Advice from Alumni
Career Assessment
Career Planning- Personal Strategic Plan (Download pdf form to desktop to save your answers.)
Career Self-Assessment (Download pdf form to desktop to save your answers.)
Self Assessment Tools
UVA Career Center: Identify Your Interests
Career Planning and Exploration
Five Steps of the Internship and Job Search
Hoos Career Guide - A comprehensive overview of the job and internship search along with specific samples of professional development materials.
How Your Economics Degree Has Prepared You for the Job Market
Internship Search Engine
Job Search Checklist and Flowchart
Job Search Resources for Economics Majors (Master List)
UVA Career Center: Explore Careers
What Can I Do with an Economics Major
Cover Letters
Dress Code
Gaining Experience (Clubs, Non-academic Courses, Research and Labor Market)
Build Skills through Research
Business, Consulting, and Finance Clubs at UVA
UNLEASH is an initiative to match undergraduate students with research opportunities sponsored by UVA faculty. To learn more about UNLEASH, and how you can use it to find a research project, visit http://uvaurn.org/unleash.
Credit for Internships
Funding an Unpaid Internship
Internships
Research
UVA Career Accelerators: Coursera, Propel, Industry Academics
Graduate School
Applying for Pre-Doctoral Programs in Economics
Applying for Research Assistantships in Economics/RAGuide (including the interview process and coding tasks)
Choosing an MS Program in Data Science
Economic Value of a Law Degree
Interfolio - U.Va.‘s partner to help with managing letters of recommendation
More Master’s Degree Programs in Data Science
MBA Deferred Programs (apply in your final year of college for deferred admission)
MS Programs in Business Analytics
Pursuing a Graduate Degree in Economics
UVA Career Center: Graduate School
International Students
Aperian Global: GlobeSmart® - Cross Cultural Agility and Understanding
Career Shift - Found in Handshake resources; search for employers by H1B visa.
Comprehensive Resources in Handshake for your Job Search in the U.S.
GoinGlobal (Country-specific employment resource and database. Use for job searches in countries of interest, including home countries)
InternationalStudents.com
Marcello Barros - The International Advantage
Myvisajobs.com (Lists employers who have hired H1-B visa-holders)
Power Ties, Dan Baudry - Home - The International Student's Guide to Finding a Job in the United States
Resources for International Students Looking for Jobs in the US - Nicolle Merrill
Tips from Cornell University and Immihelp (Database of sponsoring companies)
UVA Career Center: International Students
UVA International Students and Scholars Program
UVA Resources for International Student Career Planning (Refers students to a link in Handshake)
Interviewing
12 Questions You Can Ask to Uncover Company Culture
Behavioral Interviewing and Question Bank
Behavioral Interview Questions from the Commerce School
Case Interviewing Preparation with the Darden Case Book
Common Job Interview Questions and Answers
Economic and Litigation Consulting Interview Resources
- Economic and Litigation Consulting Interview Questions from Vault
- Economic and Litigation Consulting Interview Questions from Hacking the Case Interview
Essential Interview Questions
Finance Interview Questions
Interview Assessment Checklist
Interview Preparation Checklist
Investment Banking Interview and Answers
Military to Civilian Resume: How to Use Your Military Experience
Public Speaking Resources
Questions to Ask in an Interview
UVA Career Center: Interviews
Job Boards
Networking and Informational Interviews
Alumni and Friends Contact List for Economics Majors (This link transfers you to Collab where you will login, after which click on 'ECO Resources.")
Alumni Clubs
Face to Face Elevator Pitch Template
How to Approach Office Hours with Alumni and/or Employer
How to Navigate a Career Fair
Informational Interview Log Sheet
Informational Interview Sample Questions
Informational Interview Tips
Tell Me About Yourself (Through Storytelling)
U.Va. Alumni Association Career Services
U.Va. Alumni Association Webinars
UVA Career Center: Networking and Informational Interviews
Wahoo Connect
On-line Brand - Yours!
LinkedIn – Create a LinkedIn account so that you may network with U.Va. alumni and others who are in fields of interest to you. By creating a LinkedIn Profile, you will have access to thousands of potential contacts. Also, you may be recruited by firms as well. LinkedIn also has a diverse jobs and an internships database. UVA Career Center offers workshops in creating your LinkedIn profile.
How to Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile to Get More Jobs
LinkedIn - Building a Great Student Profile
LinkedIn Student Jobs
Social Media Guide to Blogging
Social Media Guide to Facebook
Social Media Guide to LinkedIn
Social Media Guide to Pinterest
Social Media Guide to Twitter
UVA Career Center: Linked and Online Branding