Career Development Resources

The Center is committed to providing valuable resources that help students, graduate students, and alumni achieve their professional goals. By familiarizing yourself with these offerings, you can better guide and support your students in accessing the full spectrum of career services available to them. From career coaching and resume building to job search strategies and employer connections, these resources are essential for fostering a culture of career readiness and success across our university community.

Student Career Guide

The Center for Career & Professional Development has created the USF Student Career Guide to assist our students throughout their career journey.- https://careers.usf.edu/resources/usf-career-guide/

Appointments, Career Chats, & Career Express

We provide a hands-on interactive process where USF students and alumni can work with a Career Coach to develop a plan of action around a career-related topic through appointments and drop-in Career Chats.  We also provide peer coaching through Career Express Drop-in, brief 15-minute sessions, that allow students to get answers to basic career-related questions.

https://careers.usf.edu/resources/career-coaching

Workshops

The Center for Career & Professional Development know how busy our students and alumni are which may prevent them from attending one of our valuable workshops. These recorded workshops are here to help deliver this information about where and when it is convenient and can also be embedded into current Canvas courses. – https://careers.usf.edu/resources/workshops-on-demand/

Handshake

Handshake is the online career management system for students at the University of South Florida.

In addition to being the place where you can search and apply for internships, Co-op, part-time, and full-time jobs, you can also use Handshake to:

  • Upload a resume and complete your online career profile
  • Allow your online career profile and resume to be viewable by employers
  • Keep track of your appointments with the Center for Career & Professional Development in one location
  • Learn which employers are attending upcoming Career & Internship Fairs
  • View upcoming local and on-campus career events
  • Research contact information for local and national employers
  • Search for and apply to open positions

https://careers.usf.edu/resources/handshake-2

Suit-A-Bull (Tampa)

Suit-A-Bull is a free professional clothing resource for USF students.

Students can find attire for career fairs, interviews, and workplace meetings/events when professional clothing is required. Browse and try on clothing and take up to 4 items to take home to keep (limit 1 suit).

Suit-A-Bull is located in the Student Services Building in room SVC 2060, just down the hall from the Center for Career & Professional Development.- https://careers.usf.edu/resources/suit-a-bull/

CareerShift

CareerShift helps job seekers access the 70% of jobs that are never published on public job boards. Recognizing that who you know is critical and many job seekers have limited networks, CareerShift’s mission is to level the job playing field and provide equitable access to job opportunities.- https://careers.usf.edu/resources/careershift/

GoinGlobal

GoinGlobal is an online website that gives students and faculty access to career resources and travel guides in more than 40 countries and 53 cities in the United States and Canada.

GoinGlobal career and employment resources include more than 10,000 pages of constantly updated content on topics including: job search sources, work permit/visa regulations, resume writing guidelines, employment trends, salary ranges, networking groups, cultural/interviewing advice and more. In addition to job resources, each country profile contains cultural advice and guidelines.

Students will also benefit from the USA City Guides which contain career and employment resources for the 40 largest metropolitan areas in the United States. Included in this database are: job search resources, employment outlook, professional networking groups, cost of living, and major employer listings by industry sector, non-profits and volunteer opportunities. Additionally, H1B employer listings are listed for all 50 states.- https://careers.usf.edu/resources/goinglobal/

Big Interview

Big Interview can help you feel confident before your interview. With thousands of questions available – including general questions and specific job and skill related ones – you can create practice interviews that closely mirror the actual interview you’re preparing for. Simply record your response, and then let Big Interview’s AI tool give you feedback on areas of improvement, such as eye contact, filler words, and pace of speech.- https://careers.usf.edu/resources/big-interview/

Career Exploration Resources

Focus2

Career Planning is a lifelong process of exploration and planning of your career and educational goals compatible with your interests, values, talents, personality, and aspirations.

Focus 2 is a self-guided career, major, & education planning system that will help you make an informed decision. Use this tool as an ongoing resource throughout your academic years and as an alumni.- https://careers.usf.edu/resources/focus-2/

What Can I Do with this major?

This resource features 100 major profiles with information on common career paths, types of employers that hire in the field, and strategies to maximize opportunities.- https://careers.usf.edu/resources/what-can-i-do-with-my-major/

Candid Career

View thousands of brief video interviews with professionals to help you gain a better understanding of actual jobs in many career fields. These 1–3-minute videos will give insights in the pros and cons of professions, along with career advice and useful sites for reliable information.- https://careers.usf.edu/resources/candid-career/

O*Net Online

The O*NET system is maintained by a regularly updated database of occupational characteristics and worker requirements information across the U.S. economy. It describes occupations in terms of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required as well as how the work is performed in terms of tasks, work activities, and other descriptors.- https://careers.usf.edu/resources/onet-online/

MyFloridaFuture

A college and career planning tool dedicated to providing students and parents with a wealth of information to help make better-informed decisions about educational options in the State University System of Florida. This interactive site will allow you to explore data at the System level and by individual institutions, including information on salary, graduate employment, student debt, and additional educational opportunities.- https://careers.usf.edu/resources/my-florida-future/