Build Your Career
SJSU alumni can advance their careers through quality career education and employer connections offered with Career Center membership. Explore the following options to help you meet your career goals.
SJSU Alumni within a Year of Graduation
Get help launching your career.
Alumni, within a year of graduation, maintain access to:
- Career center apps: SJSU Handshake job board, Focus2, SJSU² (alumni-to-alumni connections), and Big Interview.*
- 1:1 career coaching (up to 3 virtual appointments per year). To schedule an appointment, email your counselor (select by career pathway [pdf]).
- Career Center guides that provide top tips on resume/cover letter writing, job/internship search, interviewing, etc.
- Select (as indicated by event admission criteria) on-campus recruiting events, including specific career fairs and employer events.
*To access any of the Career Center apps listed above, continue to use your SSO (SJSUOne ID and password).
Student Services guidelines apply.
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Help SJSU continue improving career services by sharing your plans in this brief survey.
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Free Suggested Partner Resources
The following resources are suggested, but not operated, by the SJSU Career Center.
Growth Hack Your Career
Learn how to optimize your resume and improve your interview skills with free courses
from Growth Hack Your Career. Informed by recruiters across dozens of industries,
each of the courses includes video tutorials, templates, and quick-start guides. These
free courses are only available to SJSU grads within 1 year of graduation. Please
use your sjsu.edu email address as login. Password: SJSU-GHYC
Job Search Plan for Alumni by NOVA Job Center
Other SJSU Alumni
SJSU alumni who graduated more than a year ago are invited to invest in their careers with a Career Center membership.
Initial Consultation
Contact carrie.mcknight@sjsu.edu to schedule a free, initial career consultation (15-minute) to form basic career-development
goals and identify a starting course of action.
| Options | Benefits | Annual Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Basic |
|
$45 |
| Level 1 | Includes Basic Membership benefits plus one, 60-minute appointment with a professional career counselor. | $75 |
| Level 2 | Includes Basic Membership benefits plus two, 60-minute appointments with a professional career counselor and one career assessment. | $125 |
| Level 3 | Includes Basic Membership benefits plus three, 60-minute appointments with a professional career counselor and two career assessments. | $175 |
The Fine Print
- Maximum of one initial 15-minute career consultation per calendar year
- Maximum of three career-counseling appointments per calendar year
- Memberships are good for one calendar year. All alumni memberships purchased prior to August 2020 will retain Career Center Basic Membership benefits for the remainder of the membership term.
Join Today!
Click here to select the Career Center membership level you'd like to purchase. Be ready to provide your 9-digit SJSU student ID number. If you can't remember your student ID number, please contact registrar@sjsu.edu for assistance. Credit- or debit-card payments only, please.
Recruiting Event Access
Career Fairs
Due to anticipated limited capacity, some virtual career fairs will be open only to current SJSU students. For details, please visit sjsu.joinhandshake.com/events.
Other Recruiting Events
Some recruiting events, such as single-employer info sessions or employer days, indicate employer-defined admission criteria, may be open to alumni, and may require advance registration. Consult SJSU Handshake for event access and registration requirements.
Don't Forget:
Remember to bring the following items to access services and events: a photo ID, a student ID (for recent grads within a year of graduation) or proof of your Career Center Membership (membership card, Alumni Association card (for past combined memberships), or an email confirming your current membership from the Career Center).
SJSU Alumni Networks
Tap your alumni network to build connections for your job search. Explore opportunities to grow your network through events offered by the SJSU Alumni Association. Connect to alumni through the following social networks:
Community Career Resources
Silicon Valley offers many career resources that are available to the general community, most of which provide free or low-cost services.
CareerOneStop is your pathway to career success. Find tools to help job seekers, students, business, and career professionals. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor. Find a CareerOneStop near you.
NOVA is a nonprofit, federally-funded employment and training agency that provides customer-focused workforce development services.
SJPL Works is a network of resources available through the San Jose Public Library, providing work and conference spaces, career and industry research tools, and educational and networking events.
Silicon Valley Career Counselors is a list of Bay Area counselors that see clients in private practice. Career counseling, coaching, resume writing, and job search support are typical services offered by these counselors.
Work 2 Future, the Silicon Valley Workforce Investment Network, operates three One-Stop Career Centers in the areas of San Jose, Campbell and South County. Workshops, job listings and career advising programs are available through Work 2 Future One Stops.
