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.
Path to Purpose: Community-Based Projects (Path to Purpose) is a hands-on service-learning program run by the University of Florida’s Brown Center for Leadership & Service (BCLS) that helps students grow while making a real difference in their communities.
Understanding various forms of experiential learning is paramount for advanced degree job seekers like MBAs, graduate students, and doctorates as they navigate the competitive job market. From internships and research projects to consulting opportunities and industry collaborations, these hands-on experiences …
This year’s SoFlo DevCon, South Florida’s premier developer conference, brought together tech professionals, students, and thought leaders for a full day of learning, networking, and innovation. The 2025 theme, “To the Future and Beyond,” focused on how emerging technologies—especially artificial …
On April 8, the C3 welcomed three outstanding UF Grads for a chat as part of Graduate Student Appreciation Week. All three grads have had outstanding careers so far and were excited to share their experiences and advice with current …
On April 1, the C3 hosted four panelists with advanced degrees and unique trajectories to share their knowledge and experiences with graduate students. Though we were unable to record the session due to the sensitive nature of some current employment, …
Explore occupations by career categories and pathways and use real time labor market data to power your decision making.
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Occupation Description
Employment Trends
The number of jobs in the career for the past two years, the current year, and projections for the next 10 years. Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full- and part-time jobs. Sources include Emsi industry data, staffing patterns, and OES data.
Top Employers
These companies are currently hiring for .
Education Levels
The educational attainment percentage breakdown for a career (e.g. the percentage of people in the career who hold Bachelor’s Degrees vs. Associate Degrees). Educational attainment levels are provided by O*NET.
Annual Earnings
Earnings figures are based on OES data from the BLS and include base rate, cost of living allowances, guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay (including commissions and bonuses), on-call pay, and tips.
Technical Skills
A list of hard skills associated with a given career ordered by the number of unique job postings which ask for those skills.
Core Competencies
The skills for the career. The "importance" is how relevant the ability is to the occupation: scale of 1-5. The "level" is the proficiency required by the occupation: scale of 0-100. Results are sorted by importance first, then level.
Job Titles
A list of job titles for all unique postings in a given career, sorted by frequency.
LinkedIn helps you build a professional presence that reaches beyond academia. Doctoral students at UF carry deep expertise — dissertations, publications, …
This resource provides essential guidance on creating effective teaching philosophies, research statements, and teaching portfolios to help you stand out …
