Your career, our services
Here’s a quick overview of career resources available to alumni. Plus, here’s how alumni can help students explore career possibilities.
Organized Time
How some highly successful Hoos manage their time
Busy-ness seems to be an epidemic. We asked several UVA students, professionals and alumni how they manage their time. Here are their answers.
How to Ace an Interview
Alumni experts emphasize the importance of human connection
Job interviews will always be stressful. The stakes are high, and the margin for error is slim. Here's how Alumni Career Services can help.
Bringing the Team Together
Three key understandings can help any group work better
Kristin J. Behfar offers three helpful tips for how teams can communicate more effectively and function more smoothly.
Look Closer
To truly understand the gender wage gap, we need a holistic understanding of the data
Annie Rorem (Batten ’13) conducts research on education and labor force participation with a particular interest in gender.
Going the Distance
UVA alumni fare better than others in employment and well-being, Gallup survey shows
The 2014 Gallup-Purdue Index measures the long-term success of college graduates along three axes—and shows that UVA alumni come out ahead of their peers on each.
Careers and More
President Teresa A. Sullivan discusses how the University is helping students prepare for and enter the workforce.
Pass It On
Alumni reach out to undergraduates through the Virginia Alumni Mentoring program
The Virginia Alumni Mentoring program matches students who are interested in a certain profession with graduates who are established in that field.
Weird Is Wonderful
How workplaces can benefit from eccentric employees
Darden professor Martin Davidson discusses "weirdness" and explains how weird people may be our greatest resource.
The People’s Historian
Alumna Libby O’Connell brings the past to life as The History Channel’s chief historian
As chief historian for The History Channel, Libby O’Connell (Grad ’79, ’87) makes it her mission to engage the public in history.
How to Start a Company Without Losing Your Shirt—or Your Sanity
Joyce Franklin (Com '87) CPA, CFA, shares her wisdom.
How to be a Mad Man
Real-life Mad Man Scott Cooney (Com ’94) offers the inside scoop.
Alumni Tell You How To:
Survive in the wilderness (with kids), make ice cream with a law degree, train for a triathlon and more
Survive in the wilderness (with kids), make ice cream with a law degree, train for a triathlon and more.
The Slick Bib
An alumnus describes his new invention for runners
During my undergraduate studies at UVA I strengthened a habit and a mindset of constantly identifying inefficiencies in products, processes and systems and working to come up with unique...
Peace, Love and Understanding
UVA is among the Peace Corps' top volunteer-producing colleges and universities.
