UNC's Center for Career Readiness
Our staff is passionate about working with, and supporting UNC students in determining and implementing their career related goals. Whether it is assisting you with deciding on a major or learning ways to gain experience and employment within a chosen career or industry, we are eager to work with you on learning more about who you are now, and who you will be after UNC. It is never too early to visit Center for Career Readiness!
Virtual Meetings
Students seeking to connect with a career counselor can do so with a scheduled appointment or via drop- in hours. Both services will be offered remotely.
Drop-in Hours
To connect with a career counselor during drop-in hours, please e-mail career.readiness@unco.edubetween 12-3 PM Monday through Friday and our staff will get back to you as soon as possible with instructions for how to connect to a Career Counselor. Drop-in appointments will be scheduled for 20 minutes.
Document Review
We can also review documents via e-mail. If you have a resume, cover letter, graduate school essay etc. you can send it to career.readiness@unco.edu and a career counselor will review it and send it back with comments and considerations within one week.
Presentations
Just like your courses presentations can still be conducted virtually! If you would like to request a presentation for a group, submit a request and someone will get back to you shortly letting you know who will be presenting.
Event Cancellations
All university in-person and university events have been cancelled for the spring 2020 semester. This includes UNC's Spring 2020 K-12 Educator Employment Days and K-12 Educator Employment Day Prep Workshop. For candidates who were planning to connect with employers during this event here are some tips.
Students' long-term goals include
to be well-off financially and help others who are in difficulty.
~From a survey of UNC students by the Office of Assessment
Introducing Handshake
Center for Career Readiness has transitioned its job posting platform from Bears Career Connection to Handshake. According to Handshake, “120,000 employers use Handshake to find students for all kinds of jobs” including 95% of Fortune 500 companies.
We can help you!
The Career Service's staff can assist you with...
- Deciding a major and careers
- Starting/updating resumes and cover letters
- Discovering job and internship searching techniques and resources
- Searching and applying for graduate programs
- Developing interviewing skills
- Locating career information
Our Services
We offer services to both current UNC students and Bear Alumni.
Students
We provide the following Center for Career Readiness to our current students:
Alumni
We partner with the Alumni Association to provide our alumni the following Center for Career Readiness:
Contact Us
Get in touch with one of our Career Counselors or stop by our office in the University Center. We are open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
place
Visit us
University Center
2nd Floor
phone
Give us a call
Send email
Email Correspondence
If you email a resume, cover letter or other career-related materials for help from a career counselor, please expect up to one week for a completed review.
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