Service overview

myFuture is an online career services, experiential learning and student engagement platform centrally shared and available to students, recent alumni, employers, and staff.

Students can use myFuture to:

• Book appointments with career advisors
• Search and apply for jobs, including:
  • On and off campus jobs, internships/co-op positions, and volunteer opportunities across multiple job boards.
  • Apply either through a third-party link or by uploading documents such as cover letters, résumés, transcripts, etc. to use in their application packages.
  • View employer or company information related to the job
• Track application history within the platform
• Sign up for events (workshops, info sessions, and career fairs)
• Apply for skills development programs and experiential learning opportunities
• View announcements and alerts

Employers can use myFuture to:

• Register their organization and contacts
• Post jobs (including internship and Co-op) and volunteering opportunities
• Request to host info sessions for students
• Register for career fairs
• View announcements and events
• Participate in Co-op and Internship programs

Career and Internship office staff can use myFuture to:

• Share employer contacts and jobs between offices
• Create and advertise events for students, such as career fairs, info sessions, and workshops
• Schedule career advising appointments
• Manage their internship, co-op or other experiential learning programs
• Generate customizable reports 

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Who can use it?

Students	Active McGill students, including students on approval leaves of absence. Incoming students who have accepted their admission offer from McGill and paid the acceptance fee. These students receive limited platform access one semester before their courses begin. School of Continuing Studies students with a valid McGill credential. Note: Former students who did not graduate do not have access to myFuture, even if they still have an active McGill email address. Registration not needed.
Alumni	All alumni who have graduated within the past five years. School of Continuing Studies alumni with a valid McGill credential who completed their program within the last 18 months Registration not needed.
Employers	The following employers can use myFuture but must register to create a profile. See How to register for employers. External companies McGill administrative units
McGill Career and Internship Offices	All McGill career and internship offices can make myFuture available to their staff. See How to register for staff.

 

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How to register for the service

For employers

Employers wishing to recruit McGill students and recent alumni can register for an account in myFuture:

1. Go to the Employers and Community Partners section of myFuture.
2. Click on Employer Registration and follow the onscreen instructions.

For staff

McGill staff in units already using myFuture must have their myFuture Unit Lead request access on their behalf. Instructions are available in the myFuture Portal Staff Team.  

Units not currently using myFuture but interested in using myFuture to support their processes should contact the Career Planning Service (CaPS) to discuss their needs. Please contact myfuture@mcgill.ca for more information.

Staff and Faculty may request accounts to search job, internship, and volunteer posting boards to inform students of relevant opportunities; however, they cannot use these accounts to apply to jobs themselves.

More information can be found on the Staff / Faculty Login Page.

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How to access myFuture (students, alumni, staff and employers)

To access myFuture:

1. Go to the myFuture portal.  
2. Navigate the user specific menus at the top of the homepage to find the login page for your user group.

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Cost

Students:

No cost for students to use myFuture.

Employers:

There is no cost for employers to access myFuture. However, there might be a fee associated with an info session or attending a career fair.

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Availability

The service is available 24 X 7, except during planned maintenance or outages. Check the home page of the IT Support site or https://www.mcgill.ca/myfuture/ for announcements regarding service interruptions.

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Best practices & policies

None available.

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Frequently Asked Questions

See FAQs on myFuture for students.

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Training & documentation

For training and documentation, please visit https://www.mcgill.ca/myfuture/.

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Support

Login issues

Students and alumni requiring help signing in to myFuture should contact the IT Service Desk.

Employers requiring help signing in to myFuture should contact myfuture@mcgill.ca.

Contact the IT Service Desk to report a system failure.

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Other issues (non-login)

If you are able to log in to myFuture but are unable to complete tasks, email myfuture@mcgill.ca for additional support.