Understand your career options and learn about job search strategies. The resources on this page can help you plan your career and prepare for a successful transition into the workforce.
Career and Talent Development
Handshake’s website offers a wealth of opportunities for students and alumni to discover events, explore job listings, and connect with leading employers.
VMock SMART Career Platform helps students create a powerful resume and accelerate students’ career journey.
The Career and Talent Development office offers FREE LinkedIn Headshots in person during the spring, summer and fall semesters, at MMC and BBC. These events allow students to get a free professional headshot photo to use for their LinkedIn accounts and other professional opportunities.
The FIU Career Guide is packed with essential tools and tips to jumpstart your career journey.
PhD Careers
Accelerate to Industry (A2i)
One of our signature programs is Accelerate to Industry (A2i). This program is an approach to workforce readiness that prepares graduate students for careers in various industries. Through A2i students can strengthen the business, leadership, and communication skills. There are three different components to our A2i program:
- Job Search Strategies (JSS)
In collaboration with other A2i university partners, JSS offers the opportunity to hear from industry representatives and participate in workshops throughout the summer.
- Immersion
A two-to-three-day event for graduate students to attend sessions and interact with various industry representatives and executives.
- Virtual Site Visit
Events where graduate students hear directly from company representatives who provide an overview of their company and of recruitment opportunities. UGS Lilly 2021 New2.pdf
myIDP
myIDP is a unique, web-based career-planning tool tailored to meet the needs of PhD students and postdocs in the sciences.
myIDP provides:
- Exercises to help you examine your skills, interests, and values
- A list of 20 scientific career paths with a prediction of which ones best fit your skills and interests
- A tool for setting strategic goals for the coming year, with optional reminders to keep you on track
- Articles and resources to guide you through the process
There is no charge to use this site and we encourage you to return as often as you wish.
Beyond the Professoriate
Beyond the Professoriate’s Career Training Platform is an online professional development tool where postdocs and doctoral students can explore career options and learn job search strategies. Through two programs of study (Academic Careers and Professional Careers), students are empowered to make informed decisions about their career path and learn successful job search strategies from other PhDs.
To log in, visit Beyond Prof’s Career Training Platform, select Florida International University, and enter your FIU login credentials.
IMAGINEPHD
IMAGINEPHD is a career exploration and planning tool for the humanities and social sciences.
Alumni Colloquium Series
In this series, UGS invites graduate school alumni to speak. Our past alumni speakers have been from academia, business, and think tanks and come from a variety of professions. They have provided great insight into careers, how to manage the graduate experience, job preparation, and leadership strategies.







