Graduate Student Career Resources
The Department of Communication provides a community of faculty, alumni, and industry connections to network and gain professional experience.
Professional Development
Center for Career Readiness and Life Skills
The Center for Career Readiness and Life Skills offers resources tailored especially for graduate students and postdocs, including:
- Career development and career preparation events, such as seminars, career fairs, networking opportunities, and alumni career panels.
- Career coaching for help with résumés and CV critiques, practice interviews, and job searches in and outside of the academy.
- Resources for academic job searches.
- Career Readiness Modules available via HuskyCT.
- A career community for Doctoral Students.
External Career Resources
Communication is a key part of any industry. Organizations rely on experts to promote their products and convey their impact to stakeholders.
Many professional organizations provide career resources and job boards tailored to communication, marketing, and public relations professionals. Below is a sample of related job boards. We also recommend exploring industry-specific job boards based on your interests.
- International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) – Career Center
- International Communication Association (ICA) – Job Board
- JournalismJobs.com
- Mediabistro – Careers for Graphic Designers, Copywriters, Social Media Managers, Proofreaders, and More
- National Communication Association (NCA) – Career Center
- PR News – Job Board
- Public Affairs Council – Public Affairs Jobs
- Ragan – Job Board
- Usajobs.gov