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.
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Appointments with Career Services
Why meet with Career Services?
- Resume/cover letter review
- Part-time job search
- Internship search
- Full-time job search
- Career coaching
- Mock interview
- Graduate school application material review
- Social media/LinkedIn review
- Introduction to CliftonStrengths
- Professional Headshots
- Virtual/Zoom meetings
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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.
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Upcoming Events
Other Events:
August 24 - 26, 2022.
August 27, 2022.
August 29, 2022.
U.S. Marine Corps - Info Table
October 25, 2022.
Lower Kuskokwim School District - Information Session
October 25, 2022.
Job Fairs:
Construction Management & Technology Career Fair
Thursday, September 22, 2022
Virtual & In-Person (Jacobetti Complex)
Fall Semester Job Fair
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Northern Center
Summer Employment Fair
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Northern Center
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Find out why Career Services can give you an advantage when developing your career path, setting your goals, and landing your dream job. Grant Langdon, Assistant Director of Career Services, is featured on the NMU Blog where he shares his college journey and why visiting the Career Services office could have helped him tremendously and can help you too! Read or listen to his story here.
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.
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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.