TOWER & BELL
Preparing for What’s Next
By Tiffany Harbrecht
SJSU’s Career Center seeks to help every Spartan emerge well equipped for lifelong professional success.
The center provides career education, counseling/coaching, job development, job and internship opportunities, and career/employment events for San José State University’s nearly 37,000 students. In fall 2021, the center offered students the flexibility of in-person and virtual services to accommodate their busy schedules and lives in a new hybrid world.
Outcomes Snapshot
Fall 2021/Spring 2022
Virtual career fairs
Employers attended
Students attended
Fall 2020/Spring 2021
Students served virtually
Internships posted (July 2020–June 2021)
Jobs posted (July 2020–June 2021)
Of students logged into SJSU Handshake seeking jobs or internships
Spartan Career Closet
Current Spartans can choose and keep one free professional outfit and have a portrait taken each academic year.
Joshua Reyes, ’23 Advertising, found career-ready attire at the Career Closet in spring 2022. Photo: Robert C. Bain.
Vanessa Santiago, ’25 Undeclared, was one of 400 students who visited the Career Closet and its accompanying portrait studio in spring 2022. Photo: Robert C. Bain.
Top Hiring Companies of Fall 2019–Spring 2020 Spartan Graduates*
- Accenture
- ACES Comprehensive Educational Services
- Amazon
- Amazon Fulfillment
- Apple
- Cepheid
- City of San José
- Cisco
- Costco Wholesale
- County of Santa Clara
- Fortinet
- Genentech
- Google, Inc.
- IBM
- Intel Corporation
- Kaiser Permanente
- KLA Corporation
- Lockheed Martin
- Meta
- Microsoft
- NASA Ames Research Center
- Oracle
- San José State University
- Silicon Valley Bank
- Sutter Health
- Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Valley Water
- Valley Medical Center
- Western Digital
- Yahoo
Names are used for informational purposes only. No endorsement is implied by the use.
*in bachelor's degree programs
Become a Spartan!
Domestic undergraduate and graduate applications open on October 1, 2022 at Silicon Valley’s Public University.
Top photo: Robert C. Bain
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