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Career and professional development opportunities for graduate students and postdocs include:
More information and links to register can be found below.
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The Office of Career and Life Design is hiring graduate students! Learn more about each position below.
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Designed specifically for graduate students and postdocs in STEM fields, this zero-hour course will help you explore career options and develop a career plan to pursue a career in academia, industry, nonprofit, government and business.
Please fill out this form to join the course, and we will register you when the registration window opens. Graduate students can register using course code #50300 during their registration window. Postdocs will need to fill out the form.
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Looking to gain marketable skills on your own time? Check out these Skills & Credentialing Resources, offered through Coursera, that are free to all UT Austin graduate students and postdocs.
Students have six months to complete one of the six professional certificate
programs. After completing all courses required for each particular program
you will receive a Google branded certificate to put on your LinkedIn profile.
Career Academy:
The Career Academy ranges across four areas—Software Engineering & IT, Data Science & Analytics, Sales & Marketing, Business Operations & Support.
GenAI Academy:
GenAI Academy offers a curation of projects, courses and certificates related to generative artificial intelligence, the technology transforming the future of work.
Top Tech:
This program of courses and guided projects offers a curation of top technology tools used in the current job market as well as topics related to technology fields.
Grow with Google:
Through Grow with Google certificates, you’ll get professional training designed by Google, along with the opportunity to connect with top employers that are currently hiring.
Google offers certificates in Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, Digital Marketing & E-commerce, Project Management, IT Support and User Experience Design.
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Events:
McKinsey: Meet our Affinity Networks
Thursday, Aug. 7, 4 p.m. EST / 1 p.m. PST
Office hours with McKinsey APD Recruiters for UT-Austin advanced degrees
McKinsey Advanced Degree Professional Recruiting team is hosting office hours just for UT-Austin PhDs, postdocs, MDs, JDs and PharmDs:
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Application Deadlines:
McKinsey Associate
For students graduating November 2025-Fall 2026, deadline is September 4.
Students who have already graduated are welcome to submit an Associate Application at any time.
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| Job Search Prep Resources:
Management Consulted
All UT Austin graduate students and postdocs have free access to Management Consulted, a leading global resource for consulting recruiting, consulting interview preparation and consulting skills training. Sign in with your UT EID to access preparation courses, drills and hundreds of practice cases.
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Office of Career & Life Design Summer Job Search Working Groups
Want accountability and community as you work on the job search? Join OCLD for focused time to work on your job application materials and meet students and postdocs across campus. Register through 12twenty@Texas for more information.
Virtual Working Group, Tuesdays, 2-3:30 p.m., Zoom Meeting
In-Person Working Group, Wednesdays, 1-2:30 p.m., GSA Graduate Student Lounge, WCP 3.102
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Who’s Hiring Graduate Students and Postdocs?
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UT Austin, Office of Career and Life Design
- Graduate Career Education Consultant
- Global Impact Graduate Consultant
- Professional Development Graduate Consultant
AustinWorks
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Chevron
2025-2026 Facilities Engineering Mechanical Engineer
Episcopal Health Services
Technical Project Manager
John Hopkins University
Biomaterials Scientist/Engineer Post Doctoral Fellow
Mochi Health Corp.
Software Engineer
Genentech
Postdoc Hiring Initiative (PHI): Open Call for Postdocs
Curator
The Tobin Collection of the Arts
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Program Specialist, Strategic Initiatives Specialist
Austin Community College
Analyst, Institutional Reporting
National Humanities Alliance
Research Fellow, Humanities Workforce
CEA Consulting
Research Associate
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