2026 CAREER EVERYWHERE CONFERENCE
Career services in the outcomes era
Join us for a community-centered, highly practical conference for career services leaders navigating rising expectations, limited resources, and growing pressure to demonstrate impact.
Boston, MA
August 11 & 12, 2026
Why should you attend?
Higher ed is in her outcomes era. And with everyone and their mother (literally) asking for proof of the ROI of a college degree, there is no one better to have at the table than career services.
While outcomes are a lagging indicator of student success, career services engagement is a leading indicator—one that institutions can influence in real-time. Institutions that invest in career services engagement see stronger outcomes.
As more institutional leaders prioritize career readiness, and as more state and federal funding becomes tied to outcomes, career services has never been more critical or well-positioned to make big impacts.
No pressure, right? But that’s why we’re hosting this conference! During this two-day event, you’ll hear from career leaders across the country about how they’re increasing engagement, measuring impact, connecting their work to institutional goals (like outcomes), and meeting this pivotal moment.
This is a conference for people who understand and believe in the opportunity for career services to meaningfully support the future of higher education and student success by embedding career across the campus ecosystem… or what we call Career Everywhere.
What to expect
The Career Everywhere Conference is a two-day event held in the beautiful Samberg Conference Center on the MIT campus in Cambridge, MA (just across the river from Boston). The conference will feature engaging, tactical presentations from career services and higher ed leaders, moderated small-group discussions, and plenty of networking time.
Space is very limited to maintain a more intimate, community-centered experience. So we recommend registering early! To make sure as many career centers as possible can participate, we ask that you register no more than three representatives from your career center.
What is Career Everywhere?
Engaging students with career resources before, during, and after college
Providing truly equitable access to all students, 24/7/365
Shifting the role of career services from provider to facilitator
It’s a different kind of conference
Intentionally small, thoughtfully designed, and highly interactive, Career Everywhere emphasizes real conversation and depth. With more shared sessions and moderated small-group discussions, you’ll have time to connect, compare notes, and learn from peers facing the same realities.
This wasn’t just another conference—it was truly engaging, with real conversations and actionable takeaways I haven’t found elsewhere.
Unlike other conferences, this one felt intentional and impactful. Every session was relevant, and the networking actually led to meaningful connections.
I’ve attended a lot of conferences, but this one stood out because of the balance between strategic insights and practical, real-world applications.
What made this conference different was the level of interaction—speakers weren’t just talking at us, they were engaging in conversations that mattered.
So many conferences feel repetitive, but this one brought fresh perspectives and tangible strategies I can actually use.
Questions & Answers
Registration costs for the Career Everywhere Conference are still being finalized and will be updated when registration goes live.
We’re excited about the programming we have in place for Day 1 and believe it really is “can’t-miss.” However, if you can’t make it for the first day, no worries, we’ll catch you on Day 2! There is no discount for only attending one day or the other.
Each attendee will, most importantly, leave with a playbook for what implementing Career Everywhere on their campus would entail based on interactive and in-depth sessions. But in addition to that, your registration fee covers an opening reception, light breakfast, lunch on day 2, plenty of coffee, and of course, great swag!
If you’re no longer able to attend we can provide a full refund up until two weeks before the scheduled event. We are unable to refund registration fees after that point.
The content of the conference will be most relevant for career services leaders (Directors, AVPs, VPs) or those who directly influence the strategy related to career services on their campus.
The Career Everywhere Conference is unequivocally not just for uConnect customers. Programming will focus on strategies and tactics that help make Career Everywhere a reality, which includes topics beyond the scope of uConnect.
The Career Everywhere Movement is intended to amplify and support the work of forward-thinking career services leaders who are committed to embedding career into classrooms, across campus, and beyond, so more students have access to the resources they need to build meaningful careers.
We, along with hundreds of other career leaders and practitioners, unequivocally believe that a Career Everywhere approach to career services, which is largely predicated on shifting the role of career services from provider to facilitator, is critical to the future success and impact of the career services industry.
Those who attend the Career Everywhere conference will learn the philosophy behind Career Everywhere and build out a playbook for implementing strategies and tactics for their specific campus (because each institution’s circumstances and goals are unique—no one-size-fits-all approach here). Sessions will be led by actual career services leaders who have successfully implemented Career Everywhere-aligned strategies, and in doing so, are seeing tangible increases in engagement with career resources. And, most importantly, are creating a campus culture focused on career readiness.
Career Everywhere is how we’ll all collectively develop the next generation of prepared, diverse leaders. But don’t just take our word for it. Be sure to share the Career Everywhere Movement overview page so your leadership can hear directly from other career leaders about what it means.
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