ANNOUNCEMENT: myFuture upgrade coming soon
Get ready for the enhanced myFuture experience! Set to debut this summer, we are bringing you improved features and performance. For additional information about the upcoming changes to myFuture, please read the full announcement.
Throughout the upgrade project, the information presented in this article is subject to change.
Service overview
myFuture is an online career and internship management system centrally shared and available to students, employers, and staff of all McGill career and internship offices.
myFuture is currently offered by the McGill Career Planning Service (CaPS), the Engineering Career Centre, and the Desautels Faculty of Management Career Services. Each office can use myFuture to offer enhanced online services to their student clients and employer contacts and simplify their work processes.
Students can use myFuture to:
- Search and apply for jobs, including:
- Uploading documents such as cover letters, résumés, transcripts, etc.
- Viewing employer profiles
- Signing up for interviews with employers
- View announcements and alerts
- Sign up for events (workshops, info sessions, and career fairs) as per eligibility
- Search and apply for paid, full-time work terms during your undergraduate studies in a field related to your studies. After taking part, students can fill out detailed forms evaluating their experience. myFuture currently supports the following internship programs:
- McGill Arts Internship Program
- McGill Engineering Internship Program (Bachelor's only)
- McGill Bioresource Engineering Internship Program
- McGill Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Internship Program
- McGill Science Internship Program (Bachelor's only)
- McGill Mining Co-op Program
- McGill Materials Co-op Program
- McGill Institute for Aerospace Engineering Program
- McGill MBA Internship Program
- McGill Software Engineering Co-op Program
- View internships that are not part of an official internship program. These are generally geared to graduated students and may include local volunteer positions and opportunities abroad in developing countries.
Employers can use myFuture to:
- Post jobs and internship opportunities
- Create a company profile for students to view
- Create info sessions for students
- Register for career fairs events
- View scheduled interviews with students
- View announcements and events
- Partner with the McGill Internship Program to offer undergraduate students the opportunity to participate in the following:
- Four-, eight-, 12- or 16-month Science and Engineering internships or Engineering Co-op Programs
- Three- or four-month MBA (Master of Business Administration), MMA (Master of Management in Analytics), MMF (Master of Management in Finance), and Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 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
- Track internship placements and manage evaluations from students, employers, and internship offices
- Generate customizable reports
Who can use it?
Students |
McGill students can use myFuture if they:
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Alumni |
All alumni are eligible, although alumni who graduated before 2007 must register to create a myFuture profile. See How to register for pre-2007 alumni. |
Employers | The following employers can use myFuture but must register to create a profile. See How to register for employers.
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McGill Career and Internship Offices |
All McGill career and internship offices can make myFuture available to their clients and staff. See How to register for staff. |
For additional conditions, read the eligibility requirements listed on the appropriate career office site:
How to register for the service
Students and recent alumni (who graduated after 2007) can access myFuture without special registration. Employers, staff, and pre-2007 alumni need to register before gaining access.
See below for information about how to register for:
How to register for employers
Employers wishing to recruit McGill students can register with myFuture through any participating career or internship office. You only need to register once using the instructions below to access every participating office's myFuture system.
To register with myFuture:
- Go to the Employers section of myFuture on the appropriate Career Centre, and click:
- Click on Register or Register and Post a Job and follow the onscreen instructions.
How to register for staff
McGill staff working in any of the Career Centres currently using myFuture do not automatically have access to myFuture. To request access, contact your unit's site manager.
McGill career or internship offices interested in using myFuture should contact the IT Service Desk to initiate a needs assessment and establish an effective implementation strategy.
How to register for pre-2007 alumni
Alumni who graduated before May 2007 must register to create their profiles in myFuture. To register, email the appropriate Career Centre:
In the email, specify your:
- McGill ID number
- Full name
- Email address
- Current mailing address
- Phone number
- Major and graduation date
You will be informed of the fee (if any) and how to pay.
How to access myFuture (students and employers)
Eligible users have access to all Career Centre sites. To access myFuture:
- Go to the appropriate myFuture portal:
- Choose for Students or for Employers.
- Click Sign in at the top left of the page and follow the onscreen instructions.
Cost
Students:
To find out whether there is a fee for use in any of the four career centres, see the appropriate link in the Who can use this service section.
Employers:
There is no cost for employers to use myFuture.
Availability
The service is available 24 X 7, except during planned maintenance or outages. Check the home page of the IT Support site for announcements regarding service interruptions.
Frequently asked questions
Can I change my personal information that appears in the "Personal Information" tab?
Information on the myFuture Profile page under the Personal Information tab cannot be modified directly on the site. If something is incorrect in this tab, you may update the information in the Minerva Personal Menu. The changes will be reflected in myFuture within 24 hours.
myFuture "Academic Information" page was overwritten! What happened?
Once a semester, as part of the process of loading new students into myFuture, the Academic Information page gets refreshed with up-to-date information from Banner. While McGill students may be enrolled in multiple programs simultaneously, myFuture can only handle one academic program per student. By default, your "Primary" program shown in Banner is copied into myFuture.
If this is not your preference, you can modify your academic profile in myFuture. However, when the academic information is refreshed from Banner each semester, any changes you had previously made to your academic profile in myFuture are overwritten.
Best practices & policies
None available.
Training & documentation
For training and documentation, please contact careers.caps@mcgill.ca.
Support
Students (including the School of Continuing Studies) and alumni requiring help signing in to myFuture should contact the IT Service Desk.
Contact the IT Service Desk to report a system failure.
Students and employers
For questions about using myFuture or career-related questions, contact the appropriate centre:
- CaPS: online or 514-398-3304
- Engineering Career Centre: online or 514-398-8100
- Desautels Faculty of Management Career Services: online or 514-398-2996
McGill staff (CaPS, the Engineering Career Centre, or the Desautels Faculty of Management Career Services)
For questions on login access or to report bugs, contact careers@caps.mcgill.ca.