Career Center

CareerBeam is a comprehensive, 24/7, user-friendly program that helps you determine what you want in your career and offers the steps to achieve it. It is a self-paced process to help you clarify your career goals, develop a professional résumé and cover letter, prepare for interviews, develop a network, and implement a strategic career search. CareerBeam helps you tap into the hidden market of jobs and internships by providing access to investigations of over 15 million companies and 20 million industries. It also allows you to identify over 2 million international companies in more than 70 countries. CareerBeam is constantly updating companies’ information so you can have the most current knowledge available. Register with your UCD email address.

Register Here with your ucdenver.edu e-mail address for access.

The Certificate of Employability acts as a supplement to the information that the Career Center staff provides and consists of nine self-contained modules—each containing a wealth of information and a corresponding video presentation. You can access the CU Denver Career Center Certificate of Employability Program by looking at individual modules as needed, or you can formally complete the program to receive an official CU Denver Career Center Employability Certificate.

Contact us to sign up, then login to your Blackboard account for access.

Our Resume Guide will help you tailor your resume throughout your collegiate career. It details what information to include in a quality resume, how to organize that information, and other helpful tips to make your resume stand out.

Our Cover Letter Guide is a companion to our Resume Guide. It shows what information to include in a successful, eye-catching cover letter, with specific information for different levels of experience.

Interested in applying to a Federal Job? Download this brochure for an overview of the Federal Government branches, helpful federal websites, résumé tips, federal résumé example, and much more!

Read about KSA changes:

• Federal Hiring: "We have gotten off of KSA island"
• A Guide to KSA Writing
• KSA Handbook

Career Briefs are overviews of careers related to specific majors at the University. They provide related links and resources to the particular field and show potential jobs related to the major.

The Career Briefs are also available in our office.

FOCUS 2 is an online, self-guided career guidance program that will help you explore and make decisions about your career goals and your major area of study. You'll receive a self assessment of your personal attributes: interests, values, personality, skills, and leisure activities. Your assessment results are matched to occupations. You analyze, compare, and narrow down the pros and cons of the options that appeal to you, make choices, and map out goals and action plans.

First time users click here to create a new free account. Use Access Code "tiv267"

Returning users click here to login using an account you already created.

The latest edition of Job Choices includes information on Who is Hiring, Résumé Help, Interview Advice, Social Media Tips, and Giong to Grad School.

The Diversity Edition of Job Choices includes information on Sample Résumés, Interview Questions, Disclosing a Disability, and more!

MyPlan.com is an online information and assessment tool that contains college, major and career data for independent exploration. It includes excellent research opportunities for self exploration. This site has free limited access.

O*NET™ serves as the nation’s primary source of occupational information, providing comprehensive information on key attributes and characteristics of workers and occupations. O*Net includes a set of self-directed career exploration/assessment tools to help you consider and plan career options, preparation, and transitions more effectively.

Federal Career Day was an event the CU Denver Career Center, Experiential Learning Center, and Metro's Career Services held on March 9th, 2010. Many resources were handed out on this day to students interested in careers relating to the Government. Many of these resources are provided electronically here.

Glassdoor.com gives you an inside look at company reviews, interview questions, & salary information for thousands of jobs.

The Next 40 Days is a new job-search program that is seeking feedback from clinical trial participants. There is no cost for participating.

The Princeton Review: Best college rankings include real life accounts of 331 colleges. See how different schools rate in academics, administration, quality of life, and even partying!

The Princeton Review also provides information on graduate applications, the GRE, financial aid, and provides some good advice. To go to this section, click here.

U.S. News & World Report provides a good college ranking system.

GradSchools.com: Comprehensive online source of graduate school information. Search for schools by major, or for majors by school. Limit search by state, all U.S.A., Canada, U.K., Australia & New Zealand, or other nations outside the U.S. Even includes distance learning & certificate program options.

Accepted.com: Helps you with the writing skills necessary to achieve your academic and professional goals.

Graduate Record Examinations: Download free test prep materials from GRE's library, including POWERPREP software, subject test practice books, interactive practice questions, and writing assessment preparation materials.

Masters in Education Guide: Hosts a comprehensive guide to graduate degree programs in education, including student interviews, articles, job resources, and certification requirements by state.

Salary.com lets you choose an occupational field and location to see the salary range charted (minimum, maximum, and median). This site also includes job listings, articles of interest, and personal salary reports.

NACE Salary Calculator and Compensation Data Center provides salary data to assist you with your salary search and career planning. Access compensation data for more than 1,000 occupations in 560 regions of the United States.

PayScale is a market leader in global online compensation data. With the world's largest database of individual employee compensation profiles, PayScale provides an immediate and precise snapshot of the job market. Our patent-pending real-time profiling system indexes custom employee attributes (such as industry-specific certifications) and specific job titles for every industry.

The Denver Business Journal has weekly reports focusing on the local economy. Includes industry wrap-ups, small business insights, lists of top local businesses and key contacts. Can also access archives for articles from past issues.

The Well Street Journal has free content including national business, market, tech news, and links to Dow Jones sites.

The Denver Post Business section provides employment and business related information.

Colorado Biz provides news on business and employment for Colorado.

Fortune is a global business magazine published by Time Inc.'s Fortune|Money Group. The magazine is especially known for its annual features ranking companies by revenue.

Forbes is an American publishing and media company. Its flagship publication, Forbes magazine, is published bi-weekly. The magazine is well-known for its lists, including its lists of the richest Americans (the Forbes 400) and its list of billionaires.

BusinessWeek is a business magazine published by McGraw-Hill. It was first published in 1929 (as The Business Week) under the direction of Malcolm Muir, who was serving as president of the McGraw-Hill Publishing company at the time.

CareerBeam is a comprehensive, 24/7, user-friendly program that helps you determine what you want in your career and offers the steps to achieve it. It is a self-paced process to help you clarify your career goals, develop a professional résumé and cover letter, prepare for interviews, develop a network, and implement a strategic career search. CareerBeam helps you tap into the hidden market of jobs and internships by providing access to investigations of over 15 million companies and 20 million industries. It also allows you to identify over 2 million international companies in more than 70 countries. CareerBeam is constantly updating companies’ information so you can have the most current knowledge available. Register with your UCD email address.

Register Here with your ucdenver.edu e-mail address for access.

The Certificate of Employability acts as a supplement to the information that the Career Center staff provides and consists of nine self-contained modules—each containing a wealth of information and a corresponding video presentation. You can access the CU Denver Career Center Certificate of Employability Program by looking at individual modules as needed, or you can formally complete the program to receive an official CU Denver Career Center Employability Certificate.

Contact us to sign up, then login to your Blackboard account for access.

Going Global career and employment resources include more than 10,000 pages of constantly-updated content on topics such as: job search sources, work permit/visa regulations, resume writing guidelines and examples, employment trends, salary ranges, networking groups, cultural/interviewing advice… and much more!

Login to the Just ASK! Job Link for access.

Career Briefs  are overviews of careers related to specific majors at the University. They provide related links and resources to the particular field and show potential jobs related to the major.

The Career Briefs are also available in our office.

Making the Difference is a website dedicated to students who want a career in the government. It is your source for federal jobs and internships: where to find them, and how to get them.

Green Careers Guide is a comprehensive website containing information on specific green jobs, and a large job board.

Federal Career Day was an event the UC Denver Career Center, Experiential Learning Center, and Metro's Career Services held on March 9th, 2010. Many resources were handed out on this day to students interested in careers relating to the Government. Many of these resources are provided electronically here.

Salary.com lets you choose an occupational field and location to see salary range charted (minimum, maximum, and median). It also has job listings, articles of interest, and personal salary reports.

NACE Salary Calculator and Compensation Data Center provides salary data to assist you with your salary search and career planning. Access compensation data for more than 1,000 occupations in 560 regions of the United States through NACE.

The latest issues of Job Choices by NACE gives you the latest in great job-search information, now in a digital format!

PayScale is a market leader in global online compensation data. With the world's largest database of individual employee compensation profiles, PayScale provides an immediate and precise snapshot of the job market. Our patent-pending real-time profiling system indexes custom employee attributes (such as industry-specific certifications) and specific job titles for every industry.

The Denver Business Journal publishes weekly reports focusing on the local economy. It includes industry wrap-ups, small business insights, lists of top local businesses and key contacts. You can also access archives for articles from past issues.

The Wall Street Journal provides free content including national business, market, tech news, and links to Dow Jones sites.

The Denver Post Business section provides employment and business related information.

The Colorado Biz website provides news on business and employment in Colorado.

Fortune is a global business magazine published by Time Inc.'s Fortune|Money Group. The magazine is especially known for its annual features ranking companies by revenue.

Forbes is an American publishing and media company. Its flagship publication, Forbes magazine, is published bi-weekly. The magazine is well-known for its lists, including its lists of the richest Americans (the Forbes 400) and its list of billionaires.

BusinessWeek is a business magazine published by McGraw-Hill. It was first published in 1929 (as The Business Week) under the direction of Malcolm Muir, who was serving as president of the McGraw-Hill Publishing Company at the time.