About Transitional Services
Emerson Los Angeles (ELA) Transitional Services is focused on helping Emersonians with their transition to living and working in Los Angeles after graduation. ELA hosts programs and events focused on helping students and recent graduates kick-start their careers and lives in Los Angeles throughout the year. Stay up to date on programs happening on the Emerson LA campus via the alumni calendar of events. Transitional Services also builds relationships with Los Angeles-based employers and industry contacts to help support Emersonians’ career goals.
If you are a GOLD alum (graduate of less than a decade) who came through the LA Program, you can set up an appointment with ELA Life Coach Kerri McManus to discuss your next steps by emailing her at ela_lifecoach [at] emerson.edu (ela_lifecoach[at]emerson[dot]edu).
For all other inquiries, you can speak to a career counselor in the Career Development Office on the Boston campus. You can find more details here about how to make an appointment via Handshake (Emerson's official career platform).
If you have questions about support services offered by transitional services emersonla [at] emerson.edu (please let us know)!
Employers
Looking to hire an Emersonian? Visit our Employers and Industry Professionals page for complete details.
Resources
Here is a list of top resources provided by ELA Transitional Services and Boston campus partners to help with your transition to living and working in Los Angeles:
- Email ela_jobopps [at] emerson.edu To sign up to receive a weekly email of available jobs and career focused opportunities and events in the Los Angeles area, curated for early career Emersonians.
- Email melinda_valente [at] emerson.edu (melinda_valente[at]emerson[dot]edu) If you need a space to work while job searching. We offer three workstations at ELA. Alumni must reserve the space ahead of time.
- Handshake Emerson’s online platform for career opportunities for students and alumni.
- Emerge Emerson's online platform that’s designed exclusively for Emersonians to meet new people, ask for and offer advice, post career opportunities, and connect with friends.
- ELA Alumni Network Facebook Group Start tapping into the LA alumni community.
- Emerson Alumni Association Facebook Group The Office of Alumni Relations and the Emerson College Alumni Association work together to promote institutional pride, help you find professional development opportunities, and facilitate lifelong connections with Emerson’s 51,000+ alumni.
- Emerson College Alumni Association LinkedIn Group This group is administered by the Office of Alumni Relations for the benefit of all Emersonians.
- ELA YouTube Playlist ELA's own library of virtual event recordings including Emersonians in Animation, Breaking into the Writers' Room, our Alumni Conversations Series, and more!
- Emerson Mafia Facebook group where alumni often post info about apartments, jobs, and other resources/questions
- Alumni Virtual Events & Workshops Check out recordings of past events that you may have missed which provide career advice on a variety of topics and showcase our Emerson alumni community.
- Making It Big in 30 Minutes A podcast for, by, and about the Emerson community and the many ways its alumni are making the world a little better, every day.