Advising Services
Services
A graduate career adviser is available by appointment for confidential discussion of all issues related to career planning and professional development for academic careers and job pursuits beyond academe. The following services are conducted by appointment:
- Critiques of CVs, resumes, cover letters, and other job search materials
- Assistance with academic and non-academic career decision-making, planning, job searching, strategies, and resources
- Mock interviews and interviewing advice
- Online resource referral
- Guidance in making connections with U.Va. alumni and other professionals
- Administration of self-assessment instruments:
- Meyers Briggs Type Indicator
- Strong Interest Inventory
Please feel free to contact the office with questions.
To schedule an appointment: Call 434-243-4014.
Appointments last one hour and are held in Room 004 in Varsity Hall, 136 Hospital Drive. To reach our office from Central Grounds, take the walkway between Randall and Rouss Halls (see map below or visit the following interactive map). Our office is the first office off the stairs on the lowest level of Varsity Hall.
All conversations are private and strictly confidential.
Eligibility
All GSAS Master's and PhD students who are currently enrolled, conducting research off-Grounds, or newly graduated are eligible for advising services. Graduates may take advantage of GSAS career advising services up to one full semester after the completion of their degree programs (through the end of the summer for May degree recipients). From that point on, as alumni they may consult Alumni Career Services.
What Students Say
Great advice on playing up/emphasizing graduate student skills!
I feel much more confident after getting feedback from you and making all of the changes!
I just found out that the provost accepted my terms, so I am an assistant professor at [a private university in the Northeast], which should be official in a couple of days. Thanks for all your help. It made a big difference in my interviewing. The mock interview helped me prepare for the conversations with the department chairs and the deans. The interview seemed surprisingly easy, in part because the questions were familiar.
I got the job [at the private school in Northern Virginia]! You’ve been more valuable and helpful to me than any professor I’ve ever had. Twenty years from now, you’re the one I’m going to remember. Thank you.
I got a job in DC. I'm working for an economic consulting firm. I really want to let you know I appreciated every minute of your help. Thanks again!
I’m in the middle of deciding between the academic job market and alternatives, so it has just been good to think through these things and hear about other paths.