24-Hour Resource Center
A one-stop shop for students and Alumni to utilize Career Center resources! Explore Jobs and Internships on Handshake. Practice interview skills on Big Interview. Find your compatible careers by taking the career assessment on Focus2. Connect your major to a career on What Can I Do With This Major. Search for short-term and paid micro-internships on Parker Dewey.
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Handshake
Handshake is the online career management system provided to all UNCP undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni FREE of charge. You can use Handshake to search for on-campus jobs, internships, part-time and full-time positions, upcoming events, and resources.
You can also schedule appointments to meet with Career Center staff members for major and career exploration, resumes, cover letters, interview assistance, graduate school assistance, internship, and job search.
All current students have a pre-established account. To access your account- select The University of North Carolina at Pembroke Login here! You can use the Student Intro guide to Handshake to assist with updating your profile and searching for positions. If you need further assistance, check out the Handshake Help Center!
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Big Interview
Big Interview is a software program that provides FREE, online interview practice for UNCP students and registered alumni. With Big Interview users will be able to: learn helpful interview strategies from video lessons and practice tough interview questions with the ability to record review, and share answers.
New Users should select "Get Started" in the upper right-hand corner to create their account. This a FREE resource for those registering accounts with a UNCP email address. Those registering will be prompted to select UNCP as their affiliate program when registering their accounts to waive any fees.
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Focus2
Focus2 is available to all UNCP students, alumni, and faculty/staff to help identify your interests, personality, values, and skills and how these attributes are compatible with different areas of study and occupations. You can use Focus2 to develop your career plan, explore majors, and learn about different occupations. Steps to creating your account can be found HERE!
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What Can I Do With This Major?
What Can I Do With This Major whether you are exploring multiple majors or searching for information about your chosen field, this site will help you connect majors to careers. Learn about the typical career areas and the types of employers that hire people with each major, as well as strategies to make you a more marketable candidate. Continue your research on majors and careers through the websites provided in the Links section.
Career Development Guide
Welcome to the Virtual Career Center! This guide is provided for your convenience but is not meant to replace individual career coaching services. Please use the guide to answer your basic questions, resume guides, or other templates. We encourage you to follow up with a coach to meet your individual career development needs.
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Career Exploration
Research Occupations
Research job duties, tasks, education requirements, salary, wages, and job outlook using these resources
- My Next Move
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
- O*NET
- NCCareers.org
- NC Tower: a resource that provides graphs and tables of in-depth information on employment rates, wages, and ongoing higher education enrollments of graduates from the North Carolina Community College System and from the University of North Carolina system schools. NC Tower includes data on former UNC students who are working in roughly 90% of all jobs in North Carolina.
- Note: The database EXCLUDES information for graduates who are:
- Self-Employed
- Work for the federal government, including the military
- Work outside of North Carolina
- Note: The database EXCLUDES information for graduates who are:
Ask the experts!
Get advice from faculty and current students in your academic department of interest.
• Arrange Informational Interviews with professionals in occupations of interest.
• Attend Career Panels, networking events, and other campus programs where you can learn more about career paths for Liberal Arts students.
• Create your LinkedIn profile and find professionals in your field of interest.
• Use LinkedIn to find professionals in your field of interest and read more about their career paths.Information Interview: Ask for Advice
UNCP Information Interview Guide.pdf
Get Job Experience Get Experience!
Consider job shadowing experiences, part-time work, internships or volunteer opportunities to identify what you enjoy doing, test jobs, and build your network.
Download the Career Exploration Guide.
For further assistance, schedule an appointment with a Career Counselor to discuss your career goals.
Career Development Guide