Faculty
We partner with faculty in many ways to help bring career development into the academic experience. Contact us to learn how we can support you.
Our team is available to:
- Provide in-class career education
- Help infuse experiential learning into curricula
- Create faculty-employer connections for research and class projects
- Help your students articulate the career foundational skills learned and honed in your coursework
- Support your graduate students in their academic and non-academic career journeys
Support Undergraduate Careers
Faculty can have significant influence on students’ career decisions; in fact, according to the Gallup-Purdue Index, four of the six predictors of future work engagement focus on faculty and internship experience. As such, we seek to strengthen relationships between faculty and students by helping to deliver career-relevant instruction and by consulting on best practices with work-integrated learning. Together, we can ensure that all students have access to vital career opportunities throughout their undergraduate experience. We collaborate with faculty to help create vibrant courses that engage students in transformational learning experiences by meaningfully combining academics, discipline-specific knowledge, and industry trends.
Request a presentation — Career education staff provide onsite and virtual presentations by request for classes, student organizations, programs, and departments across campus. Submit a presentation request throughout the academic year from a range of different topics.
Longhorn Career Champions — Join a community of Longhorn Faculty & Staff navigators. Participate in trainings on UT Austin’s career resources and career development topics such as transferrable skills, career exploration, and successful career conversations.
Virtual Experiential Learning Toolkit
Given the current prevalence of virtual learning experiences, Texas Career Engagement benchmarked with national colleagues to create suggestions for faculty teaching credit-bearing internship courses. Our toolkit suggestions provide career-related engagement activities and assignments that can enhance student learning. Contact us for access to the Canvas toolkit.
What is included:
- Assignment suggestions in topics including: career readiness, professional development, mentoring and networking, brand management, internship reflection, and industry knowledge/research
- Learning agreements for employers and students
- Employer evaluation surveys
- An Educational Affiliation Agreement template
- A collection of resources for various topics for students and faculty
Support Advanced Degree Careers
Faculty and staff play a critical role in career development for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. Visit our faculty page linked below for a comprehensive list of resources, tools and contacts to help you support your students’ career and professional development.
Faculty Page for Advanced Degree Students
Contact: Annie Maxfield, Director of Graduate Career & Professional Development
UT Austin Graduate Alumni & Outcomes
Hear directly from UT Austin doctoral alumni about how they effectively transitioned into professional roles, and find career tips for UT graduate students in this series of interviews.
Search UT Austin doctoral alumni by career title and organization, gathered through Linkedin.
Encourage doctoral students to create a profile and engage with other UT alumni on HookedIn, the official UT Austin social networking platform, designed to bring together students, alumni, employers, and friends of UT for career connections and mentorship.
Faculty HireUTexas Accounts
UT Austin faculty members are eligible for a HireUTexas student demo account to explore the job board, events, resources and services available in the system for UT Austin students. Request your account using the form linked below.
Join the National Association of Colleges & Employers
UT Austin has a campus-wide membership to the National Association of Colleges & Employers (NACE), a leading source of information on the employment of the college educated, forecasts and trends in the job market, recruiting and hiring best practices, and student attitudes and outcomes. As a member, you will have access to research, career development and diversity tools and resources related to experiential learning, career skills mapping to curricula, and post-graduation outcomes.
Contact us to activate your membership.