Career assistance
Face it: Finding a job is hard.
Your alumni associations and your university are here to help make it a little easier. The associations provide a variety of career resources.
- CareerBeam: Active, dues-paying members of the alumni associations have access to CareerBeam, an incredible resource for learning how to present yourself as a strong candidate for employment. The site helps you identify personal strengths, develop a career strategy, improve your personal presentation and networking skills, research businesses and find opportunities.
- University Career Center: The University Career Center serves alumni who are within their first year of graduation.
- JobSync: A new online service that can match you to jobs based on your experience, qualifications, and personality. This service is provided to you at no charge.
- VCU Alumni Resume Database: A simple tool to connect employers seeking qualified job candidates with VCU Business and Engineering alumni. The database was created in January 2009 in response to the economic recession with seed money provided by the VCU Alumni Association.
- EdgeOnCollege national mentoring system: The alumni associations have signed on to offer EdgeOnCollege to anyone with a "vcu.edu" or "alumni.vcu.edu" email address. This site allows you to register as a mentor or a mentee. Mentees can request mentoring relationships with alumni and faculty from universities across the country.
- Richmond JobNet.com: Provided by the Greater Richmond Partnership, this site offers career calendar, online networking, resume posting and career tips.
- Academic Careers Online: Global academic job site for teaching, research and professional jobs in education and academia.
- Newest hot jobs online
- USAjobs.gov: Official website of U.S. federal government jobs.
- The Riley Guide: Employment opportunities and career resources on the Web.
- NationJob.com: Regional job listing by keyword and category.
- Beaucoup!: Comprehensive site of job search engines.
- Indeed: One search, all jobs.
Articles of interest
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