Welcome back, Lakers!

The Career Center is here to support you at all stages of your career: exploring options, creating a job search plan, preparing job search materials, practicing for interviews, or networking with employers and fellow alumni. We want to help you strategize, discover, and engage!

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Not sure what your goal is? Click here for curated guidance.

Strategize

Looking for a job? Make a plan and state with these tools.

Discover

Learn something new and apply it directly to your career or job search!

Engage

Connect with employers, career coaches, advisors, and fellow alumni.

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My Goal Is To:

Choose the section below that most aligns with your goal(s).

Find a Job

Find information about the job search process and ways to organize your search. 

Advance or Upscale My Career

Discover how you can advance or upscale your career, no matter the field.

Change My Career Path

Explore different resources that will help you with your career transition, wherever you are in the process.

Develop Professionally

Click here to get started or continue your professional development skills.

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Career Events

JCPenney Suit Up - Winter 2026

February 1, 2026 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM

GVSU Winter 2026 Career and Internship Fair

February 19, 2026 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Student Scholars Day 2026

April 8, 2026 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

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Alumni Spotlights

Jeff Yin '08 Spotlight

Jeff Yin '08

It's so hard to choose one GVSU memory. Some of my best memories include hall hockey in Pew (sorry about all the noise everyone), all the intramural sports, Relay for Life, and traveling down to Alabama to watch Grand Valley win a national championship.

Nathalie Ferry '23 Spotlight

Nathalie Ferry '23

Football games and tailgating at mystic.

Miranda Grunwell 2006 Spotlight

Miranda Grunwell 2006

One of my favorite parts of my time at Grand Valley was all the amazing people I met while living on campus. Some of my best memories come from the fun we had outside of class whether we were playing board games in the lobby, exploring campus events to le

Matthew Stevens '16 Spotlight

Matthew Stevens '16

One of my favorite memories at Grand Valley was competing in college athletics on the swim team and making so many memories with all my teammates. Being around 60 of your closest friends for four years was an amazing experience.

Kara Rickenberg '19 Spotlight

Kara Rickenberg '19

I was lucky enough to have my Honors freshman sequence downtown. I enjoyed exploring and learning about the city of Grand Rapids.

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