Career Network

Career Networking with Duke Alumni

Career support: a powerful Duke alumni benefit

Duke University alumni, who number more than 140,000, work in a great variety of fields and industries around the world. As your career proceeds, we invite you both to leverage and to enrich our network using the tools we provide.

Get or share career advice

DukeConnect: More than 5,000 alums have agreed to offer information and advice about particular geographic areas, jobs and careers, stages of life, and graduate education. Connect to gain their advice, or become our newest volunteer.

Duke Career Center: If you've earned a Duke degree within the past four years, you are entitled to a consultation from this service of Duke Student Affairs.

Alumni Career Information Center: We've compiled online tips on assessing your skills and interests, marketing yourself, researching industries, and making connections.

Alumni Career Coaches: Duke alums who are professional career coaches offer special rates and arrangements for fellow alumni.

Duke Alumni Conversations: Participate in live webinars or review archived sessions for advice and answers from knowledgeable Duke alumni and staff about career issues and the stages of life.

Post or discover job opportunities

Duke Alumni Directory: When alums list a job opening in our online directory, and we'll send e-mail notices to fellow alumni who have joined suitable career groups within the directory. If you have a job to post, send position details to networking@daa.duke.edu, and your job will be posted in our alumni directory immediately. Please provide contact information for applicants.

Experience.com: As a Duke alum, you can join our account at this networking site for free and post job openings suited for Duke alumni or browse jobs posted by others.

LinkedIn.com: Add to or peruse the jobs posted in the 14,000-strong (and growing) Duke alumni network on the leading professional social networking site.

Work at Duke: See if the university itself has the right opening for you among its tens of thousands of career positions.

Help Duke students and recent graduates

Fannie Mitchell Exchange: Volunteer to be part of this annual one-day conference that showcases successful alumni and helps Duke students explore their career options.

Take a student to work: Host students for an inside look at your profession and help them make a more informed career decision.

Make a pact with a Devil: Post internships and summer jobs suitable for Duke students and recent graduates and connect your hiring managers with Duke through the Duke Career Center at Student Affairs.

Get networking news as soon as we have it

Stay informed and receive e-mail alerts about Duke Alumni Association career services by joining our online directory groups.