Career Central Quick-Start Guide For Students

Click the button below to access the Career Central Portal Page on Your CDO (cdo.mit.edu):

From the portal page, select your portal > Student

New AdMITs will receive an onboarding email from your career advisors/coaches when Career Central access begins.
Recent alumni should use the Student link until they are notified that they have been promoted to alumni status.

Career Central uses SSO login, so you will sign in with your @mit.edu email address and Kerberos password.
You can only sign up if your account has been pre-authorized by a CDO admin.

Need Help? If you need assistance logging in, please email the CDO team at askcdo@mit.edu.

A 100% complete profile helps Career Central target the employment opportunities that it recommends to you.

Get started by clicking on the Profile tab from the left side navigation bar and use the Profile Widget to guide you through a few quick steps.

The next time you log in after completing your profile, your homepage will be customized with recommended jobs based on your profile preferences, your upcoming activities, and announcements from the CDO.

Update your profile regularly to reflect your current:

• Job Preferences
• Preferred Function
• Preferred City & Country

Ready to Make Your Profile Visible to Employers?

You must opt-in to making your profile visible to employers. Until you opt-in, your record will not be searchable by or visible to employers. By opting in, employers will be able to connect with you and see information about you that you’ve shared, such as your work experience, career preference and resume.

To make yourself visible to employers, you can navigate to your Profile page, where you will see either that your profile is Shared or Not Shared. Click on the image in your profile to update your settings. *** 2026 Incoming student resumes will not be visible to employers until late August.

You can also change from your Account Settings:

On the new platform, you can share career outcomes simply by completing your Profile, which includes sections for your post-graduation plans and/or mid-program internship (if applicable to your program).  Everyone should complete this section of their Profile, even if they are not seeking employment or have not yet received or accepted an offer.

Why It’s Important

MIT Sloan shares aggregate information on mid-program internships and post-graduation career outcomes. The information helps prospective students and employers and also supports the reputation of MIT Sloan’s programs by helping the school participate in international rankings. Example: MIT Sloan Ranks #1 in Financial Times.

It also helps career advisors and coaches understand who has accepted an opportunity, and who is actively seeking an offer of employment.

Choose The Right Category

Career Central organizes your employment information into three categories: 

• Post-Graduation: Your first employment destination after graduation*
• Internship (Mid-Program): The summer internship you complete during your degree program
• Before School: The job or venture experience you completed immediately before the program

From your profile, click on the category you want to complete. See below for more guidance by category.

Note about using LinkedIn Merge: If you use the LinkedIn merge feature to update your Profile on Career Central, we recommend you check the results to ensure the roles/companies are appearing in the right sections of your profile. 

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Post-Graduation Options 

Update your post-graduation plans to share your most recent status – whether you are seeking, not seeking, or pursuing your own venture. 

For Sponsored Students: If an employer is financially sponsoring your education, and you intend to return to that employer in a guaranteed position (for which you need not apply), choose the ‘Sponsored Job’ option to share your post-graduation plans.  

Below is the list of status options you can choose. After you click on the status you want to report, enter the details. For job offers, you can use the check box below the entry fields for any items that do not apply to your offer. 

If you have multiple offers to report, select + Add Experience or Status to complete another entry.

Important Note – Graduation Tickets: Some degree programs require graduates to complete their Post-Graduation status to be eligible for graduation tickets.

Note: For those enrolled in a program that includes an internship, your ‘Post-Graduation’ section may appear as unavailable until the second year of your program.

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Internship Options

Update your internship plans to share your most recent status or update – whether you are seeking, not seeking, or pursuing your own venture.

Enter the details of your internship offer or plans (use the check box below each offer detail for any items that do not apply to your offer). 

Below is the list of status options you can choose. 

If you have multiple offers to report, select + Add Experience or Status to complete another entry.

With the launch of Career Central, students are automatically included in the Student & Alumni Directory. This setting helps Sloanies connect with you and see information about you that you’ve shared, such as your work experience and career preferences.

You can opt-out of the Student & Alumni Directory to make your profile invisible so you are no longer searchable by classmates and alumni.

To make yourself invisible, navigate to your Profile page, where you will see either that your profile is Shared or Not Shared (see image below). Click on the Shared or Not Shared button in your profile to review and update your settings. On the screen that appears next, find the Connections heading and click Edit to say no to: “I want to be included in the Student & Alumni Directory.”

You can also change from your Account Settings:

The Application Materials tab on the left-hand menu bar is your pathway to add resumes, cover letters, and other application materials, including URLs for portfolios. Choose the document type you would like to upload, and click the + Add New button.

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Your Primary Resume

You can designate one resume as your Primary Resume. This resume will be used as your default resume for the opt-in Resume Book that is shared with employers. New students: You will learn more about the Resume Book process and timing in your CDO newsletter.

2 Ways to Designate Your Primary Resume

1) If you are uploading a new document to be your Primary Resume, select the check box toward the bottom left of the Add New Resume window.

2) To switch an already uploaded resume to your Primary Resume, under the Application Materials tab, navigate to the resume and click on the three dots ⋮ (ellipses action menu) at the end of that row and select 🟊 Make Primary. This will move the gold star to the right of the resume you selected, designating this as your new Primary Resume.

Resume Books are an easy way to share your resume with employers. Approved employers can access Resume Books for each program and search for candidates whose experience matches their hiring needs. 

How to Manage Your Resume in the Resume Book

Current Students:

If you submitted your resume to a Resume Book on the legacy platform for the 2025-2026 academic year, your resume was migrated to the Resume Book on the new system in March 2026.

In the new system, you can:

• Update your resume by clicking on Resume Books toward the bottom of the left-hand menu bar. On the next screen, you will see the Resume Book(s) that feature your resume. Click on a resume book title and, on the next screen, click the ‘Update Resume’ button to upload a new resume.
  
• Remove your resume if you have accepted a position. Do this by clicking on Resume Books toward the bottom of the left-hand menu bar. On the next screen, you will see the Resume Book(s) that feature your resume. Click on a resume book title and, on the next screen, click the ‘Withdraw from the Resume Book’ button.

Newly Admitted/Incoming Students:

Your Career Advisors and Coaches will advise you on creating and submitting your resume for the Resume Book. They will share important dates and deadlines via your CDO newsletter.

Click on the Employer tab on the left menu bar to search for employers by company name, industry, location, and more.

• If you are looking for an employer by name, enter it in the search box, then click on the company name in the search results to be directed to a company page with an overview, contacts, activities, and job postings.
• If you are looking for employers by industry or location, use the filters below the search box to select your criteria. Remove or reset filters to expand the list of results. If you select Saved as a filter, you will see only the companies you have selected as Target Employers.

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Click on the Contacts tab from the left menu bar to view company connections.

• If you know the contact’s name, you can enter it to find their contact information.
• If you are looking for a contact with a particular company, enter the employer name to search for contacts associated with that company.

To apply for full-time and internship opportunities, click on the Job Listings & Interviews tab on the left navigation bar.

On the Job Listings & Interviews page, enter an employer name or job title into the search box or click on the Advanced Search button to bring up more filters and search options. When searching for positions, we recommend using a variety of search terms (example: product manager, product marketing, PM) and 3 or fewer filters to avoid missing opportunities.

To view a specific opportunity, click on the job title. Once on the job listing page, you can save the job by clicking on the heart icon ♡, or to apply, click on the blue Apply Now button.

Use the tabs at the top of the Job Listings & Interviews page to segment opportunities; for example, to opportunities with on-campus interviews.

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Pro Tip: To have opportunities matching your preferred industries, functions, and locations sent directly to your inbox, click on the Notify Me button and set up a saved search that will email you new opportunities.

The CDO offers career advising and coaching customized for your degree program.

Incoming/New Students: You will receive more information on how to sign up from their career coaches via email.

Current MBA, LGO, MSMS, MFin, and MBAn students: Use Career Central to sign up for career advising appointments.

Current SFMBAs and EMBAs: On June 1, 2026, career coaching appointment signups will transition to Career Central. From now through May 31, 2026, coaches who currently schedule appointments via Calendly or email will continue using that method. Beginning May 1st you can also view and sign up for June appointments directly in Career Central. We recommend you set up a Calendar Sync in Career Central before signing up for appointments, so they appear on your personal calendar.

To sign up for an appointment in Career Central:

• Click on the Appointments tab in the left-hand menu.
• Use the filters to sort appointments by type, location (in-person or virtual), and career advisor/coach.

Visit the career advising and coaching dashboard on Your CDO (cdo.mit.edu) for more details about career advising and career coaching for your program.

Click on the Events tab in the left-hand menu bar to view employer events, including company presentations and coffee chats. Click on Advanced Search to filter the events. Click on the title of an event to view the event details.

Note: You will find signups for most CDO-organized career events – including workshops and panels organized by CDO’s career advisors and coaches – in SloanGroups.

Career Central’s platform supports Calendar Sync via Google Apps or Office365.

You can select 1-way and/or 2-way calendar syncing options:

• 1-way: Sync events* from Career Central to your Personal Calendar.
• 2-way: Sync events* from your Personal Calendar to your “Interview Availability” calendar in Career Central, which facilitates interview scheduling.

*Only future events are synced, not past events.

To set up a Calendar Sync, navigate to Account Settings by clicking on your name at the bottom of the left navigation menu and selecting Account Settings from the pop-up menu.

From Account Settings, click on the Integrations tab to review your current sync settings, authorize calendar access, and edit your settings to enable syncing.

Our technology platform provider, 12twenty, provides more details on how the sync functions (including how to reset and cancel syncing) in their Calendar Sync guide.

Click on the Tasks tab to organize your job search activities, including keeping track of upcoming application deadlines and applications you’ve completed. You can also create reminders to follow up with recruiters or to attend an upcoming event.

Your Calendar page includes upcoming appointments, company events you signed up to attend, and interviews you have scheduled.

Your Activity Stream includes Tasks you created, Notes you created, and Notes created by others and shared with you.

Company Notes include information and advice shared by the Employer Relations & Recruiting Team based on their interactions with employers. To view these notes, click on Activity Stream, then click on the Activities tab at the top of the page.