Last Revision: January 30, 2024
Career Services
The Department of Career Services has a robust offering of programs and services, and below is an outline containing eligibility and expectations for use.
Personalized Services
Individuals who have registered for their first course, as well as alumni holding a certificate, associates, bachelors, master’s, or doctoral degree from APUS are eligible for assistance with exploring career options, personalized career guidance, resume reviews, and mock interviews. The job search process can be time consuming and challenging at times. Professional and courteous behavior is expected at all times. Career Services reserves the right to restrict access to personalized services should the student or alumni be rude, aggressive or threatening toward staff or employers.
CareerLink
The university job board, directory, career resource center and mentoring are available to certificate and degree-seeking students who have started their first course at APUS (AMU/APU) and are open to all degree and certificate holding alumni from our institutions.
When entering CareerLink, the following information is built into the profile automatically and will update each time CareerLink is accessed based on the most up to date information from within your student record:
- First and Last name (this can be updated in CareerLink, under profile settings)
- Degree Level
- Degree Name
CareerLink access can be revoked for:
- No longer being active with the university through disenrollment* or dismissal;
- Failing to adhere to the Harassment, Discrimination, and Retaliation Policy within the Student Handbook
- Any instance of Academic Dishonesty with the CareerLink system
Users become searchable by others (to include recruiters) once a profile is created. At that point, users may be contacted by recruiters.
Please contact [email protected] for questions.
*Alumni who enroll for a subsequent program, but then disenroll, will still have access to CareerLink as alumni status grants lifetime access.
General Guidelines
Documents being submitted for review during personalized services must be submitted as a Microsoft Word compatible attachment through one of the two emails addresses ([email protected]; [email protected]). Resumes, cover letters, application materials, position descriptions, among other items reviewed by the staff, will not be accepted if linked to within the email message (ie: Dropbox).
While career services can assist with many aspects of the job searching process, they do not offer placement assistance. The Department of Career Services may be reached at [email protected].