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Thank you for visiting the UAB Career Center website.

The UAB Career Center exists to ensure students and alumni are prepared for and connected to career opportunity.

We believe meaningful career development happens when students connect what they learn in the classroom with experiences that help them apply their knowledge, build confidence, and explore possibilities. Career development is a shared effort, and we are proud to partner with students, alumni, employers, faculty, families, and campus colleagues to create opportunities that support success during college and beyond. I invite you to explore our resources, connect with our team, and allow us to help you put your UAB experience to work!

Lauren Cotant, Ph.D.
Director, UAB Career Center

 

We Believe

Potential

We believe every student has strengths, experiences, and potential worth developing.

Experience

We believe career readiness is built through experiences that allow students to learn, practice, reflect, and grow.

Connection

We believe relationships expand what students know, who they know, and the opportunities available to them.

Shared Commitment

We believe preparing and connecting students for career opportunity is a shared commitment across the UAB community.

 

How We Execute Our Mission

Access

We remove barriers so students can access the resources, experiences, relationships, and opportunities they need.

Data and Insights

We use evidence about students, outcomes, employers, and the labor market to inform our work.


How We Serve

Develop Career Readiness

Build the skills, knowledge, and ability to articulate what students can do.

Connect to Career Experiences

Create opportunities to practice, apply, reflect, and build evidence of readiness.

Expand Social Capital

Connect students to relationships, networks, employers, alumni, and opportunity.


Across every strategy we build self-efficacy where students believe they can successfully navigate what comes next.