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Career Services

Your career journey starts here. Whether you're exploring majors, searching for an internship, preparing for graduate school, or pursuing your next professional opportunity, Drake Career Services provides the guidance, connections, and real-world experiences to help you move forward with confidence.

Career Services

Supporting Every Bulldog’s Potential

At Drake University’s Career Services, we foster connections that point all Bulldogs toward success.

For Drake students, that means helping you design a clear career trajectory based on your passions and providing the resources you need to achieve your goals. We’re with you all the way, from career exploration in your first year to plotting your job search strategy as you prepare to graduate.

For alumni, we enable you to leverage Drake’s network to access new roles and continue plotting your path.

If you're an employer, we facilitate ways for you to identify and hire graduates who help move your organization forward and share your expertise. Wherever you’re coming from, discover how we align talent with a lifetime of opportunity.

Get Started

Career Services wants to connect with you! Whether you are a student looking for career support and opportunities, an employer seeking top talent, or an alum advancing your professional path, we make it easy to take your next step.

Information for Students & Alumni

Uncover the knowledge, skills, and support for every stage of your career journey—from exploring career paths and gaining experience as a student to accessing Handshake, expanding your professional network, and advancing your career as an alumnus. Drake’s investment in your success never wavers.

Information for Employers

Get to know our talent pool of current students and alumni. Learn how to post a job or internship on Handshake, highlight your organization through on-campus events, or share your expertise to help students launch their careers.

How We Can Help You

Are you trying to identify a job that matches your passion? Find an internship that will lead to a full-time role? Polish your cover letter for your dream job? Explore how we support you from day one through graduation.

Outcomes

This is what career success looks like for Bulldogs.
Measures for Success

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Of Drake's 2025 associate's degree recipients, were employed, enrolled in a bachelor's program or professional school, or involved in an activity related to their professional goals within six months of graduation.

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Of Drake's 2025 bachelor's degree recipients, were employed, enrolled in advanced studies, or involved in an activity related to their professional goals within six months of graduation.

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In Iowa among bachelor-granting institutions for alumni median salary 10 years after enrolling.

Upcoming Events

Career Fairs
Who’s hiring—and who’s interested? At Drake’s career fairs and major-focused events, these initial conversations about interests and opportunities can turn into internships, experience, and a full-time offer.

Additional Events
Including classroom presentations, student organization workshops, tabling events, and employer site visits, our calendar is packed with ways to support your career development and connect with professionals eager to meet you.

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Building True Blue Skills

Identify and develop the attributes hiring managers value most. Based on in-depth research with employers, these skills, personality traits, and attitudes set you apart from your peers and help move your résumé to the top of the pile.

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From clerking in the state legislature to experiencing Washington through a J-Term, Eli Benson’s journey at Drake has allowed him to gain real-world exposure to various types of political careers. “Drake is not only preparing me through coursework and experiences, but it’s also connecting me professionally to people that are out there doing the things that I want to end up doing.”
Eli Benson, JO’26

Contact Us

Questions? Looking for one-on-one support? Need to schedule a resume review or practice interview? Our Career Services team is ready to help.

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