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Explore Your Options

The exploration process will help you gain new insights about yourself and lead you to major and career opportunities you may have never considered otherwise. You will learn how to test your top options and make an informed major and career decision that fits for you.

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Gain Experience

Learn how to build important skills and gain experience in your field to strengthen your qualifications while gaining insight, mentors, and connections.

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Tell Your Story

Resumes, cover letters, personal statements, online profiles, interviews, and networking are all opportunities to tell your story. Being able to describe your skills, strengths, and experiences in a meaningful way to employers requires time, attention, and strategy.

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Make It Happen

Opportunities are uncovered through the relationships you build. Relationships can also strengthen your position for an opportunity. Gain the skills, strategies, and habits to initiate and grow these relationships While a formal application is often necessary, those are not enough. Become a designer and developer of the opportunities that come to you.

Career Coaching

You are not on your own in developing your career. Connect with a Career Coach to move forward and thrive in the process.

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Tell Us About Your Career Success!

Congrats! You are amazing and we want to celebrate your career success! If you’ve made strides in your career development, let us know! The information you provide may be used in a future Career Services’ social and/or publication highlight.

Personal Stories by Immigrants Rising

Published on June 21, 2022

Mayra Pelagio

Fellow

“Environmental science was the thread that linked my life back in Mexico to my new community in San Jose.”

Mayra Pelagio, former Higher Education Fellow and one of the storytellers during the Welcome Week in San Jose, …

By Letty Garcia
Letty Garcia Career Advisor
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Personal Stories by Immigrants Rising

Published on May 17, 2022

Kai Martin

Entrepreneur, Fellow

“The drive and the hustle just became natural to me. I was determined never to sit still and never say I couldn’t do it, because I know I can always find something to do.”

Meet Kai …

By Letty Garcia
Letty Garcia Career Advisor
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Career Resources

Ways To Gain Experience

Ways To Gain Experience

Find out more about different ways you can start gaining experience.

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Racial Justice & Allyship Resources

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Graduate & Professional Student Professional Development Learning Modules

The Office of Graduate Studies is committed to offering on-demand career and professional development resources. This Canvas site consists of …

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The Ultimate Job Search Guide

The Ultimate Job Search Guide

This guide is a valuable tool for finding job and internship opportunities, writing your resume and cover letters, marketing yourself …

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A Guide to Interviewing

A Guide to Interviewing

This is a valuable tool for learning how to best prepare for your upcoming interviews.

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