At the UNC Career Center, we believe that career development is core to fostering students thriving and succeeding – and we know that faculty and staff are central to helping students find their path, in the classroom and beyond the tassel.
BECOME A CAREER CHAMPION
In 2024, we launched the Career Champions Network of faculty and staff who can serve as career mentors in a student’s chosen field of study. Each semester, we offer training sessions that will give you a deeper understanding of available career resources on campus and enable you to guide students effectively to the right resource at the right moment.
Fall 2025 Career Champion Training Dates
- Tuesday, November 11 | 2:30-4:30PM
- Thursday, December 4 | 10AM-12PM
Special Topics Training Dates
- Wednesday, October 29 | 12-1PM (Virtual)
- Career Champions Training: Resources for Graduate Students will discuss specialized career resources available for graduate students, hosted by the CareerWell Professional Development Team from the Graduate School.
Career Champions training will enable you to:
- Gain practical insights into career exploration and professional development resources.
- Understand how to support students in finding internships and jobs, networking opportunities, and graduate school resources.
- Be recognized as a Career Champion: a trusted resource on campus with valuable knowledge to support students with career and professional development.
- Meet UNC Career Center staff and begin to build strong, collaborative relationships with the career education and employer engagement teams.
- Gain access to additional professional development opportunities through the Career Champions network.
NEW! UNIVERSITY RESEARCH WEEK NETWORKING MIXERS OCT. 21 & 24, 2025
UNC Career Center is hosting two special networking events to help celebrate University Research Week and the incredible people behind the research efforts at Carolina – and we invite all of our faculty & staff to join us! We know that educators and administrators at Carolina play a key role in shaping students’ curiosity and research skills, and we hope you’ll share your own career journey with both students and employers at these events:
University Research Week Networking Mixer
📅 DATE: October 21, 2025
⏰ TIME: 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
📍 LOCATION: Hanes Hall, Room 239 @UNC-Chapel Hill
This free networking event brings together students, faculty & staff, and professionals from a wide variety of industries who engage in research as part of their work. Faculty/Staff register here.
School of Education Career Mixer
📅 DATE: October 24, 2025
⏰ TIME: 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
📍 LOCATION: Hanes Hall, Room 239 @UNC-Chapel Hill
This free networking event brings together students exploring careers in education and related fields, faculty & staff, and professionals who have navigated their own ways in the education sector or transitioned to roles in other industries. Register on Handshake.
CUSTOM CAREER EDUCATION WORKSHOPS FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT
The UNC Career Center is delighted to continue providing comprehensive career education services to faculty, staff, and student organizations! Workshops can cover various topics such as LinkedIn, interviewing skills, salary negotiation, budgeting, life after Carolina, gap year planning, and navigating graduate and law school processes.
Your collaboration and support are so valuable to us as we strive to empower our students and staff on their career journeys. Please each out to Carleigh Twillmann at [email protected] if you have any questions about custom career education workshops.
With the large volume of custom workshop requests that we receive, we will do our best to accommodate everyone.
