Schedule an Appointment
Eligible students may schedule career coaching appointments with University Career Services (UCS) using Handshake. Career coaching is conducted in Hanes Hall or virtually, Monday-Friday. For assistance with class and major selection, visit UNC Advising College of Arts & Sciences. Additionally, if you plan to pursue a health-care related career such as dentist or physical therapist, and seek guidance on course pre-requisites and activities, visit the Health Professions Advising website for resources and to schedule an appointment.
How to Schedule an Appointment
UCS offers 30 and 45-minute coaching appointments both in-person and virtually. Our coaching appointments include, career exploration, LinkedIn profiles, pre-graduate and pre-law school exploration and planning, mock interviews, major exploration, resume, curriculum vitae (CV) and cover letter critiques, and personal statement reviews. Follow these steps to schedule your appointment.
- Click Schedule Appointment (below) and log-in with your ONYEN
- Click on Career Center in the top right corner
- Select appointments
- Schedule a new appointment
- Select either Virtual/Distance Appointments or In-Person Appointments with University Career Services (choose a category)
- Select 30- or 45-minute Virtual with Handshake or In Hanes Hall (choose an appointment type)
- Pick any available day and time and complete the pre-appointment survey
- Complete the Appointment Request Details (only select Hanes Hall, 2nd floor if you have an in-person appointment. Otherwise leave the location blank)
- Do not select drop-in
- For the appointment medium, select In-Person Drop Ins for in-person appointments only or Virtual on Handshake for virtual appointments only
- Complete the Help Requested field and pre-coaching appointment survey
- You will receive an email from Handshake confirming your appointment, as well as communication from your career coach. Please follow-up with them as directed to ensure you have a productive coaching session.
resume & Cover Letter Drop Box
Don't have time for a resume or cover letter appointment but would like it critiqued? Upload your resume in Handshake for feedback. This is not an appointment but rather a document review. Only resumes and cover letters will be reviewed. All other documents will require a 30 or 45-minute career coaching appointment with UCS. Resume and cover letter appointments are available following the steps above. We will review and return your resume within 5-7 business days. Follow these steps to leave your resume in the drop box.
- Click Schedule Appointment (below) and log-in with your ONYEN
- Click on Career Center in the top right corner
- Select appointments
- Schedule a new appointment
- Select Document Review w/University Career Services (choose a category)
- Resume & Cover Letter Drop Box with University Career Services (choose an appointment type)
- Pick any available day and time
- Complete the Appointment Request Details (there is no office location and do not select drop-in)
- Select Document Review as the Appointment Medium
- Complete the Help Requested. Use this space to tell us why you need your documents reviewed
- Upload the resume/cover letter you want reviewed to your Handshake profile and ensure you make them visible
- A member of our team will follow-up with you via email or your Handshake account when your documents have been reviewed
No-Show Policy
Lack of awareness of this policy will not be an excuse for violating it and being held accountable to the consequences.
University Career Services (UCS) understands that the unexpected happens and honors when those instances occur. However, it is your responsibility to schedule an appointment on the day and time that fits your schedule. In the instance of the unexpected, it is also your responsibility to log into Handshake and cancel your appointment. When a student fails to cancel an appointment, it does two things: 1) Reduces the number of students seen by UCS Career Coaches and negatively impacts the full utilization of planned career appointments, and 2) Prevents other students from scheduling an appointment at that time.
Failure to cancel your appointment is considered a “No-Show” and will be noted in our records.
- If you have one “No-Show” appointment for failure to cancel, then you will be notified by a UCS staff member to provide you with this policy as a reminder.
- If you have two “No-Show” appointments in any semester for failure to cancel, then your access to Handshake will be suspended for no less than two (2) months and until you speak with the Associate Director for Career Education by contacting ucs@unc.edu. Suspension from Handshake means that you will not be allowed to use the platform in any capacity, not limited to scheduling appointments, researching and applying for jobs/internships, and participating in career events like on-campus interviews, career fairs and information sessions with employers.
- If you have more than two “No-Show” appointments in any semester, then your access to Handshake will be suspended for no less than three (3) months and until you speak with the Associate Director for Career Education by contacting ucs@unc.edu. Suspension from Handshake means that you will not be allowed to use the platform in any capacity, not limited to scheduling appointments, researching and applying for jobs/internships, and participating in career events like on-campus interviews, career fairs and information sessions with employers.
This policy is in place to ensure students uphold their commitments to being professional and respectful of our teams’ time, and to facilitate opportunities for fellow Tar Heels to access career education support as well.
Note: To receive UCS services, students must be receiving a degree from UNC-Chapel Hill and must not be in the MBA, MAC, MPH@UNC, Law, Medical or Dental programs, which are served by separate career offices available in their programs. UCS serves underclassmen, seniors, graduate students and alumni (up to 6 months post-graduation).
Did You Know?
The following academic departments/programs offer major-specific career services for their students.