Welcome to the Graduate Student community. This space is designed to house resources and supports for all advanced degree seekers at the University of Florida. This includes:
Master’s Students
Doctoral Students
Professional Students
Post Doctoral Scholars
This community space is your starting point as you explore the many career possibilities ahead of you. The Career Connections Center (C3) holds a variety of resources and coaches that can support your exploration of industry, alternative-academic, and academic career options and prepare yourselves for landing your next job.
Check back here regularly, as there will be regular updates to articles, blogs, and other outside sources. Use this page as a starting point to navigate through all the C3 resources.
Resources for Graduate Students
CHOMP is an online, interactive, self-guided career and educational planning system designed to help you make decisions about your future career goals and education plans. CHOMP offers a variety of self-assessments to evaluate your level of career readiness and gain self-awareness.
Supported by the Graduate School Office of Graduate and Professional Development, these resources are designed specifically for graduate students.
Beyond the Professoriate is a professional development tool where Postdocs and PhD students can explore career options and learn job search strategies. Through the two programs of study (Academic Careers and Professional Careers), students are empowered to make informed decisions about their career path and learn successful job search strategies from other PhDs.
Beyond Graduate School is a one-of-a-kind, online platform that helps Master’s students make the most out of their investments and build their careers. From video lessons on career exploration to writing application materials, to interviewing and negotiating for that next career step — Beyond Grad School helps master’s students through each stage of their job search.
The C3 also organizes our support under career pathways, clustering together similar industries and providing customized resources based on the industries in which you may be looking for employment. Using the drop-down menu above, look at the descriptions of each pathway to find those that are most aligned with your career goals. Use those pages, along with this one, to locate the resources most aligned to your needs.
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