Career Circles for Students

Should You Pursue a Law Degree? Make an Informed Decision with these 5 Career Tips

Whether you’re confident with your decision to pursue a law degree or not, these steps will ensure you feel prepared and confident about your decision. This article discusses a few action steps such as shadowing, internships, coursework, and legal-related opportunities.

By Keashla Marengo
Keashla Marengo Communication & Entertainment
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Explore Art Jobs as an Arts Major

Are you a fine arts major and graduating soon? Do you know what type of job opportunities are in the market for fine arts majors? This article will guide you in different roles present in the art world and how …

By Sabrina Khan
Sabrina Khan
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Life of a Healthcare Administrator

Are you part of the finance industry but have a passion for healthcare? Are you interested in learning how healthcare facilities operate? This article reviews a life as a healthcare administrator and different roles within a hospital or healthcare facility.

By Sabrina Khan
Sabrina Khan
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Creative Head: Find Jobs in Video Games, Visual FX, Programming, Designer, & for Artists

Search for hundreds of jobs in video games, animation, VFX, and software/technology industries at CreativeHeads.net.

Freelance Writing Jobs in Journalism, Content, Copywriting, & Blogging Gigs

FreelanceWriting.com has delivered daily and real-time freelance writing jobs online for freelance beginners and experts.

JournalismJobs.com

JournalismJobs.com is the largest and most-visited resource for journalism jobs.

Animation World Network – Jobs

Animation World Network (AWN) offers the top jobs available in Animation.

New Scientist Jobs: Your Science Career Catalyst

New Scientist Jobs connects job seekers with opportunities in life sciences, biology, physics, astronomy, and chemistry, providing tailored services for …

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Job Market DataIn partnership withLightcast logo

Are you looking to use real-time job market data to make informed decisions about your future career path, explore relevant salary data, or identify the skills you need to build or market to get your next role? Use the following tool to explore your options.

There are two ways to navigate this tool:

  1. Keyword Search: Search for the title of the job you’re looking to pursue, or skills you may have that could be relevant for a particular career path.
  2. Narrow Down by Industry + Occupation: If you have a general sense of the industry you’d like to pursue, you can narrow down the occupations within a given industry to help you decide.

First, choose an industry of interest, then filter for occupation. (If you'd like to see data for a specific location only, filter by state.)

Type in a keyword to select a relevant occupation. (If you'd like to see data for a specific location only, filter by state.)

Featured Jobs & Internships

Thousands of internship and job opportunities are posted on Handshake by employers specifically looking to hire students. The following job and internship opportunities were pulled from Handshake for your career circle.

For thousands more opportunities, log in to Handshake. All UM students have a Handshake account that is automatically created for them when they enroll at the U. All you have to do is log in to Handshake to activate your account.

Skill Building with LinkedIn Learning

Access and explore on-demand LinkedIn Learning content (courses and videos) that can help you identify and build skills needed to be successful in your future career. Here, you can find relevant LinkedIn Learning content featured for your career circle.

Autonomous Transformation: Create a More Human Future with AI

Taught by Next Big Idea Club
As we continue our journey into a world of artificial intelligence and continual disruption, somehow many of our ideas about…

LLaMa for Developers

Taught by Denys Linkov
In this course, learn how to customize open-source AI models with one of the most common open-source models, LLaMa (Large…

Advanced Java: Threads and Concurrency

Taught by Buddhini Samarakkody
Are you looking to boost your Java skills? In this course, join instructor and Java expert Buddhini Samarakkody as she…

Copilot in OneNote: Smarter Note-Taking with AI

Taught by Garrick Chow
Discover the power of AI in Microsoft OneNote with Copilot, your note-management assistant. Use Copilot to create to-do lists from…

Microsoft Exchange Online and Security Fundamentals

Taught by Oluwaseun Adebayo
Emails continue to make up a large part of most organization’s communications, and maintaining security and compliance for your emails…

Prompt Engineering with Gemini

Taught by Denys Linkov
Gemini (formerly known as Bard) is a generative AI model from Google with powerful multimodal capabilities and integrations. In this…

Agile at Work: Planning with Agile User Stories

Taught by Joshua Barnes
Agile project teams use a technique called user stories for their requirements and planning their work. In this course, follow…

Networking Foundations: Wide Area Networks (WANs)

Taught by Jarrel Rivera
A wide area network (WAN) spans across large distances or across geographic locations. In this course, IT trainer and technology…

Designing for Virtual Reality

Taught by Elin Bjorling
Virtual reality has the potential to transform our learning, our entertainment, and the way we work, but only if designed…

Basics of conflict resolution (Beta)

Taught by Lorena Díaz Quijano
Please note that this is an experiment using AI-generated audio for this course, which was originally produced in Spanish. This…

Cert Prep: Adobe Certified Professional – Photoshop

Taught by Mike Rankin
Make yourself stand out in a crowded field. Become an Adobe Certified Professional by passing the Photoshop ACP exam. This…

Applied Machine Learning: Feature Engineering

Taught by Matt Harrison
Machine learning is not magic. The quality of the predictions coming out of your model is a direct reflection of…

Artificial intelligence beyond engineering (Beta)

Taught by Paula García Esteban
Please note that this is an experiment using AI-generated audio for this course, which was originally produced in Spanish. This…

Leadership and teamwork (Beta)

Taught by Francisco Rábano
Please note that this is an experiment using AI-generated audio for this course, which was originally produced in Spanish. This…

Essential Power BI (Beta)

Taught by Ana María Bisbé York
Please note that this is an experiment using AI-generated audio for this course, which was originally produced in Spanish. This…

Learning Innovation to Drive Change in Your Role

Taught by Leo Chan
Innovation, creativity, ideation and problem solving are the key skills for the workforce of the future, according to the World…

Business Analysis Skills to Develop for Future Success

Taught by Jamie Champagne
What do you need to become a successful business analyst who’s prepared for the future of work? This course explores…

Strategic agility (Beta)

Taught by Oriol Reull Domínguez
Please note that this is an experiment using AI-generated audio for this course, which was originally produced in Spanish. This…

Improving Technical Project Success with Change Management

Taught by Kevin Miller
A lot of planning goes into projects—scope, timeline, budget—but oftentimes there’s a knowledge gap around the changes because not enough…

Java Cheat Codes: Most Popular Functions

Taught by Semirah Dolan
Java methods (also known as Java functions) allow you to write cleaner, more concise code and solve common programming tasks.…

LinkedIn Learning is free for currently enrolled University of Miami students. You must have a CaneID to access LinkedIn Learning. Click on “View All LinkedIn Learning Courses” to browse through all the content featured for your career circle.

Skill Building Through Virtual Company Projects

Build valuable career skills and get a taste of industry experience via short virtual projects created by top companies across the globe on the Forage platform. Click on "View All Projects" to view all experiences for this career community. To check out projects across all the career communities and relevant practice interview questions, here.

Wondering how to list a completed project on your resume/CV or LinkedIn profile? Review the Forage referencing policy.

Featured Industry & Career Guides

Vault offers comprehensive industry and career guides that provide insights into industry work life and advice for students and alumni on kickstarting their careers. You can access 170+ guides on our Custom Career Content site to help you explore career paths and gain valuable information that will help you make informed career decisions.

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Cane2Cane Mentors

Explore careers, prepare for your future, and connect with industry professionals. Exclusive to our University of Miami community, Cane2Cane is a social network where 'Canes receive help navigating from college to career. No matter who you know, or don't know, connect and learn from professionals across 60+ industries who are eager to help you prepare for your career journey.

Gillian Carney

Alumni Mentor
  • Chief of Staff GoodLynx
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Jimmy Pinedo

Community Mentor
  • Human Resources Manager Whetstone Holdings
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Daniel Householder

Alumni Mentor
  • Senior Associate B. Riley Financial
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John Maggio

Alumni Mentor
  • Boulder, CO
  • President Entrepreneur
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Monica Arango

Alumni Mentor
  • Miami, FL
  • Senior Research Support Manager University of Miami
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  • Jacksonville, Florida
  • Scheduling Assistant Neuro-development of Words - NOW!®
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Denisse Rocco

Alumni Mentor
  • Miami, FL
  • Registered Pharmacy Technician Publix Pharmacy
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Francina Phillips

Alumni Mentor
  • Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
  • Talent Manager Motion Manage
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Carina Landgraf

Alumni Mentor
  • Miami, FL
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Nina D’Agostini

Alumni Mentor
  • Chicago, IL
  • Creative Intern Mochee Social
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Kennedy Debow

Alumni Mentor
  • Coral Gables, FL
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Audrey Greer

Alumni Mentor
  • Miami, FL
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Join your peers on Cane2Cane to connect with a 'Cane who can help you achieve your career goals! You can search for connections in the Cane2Cane community by applying various filters, such as industry, location, degree, and more!  

JOBSCAN

The more effectively you can tailor your resume for a specific job, the better your chances are. Easily optimize your resume by completing a scan below. By scanning and comparing your resume versus any job description Jobscan will give you an instant analysis of how well your resume is tailored for a particular job and how it can be even better optimized for an applicant tracking system (ATS). To start, paste in the text of your resume then paste the text of the job posting you’re interested in, and press Scan.