Career Services

Career Elevation with CityU

At City University of Seattle, your success extends beyond the classroom. Through personalized career coaching, industry mentorship, employer connections, and practical career resources, we help students translate education into career advancement.

Whether you’re pursuing a promotion, changing careers, or entering the workforce, CityU provides the support, tools, and guidance to help you move forward with confidence.

Career Connect with Year Up

CityU is proud to partner with Year Up United to offer Career Connect, a professional development program available at no cost to all CityU students. Career Connect is a flexible, six-week experience designed to help students develop the skills, confidence, and social capital needed to launch their careers. With a time commitment of just 2 to 4 hours per week, the program fits alongside coursework, work, and other responsibilities.

Through interactive virtual workshops, students gain practical, career-focused skills that top employers value. Topics include confidence building, growth mindset, personal branding, motivation, professional communication, and networking. Participants also connect with peers and program leaders in an engaging online community that supports personal and professional growth.

Career Coaching for CityU students:

Resume, cover letter and linked in templates, edits and optimizations
Live, 30-minute one-on-one video calls with notes and action items
Career tools such as personalized playbooks, career resources and more.
Email/ Slack Communication to review your documents and get quick feedback and strategic guidance
Mock interviews based on your career goals.
And other networking opportunities with leaders in the field.

Global Mentorship Initiative

Through our partnership with the Global Mentorship Initiative (GMI), students can connect with experienced professionals who provide guidance on career planning, networking, leadership development, and navigating today’s workplace. With GMI, CityU students are matched with a free corporate mentor to support your career journey. GMI currently has over 18,000 mentors and students in their global mentorship community.

GMI Mentorship Goals

establish a professional network
develop soft skills
create a career plan and set goals
utilize guides for conducting a job search
understand how companies evaluate employees

Why Choose GMI?

74% of GMI students globally have a job within 6 months of graduating and a 37-point average increase in career confidence and skills after mentorship.

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Internships

CityU’s academic credit internships are designed to match qualified students searching for practical on-the-job training. Students are connected with employers in the Pacific Northwest seeking highly-motivated interns to carry out real-world projects and assignments.

How it Works

Academic internships are available to undergraduates and graduate students. Before applying to an internship program, you will be required to meet with your academic advisor to review prerequisites and other qualifications. You will also be required to meet with the CityU Career Center staff for a skills assessment and to help find the right internship for you.

Internship Hours

Undergraduates are required to intern 150 hours or approximately 15 hours per week and will be awarded five quarter-hour credits upon successful completion. Graduate students are required to intern 90 hours or nine hours per week and will be awarded three quarter-hour credits upon successful completion. Internships are available each quarter. The specific days and hours will be arranged based on the needs of the host organization.

Ready to find the perfect internship for you and your career goals? Take the following steps to get started:
Talk with your academic advisor and complete the internship application.

Email the Career Center to schedule a time for a career skills assessment and review potential ways to find internships. We recommend that current students and alumni sign up to our internal networking web portal for potential internship and job postings.
Meet with the internship coordinator in your department to assess whether the internship opportunities available fit your career goals and academic requirements.

Complete internship agreement documentation with signatures from your academic advisor and departmental internship coordinator.
If you have any additional questions about internship opportunities at CityU, contact your academic advisor.

Professional Networking and Events

Want to make connections in your industry? Check out the links below to find networking events in and around the Seattle area.

CityU offers workshops, webinars, employer networking opportunities, and on-demand career resources covering topics such as job searching, personal branding, LinkedIn optimization, networking, and interview preparation.

Career development doesn’t end with a degree. Students and alumni have ongoing access to career education, professional resources, and networking opportunities designed to support long-term career growth.

Unemployed?

If you live in Washington and recently experienced a layoff or are unemployed, check out Washington Career Bridge for helpful local resources, job boards, career trends, and more.