Career Link for Students

• Apply for jobs and internships
• Upload and manage your resume and other career documents in your profile
• Sign up for workshops, career fairs, and other campus recruiting events
• Research employers and set up automatic position notifications
• Find career resources and resume building tools
• Apply for internship credit
• Report a career outcome
• Complete a survey

1. From your phone or computer, click the link below to access Career Link.
2. Log in with your MSU Denver NetID and password.
3. Search for jobs, events, employers, appointments with career advisors, and more!

1. Once logged into Career Link, select ‘My Account’ to update your career “status”, and settings for ‘Emails & Notifications’. This will help us manage the communications you receive from our office.
2. If this is the first time you have logged into Career Link, you will need to add a personal email address and complete your personal profile.
3. You can sign up for text message alerts and reminders.

Current students and graduates (within the first year from the date of their graduation) may meet with an advisor for career advising. Here’s how:

1. Log into Career Link
2. Select ‘Counseling’ from the top right menu on the homepage.
3. Click on the ‘Request New Appointment’ button.
4. Select the ‘Type’ of appointment you are seeking from the first drop-down. Fill in the preferred date range, time and/or days of the week to help refine your search.
5. Then click ‘Check Availability’.
6. Select the Career Advisor based on the desired appointment date/time.
7. When the request box appears, add any relevant notes for the Career Advisor (optional).
8. Click ‘Submit Request’. The Career Advisor will approve the request and send a meeting invitation with an MS Teams link, if needed, to your MSU Denver email account.
9. Accept the meeting invitation and save it to your calendar.
10. If needed, reply with a resume or other files for the appointment.
11. Contact April Peterson (apeter79@msudenver) for questions or issues with scheduling.

NOTE: MSU Denver Alumni relations also offers free career services and other benefits, for life! Check out their website for more information: https://www.msudenver.edu/alumni/

1. Log into Career Link.
2. On the top right of the homepage you will see a menu of choices. From that menu, select ‘Jobs’ from the left menu.
3. You can then ‘Search All Positions’, or narrow down your options with ‘Search Career Jobs’, ‘Search Internships’, ‘Search Work Study’. You can also just type in ‘Keywords’.
   • Note: you can also choose “Search Jobs” from the row of boxes across the middle of the homepage!
4. More filters to refine your search are available under the search bar. (Search by major to find internships likely to be approved for credit).
5. Select the position you are interested in to see more detailed information about the position, as well as the qualifications and how to apply.
6. By clicking + ‘Create Job Alert’, you can set up an alert based on that search criteria and indicate how often you would like to receive them via email.
7. You can also + ‘Follow’ the organization if you want to be updated on an employer’s recruiting activity (Career Fairs, Position Postings, On-Campus Interviews, etc.).

Resumes & Cover Letters

1. Log into Career Link.
2. On the top right of the homepage you will see a circle with your initials and you will click that.
3. A dropdown menu will appear and you will click where it says ‘My Documents’. Here, you will have the option to upload a resume, cover letter, unofficial transcripts, writing sample, or other documents.
4. Be sure to ‘Label’ your new document with an appropriate name (i.e. Communication Intern Resume, or Health Care Analyst Cover Letter – Denver Health); this is the title for your document.
5. Choose your file and upload the document. Click ‘Submit’ and verify that your documents have been uploaded correctly.
6. We recommend that you upload your documents as PDFs.

1. Log into Career Link.
2. On the top right of the home page, there will be a tab which says ‘Events‘. Click Events.
3. A page will load of all events available to sign up for currently.
4. Click the Event of your choice and click ‘Attend’ on the top right side of the page.

1. Log into Career Link.
2. On the top right of the homepage you will see a circle with your initials and you will click that.
3. A dropdown menu will prompt and you will click where it says ‘Surveys’.
4. A list of current surveys will show on the page and you will click your desired survey choice to complete.

1. Log into Career Link.
2. A row of boxes will show at the middle of the homepage and you will click the box called ‘Pathways’.
3. A page will load with all Pathways possible for you, and you will click the pathway associated with the program you need.
4. Once you click on your pathway, you click to view the pathway tasks to complete.

• Note: Pathways can also refer to scholarship program requirements. 

1. Log into Career Link.
2. On the top right of the homepage you will see a circle with your initials and you will click that.
3. A dropdown menu will prompt and you will click where it says ‘My Account’.
4. On the top right side of the page you will see a box which says ‘Career Outcomes’ and you will click that.
5. A page will prompt which says ‘Add New’ and you will click Add New to begin reporting your career outcome.
   • Note: Career Outcomes can include things such as interview requests, job offers, service learning opportunities, paid/unpaid internships, and more!