Career Resources
Career Center
As a student, you have access to the UCSC Career Center's Career Success Services, to help with every stage of your career development. Here are some of the services that the Career Success Team provides:
- Career Coaching (30 minute appointments) to help you with:
- Exploring career options and developing your career goals
- Finding internship and employment opportunities
- Applying to graduate and professional school programs
- Job search strategies including: resumes, cover letters, interviewing skills, and how to conduct a successful job search.
- Drop In Advising (15 minute sessions, no appointment needed)
- Resume and Cover Letter Critiques
- Getting started with applying to Graduate School
- Interview preparation help
- Job and internship searching
- Job and Internship resources
- Workshops and presentations
- Career events, including virtual and in person Career Fairs, employer information sessions, and other hiring events
Visit the Career Center website at careers.ucsc.edu for more information!
Graduate School FAQs
Upcoming Events and Workshops
Student-Created Resources
Clinical Psychology Graduate and Career Paths
Check out this helpful guide created by student Erika Pe, Career Center Divisional Liaision for Social Sciences, if you are interested in careers and graduate school paths for Clinical Psychology!
Clinical Psychology Career Guide
Workshop Resources
Psychology Department Peer Advisors create and present workshops for Cognitive Science and Psychology students on many topics, including those related to Career and Graduate school resources. See below to access past Workshop resources on these topics.
Pathways to Research Panel Notes
Choosing Your Clinical Path Panel Notes
Paths to Careers in Clinical Psychology
Getting the Most Out of the Psychology Department & Your Future
How to Prepare for Graduate School
Developing Learning and Studying Strategies for Academic Success
Psychology Graduate School Panel
Psych Career & Graduate Q&A Notes
Cognitive Science/Psychology Grad School Q&A Presentation
Developmental Psychology Research & Academia Panel Notes
Graduate School and Careers for Psychology Majors Presentation
