Partner with Career Success

Career Success is excited about your interest in supporting UC Santa Cruz students' career development! Below you will find a variety of opportunities and ways to support and engage with students.

Handshake Navigation Mentor

Complete an asynchronous Canvas course designed for you to become an expert in navigating Handshake and demoing the platform with students. You will gain a mock student Handshake account upon completion of the Canvas course.

You need to have a Canvas account to access this course. If you need to request a Canvas account or are having issues accessing the course, contact the Canvas support team. 

Introduction to Career Success Resources

If you want to get familiar with Career Success resources to share with students, we encourage you to explore our Career Success Canvas Course.

This course is designed for students who want to get introduced to our career resources at their own pace. It is not for academic credit and is fully optional. We organized modules based on the common reasons that students engage with our office. The modules provide a walkthrough of our most common resources.

• Career Success Introduction
• Career Exploration
• Getting Hired
• Develop Skills with Jobs & Experiential Learning
• LinkedIn
• Graduate & Professional School Prep (including law and medical school)

Collaboration Request (Workshop Presentation or Resources)

Before submitting a collaboration request for a workshop, we will encourage you to attend our scheduled workshops listed on Handshake and our events calendar, visit our drop-in hours, and explore our Career Success Canvas Course.

Timing Considerations

• Requests must be submitted a minimum of three (3) weeks prior to the intended event date
• We can typically host events during our office business hours, Monday–Friday from 9 AM–4 PM. Requests outside of these hours may be more difficult to fulfill and may be limited to virtual.
• Due to staffing limitations, we ask that you please not request more than one event per quarter.

Expectations for workshop requests

• We are prioritizing requests of over 20 attendees
• The requesting unit should provide a draft flyer to promote the event 2 weeks prior to the scheduled event
  For in-person requests, the requesting unit is responsible for reserving a space on campus and providing a/v tech support
• For in-person requests, the requesting unit is responsible for having someone available to support event check-in

Career Success Collaboration Request Form (workshop/resources) 

Please note that you are not guaranteed a workshop by filling out this form. If we are available to fulfill your request, we will confirm the date/time with you in a follow-up email. If we are unable to do a workshop for you, we will provide you with resources that you can share with your students. We will be in communication with you within two weeks.

Chancellor's Undergraduate Internship Program

The Chancellor's Undergraduate Internship Program provides on-campus internships in programs and departments throughout the campus. Interns work with a mentor to develop personal and professional skills, and take a leading role in producing project in their internship. A two-unit leadership seminar class is required. A scholarship of $5,500  is paid towards the intern’s registration fees for the academic year.

GANAS Internship Program

The Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) Initiatives, Career Success, and Educational Opportunity Programs (EOP) are all excited to launch the new recruitment cycle for the GANAS Career Internship Program!

The GANAS Career Internship Program is part of a new HSI grant initiative that places underrepresented, low-income, and/or Latinx/e/a/o students in paid internships situated in one of the six high-demand fields of Accounting/Finance, Agriculture, Bio-tech, Education/Teaching, Health, and STEM. Students will work in their internships for the academic year and receive direct pay from their internship site. Additionally, GANAS interns will be paid to participate in career readiness and financial literacy modules and coaching during their program participation! 

UndocuCareer Development Fund (UCDF)

The UndocuCareer Development Fund was established with the aim of providing undocumented students with funding to support their participation in career preparation opportunities. UCDF provides undergraduate and graduate students who complete the CA Dream Act application with a scholarship to support their participation in unpaid experiential learning opportunities.

Join our student-facing resource list of departments willing to provide inclusive opportunities and UCDF applicants looking for an opportunity will reach out to you directly.

Federal Work-Study

The Federal Work-Study Program allows you as an employer to hire UCSC students at a reduced cost while providing valuable work experience. You contribute 25% of the student’s salary along with a 10% administrative fee – the program covers the remaining 75% of the student's wages through their financial aid award.

Students who receive the Work-Study option are awarded a set dollar amount which their wages for the academic year may not exceed. Any student may view and apply to a work-study job, and you may view which students are eligible in your applicants tab of the job posting in Handshake.