Simply log in to Handshake to build your profile and start searching for your next job or internship.

Getting the job is all about fit. Finding the place where your unique talents, education, and drive all combine for the perfect fit. It takes reflection, time, and systematic effort. Self-knowledge is critically important.

What are your strengths? What are your limitations?

What do you really like doing? 

One final question: Are you persistent? It’s rare for people to get immediate results and being turned down is always part of finding a job. Keep trying and you will reach your goals.

Familiarize yourself with the Career Center. Explore all of your options in various career paths. Discover what you can do online. You’ve only seen the tip of the iceberg when it come to the tools and services available for all UCR students. Career fairs, workshops, career evaluation guides, counseling, resume writing, interview practice, and more! 

Before launching your career search, ask yourself, "What do I want to do?" Whether you have an answer to this question or not, stop by during Express Career Advising hours and talk to a Career Specialist or Peer Advisor. We’ve got lots of ways to help you create a plan of action that will organize your job search.

This section of the UCR Career Center Website is designed to help you plan and organize a successful job search.

How’s that resume? Was it copied from your best friend’s or downloaded from resumes-r-us.com? We can help with that.

How about your interview skills? Have you been taking tips from your roommate whose last job was in middle school? Should you be hours early or fashionably late? Dark suit or you favorite jeans and flip-flops? We can help you steer the right path between too much confidence and too little, between too formal and too relaxed — what we will help you do, really, is to be yourself. Show your genuine skills, ease and confidence. You are the answer to their employee search.

The Career Center is here to support your career journey and take your game to the next level. Don’t wait until the last minute. There are things you can begin doing as early as your freshman year to create an advantage when you finally start looking for a career position.