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A place where all students can participate in career exploration, planning and professional development, and get a free headshot.

The Career Studio employs an Assistant Director of Graduate Student Career Coaching (Megan Brown) and an Assistant Director of International Career Coaching (Rebecca Hale). Visit the Bearcat Promise Career Studio website for more information or to schedule a session with a career coach.  

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The career platform used by UC where students, career centers and recruiters come to meet, talk and share opportunities. Handshake is available for all current students and access can be requested by UC alumni.

For more information, visit the Handshake website.  

Faculty Development OneStop Workshops are ability-enhancing professional development workshops that provide knowledge and skills for performing duties in teaching, research and/or service in order to improve a class, aid in the completion of research or provide information for a service assignment. Many of these workshops are open to graduate students.  

The UC PFF program provides instruction in modern teaching and learning and offers rich mentoring experiences that strengthen these career skills through workshops, reading groups, courses, and more! 

The Lindner Career Services team provides comprehensive support for business student career development, including coaching, interview prep, and resumé critiques. Reserved for Lindner College of Business students.

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This online tool helps international students find jobs, get immigration support, and network. For more information, visit the UC Interstride website.

Big Interview is a virtual interview practice tool that mimics a real-life job interview. It combines training with practice to help improve interview skills and build confidence. The service is free for UC students and is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For more information, visit Big Interview.

GoinGlobal is the market leader in helping job seekers of all nationalities fast track their career explorations both at home and abroad. Created by country experts, GoinGlobal features worldwide job and internship resources for more than 120 locations, including location-specific career guides, key corporate profiles, a proprietary H1B visa search engine and 16 million-plus job and internship postings. For more information, visit GoinGlobal.

You have put a lot of time and effort into pursuing your PhD degree.  Now it’s time to focus on how to leverage your expertise into a satisfying and productive career.  The Individual Development Plan (IDP) concept is commonly used in industry to help employees define and pursue their career goals.  In 2003, the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) proposed an IDP framework for postdoctoral fellows in the sciences.  AAAS/Science joined forces with FASEB and experts from several universities to expand on that framework. The result is myIDP - a unique, web-based career-planning tool tailored to meet the needs of PhD students and postdocs in the sciences. For more information, visit the myIDP: Science Careers website.

ImaginePhD is a FREE online career exploration and planning tool for PhD students and postdoctoral scholars in the humanities and social sciences. Humanities and social sciences PhD students and their mentors have long recognized the need for more resources to help bridge the knowledge gap between doctoral education and the realm of career possibilities. ImaginePhD is designed to meet this need by allowing users to:

  • assess their career-related skills, interests, and values
  • explore careers paths appropriate to their disciplines
  • create self-defined goals
  • map out next steps for career and professional development success

For more information, visit the ImaginePhD website and create an account.

The Carpe Careers blog hosted on the Inside Higher Ed website is a weekly advice column for graduate students, postdocs, and early career professionals with advanced degrees who are embarking on their professional and career journeys. To browse Inside Higher Ed’s blog articles, visit the Inside Higher Ed: Carpe Careers webpage.

Included on this site are a few selected resources for special population and affinity groups. These include resources for International Students, LGBTQ+ Students, Students of Color, and Students with Disabilities. Visit the Diversity Career Resources site to learn more.

LinkedIn Learning offers dynamic video tutorials for learning software, programming, business and creative skills, study skills, and more–all FREE to UC faculty, staff and currently-enrolled student.