Student Resources
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Prepare for virtual job fairs and interviews with our guide
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91% of 2019-20 WMU graduates are employed, in graduate school, serving in the military, or volunteering full time.
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Graduating now? Check out our guide to graduating during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Employment verifications: email or fax the verification to us, and we will provide further instruction. Email: wmu-handshake@wmich.edu | Fax: (269) 387-2555. Leave a voicemail with any additional information or questions at (269) 387-2745; we constantly monitor this voicemail box between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Career tools and resources
Career Advising
Where can I work with my major?
Where can I intern with my MAJOR?
Explore career options
Get experience
Find a job
- Handshake and other job search websites
- Handshake blog: Top 500 companies hiring in Handshake (updated weekly)
- Temporary or remote work during COVID-19
- [LIVE] List of companies still hiring, in hiring freezes, etc (note: this is updated in real-time by community users, including career services staff and industry professionals, and we do not verify this information)
- List of 2019 Top 200 OPT Employers (published by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
- Campus jobs
- Part-time job search websites
- Applicant tracking systems
Protect yourself from job search scams!
Meet employers
Resumes, CVs, and cover letters
Interviewing
- Questions Students Can Ask in Interviews to Tell If a Company Really Cares About Diversity and Inclusion by Cindy Price Verduce, M.Ed. (Word document)
- Questions Students Can Ask in Interviews to Tell If a Company Really Cares About Diversity and Inclusion by Cindy Price Verduce, M.Ed. (PDF)