Welcome to the Columbia Alumni Community!
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR GRADUATION!
The Center for Career Education (CCE) serves alumni for life. No matter what you’re doing after graduation, we’re here to support your career journey—wherever it takes you.
Here’s a roundup of key resources for recent graduates.
Share your plans via the Beyond Columbia Survey.
Take the three-minute Beyond Columbia Survey to let us know what’s in store for you—taking time off, working, enrolling in graduate school, still searching, etc. If your outcomes change later this year, you can update your survey response even after submitting.
If you’re looking for a job or applying to graduate school, you don’t have to search alone. Share that you’re in a search, and our team will follow up regularly with resources, job postings, and more.
Connect with our career counselors to strategize your search.
As a Columbia alum, you have access to our career counseling services for life.
Our career counselors are here to help you…
Start a job search
Develop a career transition strategy
Conduct career research and exploration
Develop materials such as resumes, CVs, cover letters, and personal statements
Build a stronger professional network
Practice for interviews
Apply for and consider graduate school programs
Navigate a career change
You can schedule a 30-minute one-on-one appointment to meet with a career counselor by phone, virtually, or in person.
Leverage online resources.
As an alum, you also have access to our library of premium resources. With your UNI and password, you can continue to access these subscription services at no cost to you.
We especially recommend Vault (formerly Firsthand) Career Guides for industry and company information and Big Interview to help you prepare for interviews.
For self-guided career development, check out our Design Your Next Steps guide. Think of it as a textbook to help you navigate your career path!
Visit our alumni resources page to see additional content curated just for you, such as Making the Transition into the Workplace. You can also explore our Info For pages for resources designed for specific groups and communities.
Access LionSHARE, a job board exclusive to Columbia.
LionSHARE, powered by Handshake, is another key career offering that continues to be available to you as an alum with your UNI and password. The platform functions as an online database available exclusively to students and alumni served by CCE. Employers looking for Columbia talent can specifically select postings to be featured for Columbia users.
Beyond job and internship postings, you can also use LionSHARE to:
Follow and read about specific employers (see the Employers tab)
Discover and register for virtual and in-person events like career fairs (see the Events tab)
Don’t forget to update your LionSHARE profile with your graduation date, alumni status, and most recent experiences and interests. Check out this resource for answers to our most frequently asked LionSHARE questions.
Continue to build and expand your Columbia community.
Join Columbia-wide alumni groups based on shared interests and identities or geography.
Explore alumni associations and other resources offered through your school and the University’s alumni offices:
