Center for Career Engagement

Tools, resources, and connections for career readiness and lifelong success

The Center for Career Engagement is an integrated hub, collaborating across Washington University in St. Louis. We provide:

Career coaching and planning
Career assessment and skills training
Access to a global community of leaders, recruiters, influencer networks and WashU alumni

We help students turn their WashU education into real-world stories of success.

Learn more about what we do.

Get started

Find events, jobs, internships, employers on Handshake, our career management platform.

In person and virtual advising options are here to support your career.

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For Employers

Connect with our Employer Relations Team to learn about recruitment and engagement opportunities across all our schools and programs.
For Students & Alumni

Explore action steps you can take at any stage of your career.

The Center for Career Engagement by the numbers

400+

employers at WashU career fairs

5,300+

jobs and internships on Handshake

$867K

in internship stipends awarded

150K+

global alumni community

View our career outcome data

News & Announcements

Colleges refocus on career services as students seek return on degrees | November 28, 2023

The WashU Center for Career Engagement has created career communities for different majors, with separate mentoring programs, employer events and alumni networking for each one.
WashU Center for Career Engagement announces spring 2024 career fairs | November 20, 2023

The WashU Center for Career Engagement has scheduled its major career fairs for the spring 2024 semester.
Three directors announced for WashU’s Center for Career Engagement | September 1, 2023

Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Dr. Anna Gonzalez announced three new directors for the Center for Career Engagement.

Events & Programs

Spring 2024 All Campus Internship & Job Fair

Join us Feb. 6, 2-6 p.m., at the Athletic Complex to meet with local and national organizations that are recruiting from various industries and for various job functions.