While employment rates and wages for college graduates are extraordinarily higher than for those without a college degree (NCES, 2023), underemployment remains a significant challenge for graduates unable to find positions that align with their skills and education levels. However, innovative career services strategies are helping institutions address this issue, offering measurable progress in bridging the gap between academic preparation and workforce readiness. These innovations include personalized career guidance, the use of technology, career-aligned student success efforts, hands-on experiential learning, and strengthened partnerships with employers. This brief provides a landscape report on the current state of career innovations at member institutions of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU). Across APLU, institutions are actively implementing a wide range of strategies to promote career readiness preparing students to successfully transition from education to the workforce.