We connect Michigan employers with the talent they need.
Michigan Career Connect is a hub for employers to develop and attract rising talent from our state’s top private colleges and universities.
Find and grow career-ready talent.
It all starts here.
Looking for smart, driven, college-educated talent ready to work right here in Michigan? This is the place to find it.
Michigan Career Connect (MCC) is your access point to a massive talent pool at 15 top private colleges and universities throughout the state. We have qualified candidates in every major field looking to build their careers right here.
- Fast and easy: We know our students and faculty and do the matching for you
- No cost to your organization
- Tap the energy of exceptional students under faculty guidance
- No cost to your organization
- Partner with Michigan’s “third largest university” to meet today’s talent needs
- Engage directly with faculty and campus leadership to enhance student career readiness
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Concierge Candidate Search
Use our signature Concierge Candidate Search to recruit high-performing students from Michigan’s top 15 private colleges and universities. We’ll connect you with interns and recent graduates seeking experiences and employment with organizations just like yours.
Custom Projects
Our students are smart, curious, and motivated to set themselves apart. One way they do that is through coordinated project work for our partner organizations.
Student-faculty project teams collaborate with employers on projects that address real-time needs and opportunities. These projects give students real-world work experience, leadership development, and professional mentoring, while advancing your organizational goals.
Executive Mentoring
Help guide students in their career preparation and build your organization’s brand on our 15 campuses. Using virtual platforms, Michigan executives help advance student career readiness with real-world expertise. Be a part of shaping the next generation of workplace-ready talent.
Student Site Visit
Build relationships for future talent and promote your organization “up-close” with students and faculty. Work with us to create custom visits to your site that make an impact.
Our events are designed to feature your organization and industry to Michigan’s third largest student body and top faculty members. We’ll work with you to construct the ideal on-site experience.
Concierge Candidate Search
Use our signature Concierge Candidate Search to recruit high-performing students from Michigan’s top 15 private colleges and universities. We’ll connect you with interns and recent graduates seeking experiences and employment with organizations just like yours.
Custom Projects
Our students are smart, curious, and motivated to set themselves apart. One way they do that is through coordinated project work for our partner organizations.
Student-faculty project teams collaborate with employers on projects that address real-time needs and opportunities. These projects give students real-world work experience, leadership development, and professional mentoring, while advancing your organizational goals.
Executive Mentoring
Help guide students in their career preparation and build your organization’s brand on our 15 campuses. Using virtual platforms, Michigan executives help advance student career readiness with real-world expertise. Be a part of shaping the next generation of workplace-ready talent.
Student Site Visit
Build relationships for future talent and promote your organization “up-close” with students and faculty. Work with us to create custom visits to your site that make an impact.
Our events are designed to feature your organization and industry to Michigan’s third largest student body and top faculty members. We’ll work with you to construct the ideal on-site experience.
Join today for exclusive access — it’s free.
Don’t miss this chance to connect with Michigan’s best and brightest students. Be a part of a new approach to professional talent development.
Dozens of leading employers throughout Michigan are part of this unique talent collaborative.
We work with Michigan’s leading companies and organizations.
Cyrus Mistry
Former Executive at Google
It’s hard to imagine why any employer wouldn’t use Michigan Career Connect and the many programs it offers. This extraordinary program allows organizations of all kinds not only to attract and retain our college graduates, but allows employers to participate directly in shaping our future talent base. It’s really exciting!
Cyrus Mistry
Former Executive at Google
TaRita Johnson
Senior Vice President, Talent & Diversity at The Right Place
As an MCA trustee, I know well the organization’s commitment to Michigan’s progress. Michigan Career Connect takes this work to another level. It will be a difference maker for retaining our state’s best and brightest, now and in the years to come.
TaRita Johnson
Senior Vice President, Talent & Diversity at The Right Place
Barb Runyon
Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Gentherm
The collective talent assets of Michigan Colleges Alliance are extraordinary, and Michigan Career Connect puts all of it in one convenient and efficient platform for employers. My team has used these programs for years and continues to see impressive results. I encourage other Michigan employers to take advantage of this remarkable resource.
Barb Runyon
Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Gentherm
Our Colleges and Universities
We connect employers with the most talented and diverse students and faculty from these institutions.
Click an image and see what makes our campuses so special – and so effective at preparing students for the 21st century world of work.
Michigan Career Connect is an initiative of Michigan Colleges Alliance.
MCA works to strengthen the shared capacity of 15 leading independent, four-year colleges and universities. Our mission is to broaden college choice and access in Michigan and to foster career outcomes for students and graduates.
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Help shape a new generation of talent.