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Billion Dollar Business: How to Become a Successful Life Coach
Do you like helping people? Have friends and family told you that you’d make a great coach? Have you dreamed about starting your own coaching business? You aren’t alone!...
Beyond Academia: 5 Steps to Your Nonacademic Job Search
Graduate students and postdocs receive a wealth of information and mentorship on securing an academic position. But what about when you decide to pursue professional options in industry, nonprofit,...
Digital Marketing Career Opportunities
Digital Marketing is a booming industry with plenty of growth yet to come. It is also an enormously diverse industry with opportunities for quants as well as creative folks,...
Make a Career Transition to Consulting
We’ve all heard about someone who is a “consultant.” Have you ever wondered if that’s the right career for you? Join Parke Muth (Col ’79), a consultant to consultants,...
Finding the Right Fit
Have you ever been attracted to a company because of its culture, or experienced a job where the company culture just wasn’t a good fit? Finding the right cultural fit is key to overall job satisfaction. Researching a company’s culture is therefore an important part of job search due diligence. Not only will researching help […]
Careers in Advancement: More Than Fundraising
Join AJ Davidson, Talent Acquisition Manager for the UVA advancement community, to learn more about what it means to pursue a career in advancement. Advancement is a relatively young...
Use Your Business Skills to Succeed in Data Analytics
Are you looking for a way to leverage your background into the burgeoning area of data science? A career in data analytics requires more than technical expertise – analysts...
Inside Scoop: Careers in Nursing
Attracted by healthy demand, good salaries and prospects for more meaningful work, many career changers and retirees are giving nursing a closer look. Also, mid-career nurses who want to...
Crafting a Corporate Career with a Liberal Arts Degree
As a Spanish and Latin American Studies major, Cheryl Battles Fudge learned firsthand the challenges of leveraging a liberal arts degree to create fulfilling and challenging professional opportunities in...
Career Options for Academics and Other Intellectuals
Graduate students, postdocs, and PhDs are primarily trained to enter careers in academic teaching and research. But where else do academics and other job seekers who thrive on intellectually...
Spotlight on Government Careers: Federal Contracting Officers
Federal contracting officers help the government buy nearly half a trillion dollars’ worth of goods and services every year – from paper to engineering services to aircraft carriers. Contracting...