attend.  Topics include resume and cover letter building, tips for attending job fairs, networking, interview skills, salary negotiation and more!   

Stay tuned for the 2021 Fall Semester schedule.

Job Fairs

Construction Management and Technology Career Fair, Thursday, September 30, 2021

For help navigating fairs (before, during and after the event), click here:  Students  |  Employers

 
Recent Alumni Survey - Where has life taken you so far?

We want to know!

What are you doing? Did NMU help you get there? How can we support you now? And what can we do better for current and future Wildcats?

Take our 10-minute recent alumni survey and help us improve the university. Each respondent will get four NMU and Marquette-themed computer backgrounds, and 20 randomly selected respondents will also receive an NMU swag bag.

NMU dining student employee

Did you know? In an average year, NMU employs approximately 1,500 students. The departments with the most student employees are Dining Services, Athletics, and Housing and Residence Life.

Attend a job fair, win a prize!

Students and Alum! Did you know attending a job fair could win you a prize? Select one of our fairs in Handshake and click on the +Join Event button. Then check in at the fair and your name will be placed into the prize drawing. Good luck!

Career Guide

The Career Development Guide includes resume building tools, samples of all application documents, tips for preparing for a job fair and more. Check out our Resume Assistance page for samples and additional help.

On-Campus Recruiting

Local, regional and national organizations often visit campus to recruit students. Learn more about which organizations will be on campus conducting interviews, information sessions, or information tables.  

Two female students on campus

Information for New Students

Looking for a job while attending NMU? Check out Handshake - our job-posting system!  Once you have registered for classes, we will create an account for you associated with your NMU email address. Please allow 3-5 business days for this to happen.  To access your account, log into MyNMU and click on 'Handshake' under the 'Student Services' tab. 

More information for new students

Know what documents are required before you're hired

Contact NMU Career Services

Career Services wants to help students succeed. In addition to the Handshake listings, we also offer a number of job-search workshops, job fairs, on-campus recruiting and more. Learn about all Career Services programs and opportunities. If you've got a question - chat with us! Look for the green tab in the lower right. 

906-227-2800