Incoming First-Years: 3 Things You Should Know About the Tufts Career Center

How can I learn more about the Career Center?

Spend 5-10 minutes looking through our website. Check out our skill-building content such as Designing Your Career & Life: A 5-Step Planning Process and Exploring Your Interests, Careers & Majors. You’ll get a big-picture sense of how the Career Center helps students at every stage of their Tufts journey.
Get to know our Career Communities. They’re your hub for connecting with people, experiences, resources, and opportunities. Explore and follow the communities that fit your evolving interests, goals, and career plans.

You’ll receive a few messages from the Career Center every week:

Career eNews contains your weekly announcements from the Tufts Career Center
On TRACC (Tufts Recent Activity in Career Communities) is your customizable industry-specific email. Once you’re at Tufts, you’ll receive information on how to update your On TRACC preferences so your weekly content—including career advice blogs, events & resources, jobs, internships, other experiential learning opportunities, and more—matches your interests and goals.

Handshake is a Tufts platform for connecting students to internships, jobs, and career events. With Handshake, you will have the opportunity to:

Discover and apply for on-campus jobs, internships, volunteer opportunities, and more
Make appointments with members of our career advising team (schedule an appointment beginning early August 2026 to discuss how to transition your high school resume to a college version and apply for campus jobs!)
Get access to career fairs, employer events, interview days, and career-building resources

This first-year guide to the Career Center features a Top 10 list of resources that all Tufts students should know about.