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.

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

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

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.

400+

employers at WashU career fairs each year

18,000+

jobs and internships on Handshake on average

$860K+

in internship stipends awarded annually

150K+

global alumni community

A conversation with Career Engagement’s Norma Guerra Gaier | March 6, 2024

Norma Guerra Gaier, leader of WashU’s new Center for Career Engagement, has assembled a talented team of career coaches and employer engagement specialists. She’s also enlisting partners from across campus to help prepare students. Here, Gaier shares the center’s goals.
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.

Looking for a networking event, internship, or job opportunity? We partner with Handshake to help you discover amazing events, jobs, and internships.