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Career Guide & Tip Sheets

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Tip Sheets

Gaining Experience

  • How to Career as a Transfer Student
  • How to Find Research Opportunities
  • Tracking Your Professional Development

Networking

  • Are you LinkedIn?
  • Conversation Starters for Shy Networkers

Job Search

  • Assessing Company Culture
  • Job Search Imposter Syndrome

Graduate School Applications

  • How to Ask for a Letter of Recommendation

Life after College

  • How to Handle Workplace Changes
  • Navigating a Career Change
  • Work Life Balance

Sample Documents

REsume Examples
Cover Letter Examples

View USF Student Career Guide

Related Resources

websites

  • MyFloridaFuture
  • O*NET OnLine
  • Library Services LibGuide
  • CareerSpring
    • Public Policy / Legislative Internship Programs

QEP Support

  • Internships
  • Career Navigator: Kickstart Your Career Journey
  • Career Readiness Competencies
  • Parker Dewey Micro-Internships
    • Public Policy / Legislative Internship Programs
    • Forage
    • USF On-Campus Internship
    • Career Readiness Report
    • Handshake: Experiences
    • Quinncia
    • Engaged Student Employee: Professional Development Badging Program

Popular USF Tools

  • Professional Headshots (Tampa Campus)
  • Engaged Student Employee: Professional Development Badging Program
  • Quinncia
  • Handshake: Experiences
    • Sample Cover Letters
    • Graduate Gateway Initiative: USF Exclusive GRE Prep!
    • Resume Samples
    • Career Readiness Report
    • LAUNCH
    • Career Closet – Sarasota-Manatee
    • Focus 2
    • Workshops On-Demand
    • Forage
    • Public Policy / Legislative Internship Programs
    • CareerSpring
    • USF Link
    • Handshake: For Students
    • Career Workshops
    • Parker Dewey Micro-Internships
    • Career Fairs and Events (OneUSF)
    • Career Navigator: Kickstart Your Career Journey
    • Career Closet – St. Petersburg
    • What Can I Do With This Major?
    • Suit-A-Bull – Tampa
    • GoinGlobal
    • Avoiding Scams
    • O*NET OnLine
    • MyFloridaFuture
    • Career Coach
    • CandidCareer
    • Big Interview
    • CareerShift

Physical Center Resource

  • Suit-A-Bull – Tampa
  • Career Closet – St. Petersburg
  • Career Fairs and Events (OneUSF)
  • Career Workshops
    • Professional Headshots (Tampa Campus)
    • Career Closet – Sarasota-Manatee

How-tos & Support Guides

  • Career Fairs and Events (Sarasota-Manatee)
  • Career Fairs and Events (St. Petersburg)
  • Career Fairs, Events, and Recruitment Services (Tampa)
  • Cooperative Education (Co-op)
    • Internships
    • Library Services LibGuide
    • Financing Graduate School
    • No-Show Guidelines
    • Avoiding Scams
    • Hiring for Student Employees
    • References & Referrals
    • Hiring Students (St. Petersburg)
    • Career Readiness Competencies
    • Workshops On-Demand
    • USF On-Campus Internship
    • Your New Job: Starting Your Financial Future Guide

Cover Letter & Resume Templates

  • Resume Samples
  • Sample Cover Letters

Contact & Location

Phone
813-974-2171
Address

4202 E. Fowler Avenue, SVC 2088
Tampa, FL 33620

Career Service Hours

M Monday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
T Tuesday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
W Wednesday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
TH Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
F Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Meet the Team

Abbey Leier-Murphy Meet Abbey
Addye Buckley-Burnell, Ph.D. Meet Addye
Adelia Douglas Meet Adelia
Alexa Abourizk Meet Alexandra
Alexandra Kulawsky Meet Alexandra
Amanda Marshall Meet Amanda
Ariele Dashow Meet Ariele
Carmen Goldsmith, Ph.D. Meet Carmen
Chad Wallace Meet Chad
Christa Kondraciuk Meet Christa
CJ Clyde Meet CJ
Diane Mellon Meet Diane
Donna Milakovic Meet Donna
Dwayne Peterson Meet Dwayne
Edson O'Neale Meet Edson
Erica Sheppard Meet Erica
Heidi Phillips Meet Heidi
Ivan Montero Meet Ivan
Kaitlyn Ganner Meet Kaitlyn
Kim Steele Meet Kim
Nathaniel Barnes Jr. Meet Nathaniel
Sarah Pattison Meet Sarah
Selin Yaylali Meet Selin
813-974-2171

4202 E. Fowler Avenue, SVC 2088
Tampa, FL 33620

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