Career Labs are interactive, hands-on sessions where you can bring your laptop, work on career-related tasks in real time, and collaborate with peers and experts in a dynamic, supportive space.
If you would like to use a laptop during the lab, please arrive 10 minutes early and let our front desk know.
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Check out descriptions of this semester’s sessions below.
Build as You Learn:
Resume Career Lab
Have your laptop or paper copy of your resume ready to work in real-time and receive support. You will leave this lab with a solid draft or major improvements using the Career Center's tools and examples.
Here’s what we’ll cover:
- Purpose of a resume
- Resume structure using this Resume Samples resource page
- Sections: Contact Info, Education, Experience, Skills
- Formatting tips: Consistent margins, fonts, reverse-chronological order
- Bullet points: Focus on action verbs and results
- Review resume examples
- Introduce VMock resume features (check out our AI/VMock Labs for a deeper dive)
- Live working session to work on your resume
Strengthen Your Personal Brand Career Lab
Have your laptop ready to work in real-time + receive support. You will leave this lab with where to build your professional presence and how to strengthen your personal brand through the UT-San Antonio Career Center resources.
Here’s what we’ll cover:
- Why is your personal brand important? Strengthen Your Personal Brand Career Lab Handout
- Where to build your professional presence
- How to strengthen your brand
- Tips & activities on building strong profiles & connections through the tools offered by the Career Center
Elevator Pitch & Interview Tips Career Lab
Have your laptop ready to work in real-time + receive support. You will leave this lab with your elevator pitch, understanding interview basics, & knowing the right resources to use from the UT-San Antonio Career Center.
Here’s what we’ll cover:
- What’s an elevator pitch and why is it important? Elevator Pitch + Interview Career Lab Handout
- Building your own elevator pitch
- Interview tips
Search Smarter:
Internship & Job Search Lab
Learn the strategy, start the search. Bring your laptop for this in real-time job/internship navigation lab. You will leave this lab with a clear strategy and have started your search using the Career Center's tools and knowledge of various job boards.
NOTE: For this lab, our focus is on equipping you with effective internship and job search techniques and tools, but the process of securing opportunities will ultimately depend on your own efforts and engagement.
Here’s what we’ll cover
- Keyword search: What Can I Do with This Major? and O*NET
- Identify companies and industries of interest: Roadrunner Career Navigator (Search 360)
NOTE:
For all Career Labs, please arrive on time and ready to participate; latecomers will be encouraged to attend future labs or drop-ins.
Contact University Career Center
Contact UCC or find a consultant to assist you on your career journey.
