Career Help
ADVICE WHEN YOU NEED IT
Career Coaching
If you’re looking for tips on updating your resume, are thinking about a career change, or looking for career strategies, Alumni Relations offers one-to-one coaching to help you stay ahead of the curve, and achieve what’s next.
Featured Article
Staying motivated in your job search
By Michele Rapp
Job searches require persistence and resilience as they can be a mix of success, and uncertainty. The process is similar to training for a 5k race or gardening as it takes sustained commitment and effort, or the patient work of planting seedlings and waiting for them to bear fruit.
Strengthen your network
Looking for peers and colleagues in your industry, or the latest expert advice, or even a foot in the door of your dream company? NUsource is your first step.
Career Strategy Webinars
Expert insight for real-world results – live and on demand! Featuring career experts from the Northeastern community, live webinars offer you essential knowledge and tools to help you accelerate your career. Can’t make it to the live session? View the archived collection at any time!
Career tips
- Measure your own success
- Don’t be afraid to ask for help
- Own your mistakes
- Be your own cheerleader
- Always acknowledge people who help you
Career Newsletter Archive
Every quarter, our office shares career strategies to help you navigate your professional development. Whether you’re a recent graduate seeking your first job, a mid-career professional looking to advance your career, or someone seeking to stay ahead of the curve, our Career Newsletter is a resource for you.
Sorted by Date
Breaking into cryptocurrency: from traditional banking to Bitcoin
Sometimes, you just have to take the plunge
Making a strong start in your new job
Cultural competence – the role of soft skills in biotechnology careers
Five secrets to success in the world of professional sports
The art of giving successful feedback
5 ways to nix fear and negotiate your next raise
How to fit your full-time job search into your full-time life
Sorted by Topic
Connect to win: success strategies for women in stem
How volunteering can boost your career
Sometimes, you just have to take the plunge
Making a strong start in your new job
Cultural competence – the role of soft skills in biotechnology careers
Five secrets to success in the world of professional sports
5 ways to nix fear and negotiate your next raise
How to fit your full-time job search into your full-time life
Cassie Choi, BHS’13: Changing Lanes
Managing your career during uncertainty
Consistency, Passion, Structure: Keys to Building a Network – Alumni Relations (northeastern.edu)
Is burnout preventable? 7 strategies for workplace sustainability
Alumni tips for surviving the pandemic
Breaking into cryptocurrency: from traditional banking to Bitcoin
If you’re an entrepreneur, Northeastern is meant for you
Working in Start-Ups: Insight from Alumni
Assessing Diversity and Inclusion
RESOURCES
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY CAREER DEsign
Nationally ranked #1 by the Princeton Review for four out of the past seven years, Northeastern offers its alumni access to the premier career development department. Learn more.
NORTHEASTERN GRADUATE PROGRAMS
Beyond Education. Experience. Northeastern takes learning to a deeper level. In every program—from certificate to doctorate degree—students turn their ideas into action.
Learn more.
D’AMORE-McKIM SCHOOL OF BUSINESS GRADUATE CAREER CENTER
Offering our MBA and masters degree students and alumni a solid pathway to expand their networks and identify new career opportunities.
Learn more.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESOURCES
Northeastern empowers students, faculty, and alumni from across the world to become leaders in the innovation economy. As a part of our thriving entrepreneurship ecosystem, alumni are encouraged to take advantage of the numerous resources, programs and funding opportunities available through our interdisciplinary centers and institutes, mentorship networks, and venture accelerators. Learn more.