An ETH master's graduate planning to use the university Career Center should check the access window before postponing applications support. ETH's current individual-coaching and CV-check pages include MSc students and graduates up to six months after graduation. That is a defined service period, not indefinite access or a promise of a job.
This guide uses official ETH and ETH Alumni information checked on 16 October 2026. It gives a preparation and handoff plan for eligible users. It does not verify an available appointment, book a service or assess work permission or employer sponsorship.
Match the service to the problem
ETH's individual-coaching page describes personal assessment, application strategy and support with career decisions. Those are useful when the uncertainty concerns direction or how to organise a search.
The CV-check page describes a 15-minute feedback slot for someone who has already prepared a CV using the application guide. That is a different task: reviewing an existing document and its remaining questions. Do not expect a short CV review to resolve every career decision or produce a complete application from nothing.
Choose the service by the next decision you need to make. If you are comparing role types, prepare their actual tasks and the uncertainty you want to discuss. If you are seeking CV feedback, prepare a truthful draft and a small number of focused questions. These are editorial preparation suggestions, not additional official booking requirements.
Check eligibility and the actual end date
Both pages explicitly include ETH MSc students and graduates up to six months after graduation. They list other eligible groups with their own conditions, including doctoral graduates and postdocs with a valid ETH employment contract. Read the category that applies to your actual status rather than borrowing another group's access.
If the six-month boundary matters to your plan, confirm which recorded graduation date is used and how the limit applies to booking and attendance. Do not assume a ceremony, final submission or account expiry is automatically the reference date. This review has not established an individual user's cutoff.
The ETH Alumni careers page also describes Career Center services for graduates during the six-month period and points to separate alumni coaching and career resources. A link to alumni services does not establish that every later service has identical eligibility, pricing or access. Check the actual terms before relying on a handoff.
Prepare for limited appointment availability
ETH's CV-check page says slots are usually booked quickly despite checks being offered weekly. A published service therefore does not establish that a slot will be available on the day you need feedback.
Look at the current official booking information while you are still eligible, leaving room for preparation and follow-up. No private calendar was accessed in this review, and no particular date or waiting time is verified. Avoid building an application deadline around an appointment you have not secured.
The page points readers to its application guide for self-review if they do not want to wait, and mentions possible checks at student-organised company fairs. Treat those as options to investigate, not guaranteed substitute appointments or employer interviews.
Make a short feedback packet
Before a CV discussion, assemble the actual vacancy or role requirements you are responding to, the current CV and two questions. For example, you might ask whether a project description makes your own contribution clear, or whether a claim is supported by the evidence you can explain.
Keep all experience truthful. Distinguish individual work from a team outcome, and remove confidential employer information or other people's personal details where you lack permission to share them. A practice exercise should not be presented as employment you actually held.
After feedback, record the change you made and the next application action. The graduate job-search log can hold that follow-through. Attending a session is a support activity; it is not an interview, offer or employment outcome.
Plan what happens after the window
Create a five-field record: current eligibility and cutoff question; service needed; preparation ready; confirmed booking or alternative; and the next support route with its own terms checked.
If the graduate window may end before the search does, identify the later route early. Investigate the relevant alumni resources and other legitimate support, including their costs and access conditions. Do not assume graduation extends appointments automatically or that a university's service listing transfers to an alumni provider unchanged.
The careers-service comparison guide provides broader questions for comparing institutions. ETH's short CV slot, defined graduate period and separate alumni route make the planning concrete here; they do not rank its service quality against another university.
Career support can help you prepare and assess your approach. It does not establish current employer demand, willingness to sponsor, immigration eligibility or a salary. Your next action is one timely, prepared support request if eligible, with an independent plan for the period after that access ends.
