Career Communities

Housed in Connect UMass, our career communities are groups that connect alumni and students around industries. Each community shows the wide variety of career options within that industry, serves as a space to perform industry research and network with professionals, offers a discussion board to ask questions and start new conversations, and provides multiple carefully curated resources. We invite you to join any or all career communities based on your career interests. Have questions about any of the career communities? Contact us at alumni@umass.edu.

Arts, Multimedia, and Entertainment Career Community

Members of this community work in or are considering a career in the performing and fine arts, broadcast media, sports management, museum curation, gaming, and other related professions.


Arts, Multimedia and Entertainment Career Community

Business, Financial Services and Consulting Career Community

Members of this community work in or are considering a career in HR, real estate, finance, management, marketing, consulting, supply chain distribution, sales, hospitality and tourism, business law, policy, entrepreneurialism, and other related professions.


Business, Financial Services and Consulting Career Community

Data and Information Technology Career Community

Members of this community work in or are considering a career in IT, networking administration, systems engineering, cybersecurity, data analytics, artificial intelligence, and other related professions.


Data and Information Technology Career Community

Education, Human Services and Counseling Career Community

Members of this community work in or are considering a career in teaching, educational policy and administration, social work, human services, mental health counseling, and other related professions.


Education, Human Services and Counseling Career Community

Energy, Environment and Agriculture Career Community

Members of this community work in or are considering a career in energy, production/management/policy, environmental protection, land use, sustainability, and other related professions.


Energy, Environment and Agriculture Career Community

Engineering Career Community

Members of this community work in or are considering a career in aerospace, chemical, civil, computer, electrical, environmental, industrial, mechanical and biomedical engineering, and other related professions.


Engineering Career Community

Government and Public Service Career Community

Members of this community work in or are considering a career in defense, advocacy, economic modeling, foreign affairs, and other related professions.


Government and Public Service Career Community

Healthcare and Life Sciences Career Community

Members of this community work in or are considering a career in pharmacy, nutrition, medicine, public health, veterinary science, biotech, biological sciences, and other related professions.


Healthcare and Life Sciences Career Community

Infrastructure and Transportation Career Community

Members of this community work in or are considering a career in architecture, construction, highway development, urban planning, sustainability, transportation, and other related professions. 


Infrastructure and Transportation Career Community

Law and Legal Services Career Community

Members of this community work in or are considering a career as an attorney, paralegal, law enforcement officer, court reporter, border patrol agent, mediator, compliance officer, consultant, and other related professions.


Law and Legal Services Career Community

Research Career Community

Members of this community work in or are considering a career in academia, medical, public health, physical science, social science research, and other areas related to research.


Research Career Community