The Toppel Career Center has a variety of engagement options for faculty and staff to work together to support students in their career journeys. Receive your Career Champions Certification and review the Faculty Toolkit for additional ideas on how we can partner in the career education of students. On this page, you will also find key career resources and events for students at the U.

For students seeking career support and guidance from Toppel, please refer them to our drop-in career coaching hours.

Career Champions Certification Program

Through a series of interactive workshops, faculty and staff will feel more prepared to assist students with their career development.


Faculty Toolkit

Provides an overview of Toppel and Career Readiness, a Faculty Engagement menu, a student email template, and syllabus/assignment examples.

Workshop Request

Why cancel class when you can rely on us? Dedicated Toppel staff are available to present to your class and programs on a variety of career-related topics.


Faculty & Staff Consultation Request

Faculty & Staff can meet with Toppel to discuss their curriculum or programming ideas, goals, and needs for supporting their students.

Resources for Faculty & Staff

In this section, you will find selected resources supporting faculty and staff at the University interested in staying up-to-date with career events, integrating career readiness into their coursework, and learning about where our graduating students have launched their careers.

The Toppel Career Center Agent is a customized AI assistant designed to support University of Miami students with career readiness. …

Top Career Resources for Students

In this section, you will find the top resources offered to students by the Toppel Career Center. Click on View All Top Resources for a full list.

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Faculty & Staff Mentors on Cane2Cane

Cane2Cane is a career and mentorship network coordinated by the University of Miami’s Toppel Career Center. The Cane2Cane mission is to connect students and alumni with a community of industry professionals (alumni, faculty & staff, and friends of the University) for opportunities to explore career paths, prepare for the workplace, and establish new connections in their network. 

Matthew Fernandez

Faculty & Staff Mentors
  • Miami, FL
  • Cane Navigator University of Miami
Meet Matthew

Isabella Suarez

Faculty & Staff Mentors
  • Miami, FL
  • Certified Nursing Assistant Uhealth
Meet Isabella

Justin Taylor

Faculty & Staff Mentors
  • Miami, FL
  • Founder STARX Therapeutics Inc
Meet Justin

Juliana Falzoni

Faculty & Staff Mentors
  • Miami, FL
  • Co-Founder Nudah Basics
Meet Juliana

William Solis

Faculty & Staff Mentors
Meet William

Jon Baldessari

Faculty & Staff Mentors
  • Miami, FL
  • Inaugural Director, Veterans Resource Center University of Miami
Meet Jon

Steven Aportela

Faculty & Staff Mentors
Meet Steven

Elsy Ayoub

Faculty & Staff Mentors
Meet Elsy

Patrick Ganzer

Faculty & Staff Mentors
  • Miami, FL
  • Assistant Professor University of Miami
Meet Patrick

Jordan Meier

Faculty & Staff Mentors
  • Chapel Hill, North
  • Assistant Director at The Launch Pad University of Miami
Meet Jordan

Enrique Triay

Faculty & Staff Mentors
  • Coral Gables, FL
  • Venture Consulting Manager (The Launch Pad) University of Miami
Meet Enrique

Gatran Gatnoor

Faculty & Staff Mentors
  • Miami, FL
  • Clinical Operations Data Associate Hinds Behavioral Health Services
Meet Gatran

Join the Cane2Cane Community to become a Faculty & Staff mentor. Through the platform, you can also connect with other professionals (alumni, faculty & staff, and friends of the U) across 60+ industries for networking and guest speaking opportunities.

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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.

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

Career & Industry Guides

Vault offers comprehensive industry and career guides that provide insights into industry work life and advice for students on kickstarting their careers. You and your students can access 170+ guides on our Custom Career Content site to help them explore career paths and gain valuable information that will help them make informed career decisions. To explore guides for a specific career circle, click on View All Guides and apply the relevant filters.

The Vault Guide to the Top 25 Banking Employers is the most comprehensive guide to the best investment banks to …

For the 2024 edition of the Vault Guide to the Top 25 Consulting Firms in the EMEA region, Vault’s editors …

Interested in integrating career and industry guides into your coursework, programs, or career conversations? Consult with us!

Skill Building Through Virtual Experience Programs

This section features virtual experience programs and projects from the Forage platform aimed to help students build valuable career skills and get a taste of different industries via short-term, real-world experiences created by top companies across the globe. Take a look at the Forage Catalog to learn more. Click on "View All Experiences" to view all experiences featured across the 10 Career Circles for Students.

Interested in integrating any of these experiences into your coursework or programs? Check out this guide and consult with us!

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.

Advertising on TikTok

Taught by Lucas Ertola
Have you considered using TikTok to advertise your business? In this course, learn the key components of running successful advertising…

Cloud Computing Careers and Certifications

Taught by Lynn Langit
Do you want to start a career in cloud computing, but don’t know where to begin? Whether you’re an IT…

Brand Design Foundations

Taught by Sean Adams
Everyone knows the importance of great branding, but how do you build a brand from scratch? In this course, Sean…

Nano Tips for Avoiding Burnout with Kim Kaupe

Taught by Kim Kaupe
Welcome to our Nano Tips series, where LinkedIn Learning creators deliver impactful lessons in literally seconds. In this installment, Kim…

Introduction to Career Skills in Data Analytics

Taught by Robin Hunt
Are you ready to take the first step on your journey as a data analyst? Whatever your goals, you don’t…

Green Jobs for Sustainable Careers

Taught by Fulya Kocak
Looking for a greener job? Why wait when the world is hiring? Climate change and sustainability are transforming today’s economy,…

Creating Maps with R

Taught by Charlie Joey Hadley
If you need to learn more about creating maps with R, this beginner-friendly course introduces an end-to-end mapping workflow and…

Releasing and Promoting Your Music

Taught by Evan Sutton
One of the biggest issues faced by musical artists is how to get people to hear and purchase their music.…

Coping Strategies in Difficult Times

Taught by Todd Dewett
In this course, author, keynote speaker, and coach Dr. Todd Dewett teaches you how to build effective coping skills during…

Graphic Design Foundations: Typography

Taught by Ina Saltz
Good typography can add tremendous power to your design and your message, whether it is a print- or screen-based project,…

Programming Foundations: Numerical Mathematics and Calculations

Taught by Terezija Semenski
Junior software developers usually lose a tremendous amount of time choosing the “right” programming language, not knowing that the programming…

Principles of Sustainable Development

Taught by SDG Academy
This course from SDG Academy offers you a great introduction to the principles of sustainable development. Get an overview of…

Nonprofit Fundraising: Using Relationships to Drive Growth

Taught by Fundraising Academy
Fundraisers are an integral part of building a nonprofit organization. The values, mission, and services of your organization don’t sell…

Inclusive Learning Design

Taught by Samantha Calamari
Accessibility and inclusion are vitally important to learning design, but how can you incorporate these considerations effectively? In this course,…

Intelligent Automation Foundations

Taught by Ian Barkin
Intelligent automation is influencing corporate strategy in every way imaginable. Enterprises are investing billions of dollars on intelligent automation initiatives.…

MLB Announcer and Baseball Executive Victor Rojas (Thirty Minute Mentors)

Taught by Adam Mendler | Thirty Minute Mentors
Victor Rojas spent a decade working as the television play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Angels before becoming the president…

Project Management Foundations

Taught by Bonnie Biafore
View Bonnie’s LinkedIn Newsletter   Project management is a set of techniques that anyone can apply to achieve goals and…

Nonprofit Fundraising: A Beginner’s Guide

Taught by Fundraising Academy
Relationships are part of our daily lives, and focusing on them is a proven method for successful communication. To raise…

The Successful Young Leader

Taught by Todd Dewett
In this course, author, keynote speaker, and coach Dr. Todd Dewett discusses how young leaders can become successful through planning,…

Archicad: Architectural Design Techniques

Taught by Robert Mann
While architectural design requires a good amount of technical know-how, it also requires creativity, clarity, and freedom to explore ideas.…

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