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Career
Translate your education into professional success
Explore career options and strengthen your professional skills.
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Career exploration
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Explore Health Careers
Start down a road toward a career in health
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Occupational Outlook Handbook
Find career information on duties, education and training, pay, and outlook for hundreds of occupations
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AHS career profile
View the range of jobs titles, employers and professional association memberships that AHS alumni have
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Career exploration on AHS YouTube
Hear from alumni who talk about their careers and faculty who share info on career options within a major
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Health Professions Forum Webinar Series
Learn from panelists who participated in this annual event which give you glimpses to health careers outside of the typical physician role
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Peer tutors
Peer coaches are students who are trained to help other students with skills to assist in the classroom and beyond
Professional growth
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UIC Connected
UIC Connected is an exclusive virtual network where you can connect with fellow alumni and current students for mentorship, networking and career growth.
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Certifications list
Stack your credentials! See a list of certifications you may want to consider
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UIC Handshake
Learn about internships and jobs through UIC's career platform for connecting with employers
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UpKey
Build your resume, cover letter and more with this free tool
Career Conversations
Through Career Conversations, AHS undergraduate students have the opportunity to conduct a 30-minute informational interview with an AHS alumnus. It’s an excellent way for you to establish a professional relationship, gain insights from individuals who are one step ahead of you in their educational and/or professional trajectories and to learn more about a field of interest. The interviews are not for the purposes of seeking career placement or job opportunities.
Get started!
- Complete the intake form.
- Meet with an ASAP representative to review the ASAP Informational Interviewing Guidelines and determine match.
- Once you are matched with an AHS alumnus, you will be contacted with next steps to schedule your informational interview.
AHS Connections
Be a stand out professional or pre-health professional candidate by gaining practical and marketable skills. Subscribe to AHS Connections, a weekly newsletter that highlights relevant opportunities to develop those skills including internships, volunteer opportunities and student engagement offerings.
If you are you an agency or employer, and would like to post relevant opportunities to this weekly digest click here.
AHS on LinkedIn
LinkedIn, a social media platform for professionals, serves as your digital resume and business card. As an AHS student, there are already a number of LinkedIn groups you can join including the UIC College of Applied Health Sciences Alumni and Students group. LinkedIn is the ideal platform on which to post career-related questions, learn about trends in a field, build your professional your network and find a job.
Career capsules
Career capsules gives you a dose of your career possibilities. Download the Career Capsules Worksheet and follow along on a career of interest shared with one of our AHS alumni.
Career exploration
Hear from some of our alumni to tearn more about what our graduates do upon completion.
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