Career support

Career support by faculty

• Academisch Centrum Tandheelkunde Amsterdam ACTA)

  Young alumni in need of career guidance can email studieadviseurs@acta.nl.

• Faculty of Humanities

  During the first year after your graduation, you can take advantage of the career services of the Faculty of Humanities. These include career coaching, advice on your resume and cover letter or help with job interview skills. You can sign up for these sessions at the Humanities Job Teaser page. 

  If you do not have a JobTeaser account or have a question, please contact careerservices.humanities@vu.nl or read more at Career Services - Faculty of Humanities - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (vu.nl)

• Faculty of Medicine

  Until a year after graduation, you may contact Career Services for coaching, advice on your resume and cover letter, workshops and other events.  

  Contact Career Officer Annemieke Smits at a.h.smits@amsterdamumc.nl or read more at Career Services - Faculteit der Geneeskunde - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (vu.nl). (Dutch only)

• Faculty of Law

  You can use the following services for up to six months after graduation: 

  • coaching, resume and letter check, job interview practice, LinkedIn check;
  • workshops and events;
  • access to our career portal containing job postings and career-oriented information such as sample resumes and cover letters, alumni career stories, information on LinkedIn, networking and interviewing. There are also several job application videos to watch.   

  Read more at

  • Student Career Services LAW
  • Career Services Faculty of Law

• Faculty of Religion and Theology

  Faculty offers one-on-one counseling to (young) alumni through coaching sessions. These sessions include a resume-, LinkedIn- and cover letter-check.   

  Please contact Career Officer Mikkie van der Mik at m.e.van.der.mik2@vu.nl or careerservice.frt@vu.nl.

• School of Business and Economics

  For the first year after graduation, you can take advantage of SBE Career Services' career services, including career coaching, advice on your resume and cover letter or help with job interview skills, free of charge.   

  Please contact alumni.sbe@vu.nl or read more at Career Services - School of Business and Economics.

• Faculty of Social Sciences

  On the faculty's Career Platform, you can find information about individual coaching and career advice, among other things. Read more at Career Services - Faculty of Social Sciences.