CRC provides both individual and group advising, along with a host of online resources for building out robust and industry-current application documents.

The CRC team offers co-curricular as well as classroom speakers and special events over any career-readiness topic. The center hosts two major event series annually: National Career Development Month in November and Career Readiness Month in April.

The center offers both individual and group advising for all-occasion interviewing skills. CRC hosts three versions of the Big Interview (including medical and alumni) training and provides self-paced video interview practice and learning resources. Additional interview resources include no-cos t/low-c os t professional attire, etiquette dinner, and HSC-branded student business and “thank you” cards.

For those seeking part-time or full-time employment or internships, CRC uses Handshake — the primary campus online job board — selectively filtered for HSC academic programs and disciplines through HSC Connect, which also serves as the premier HSC networking and event clearinghouse.

CRC hosts annual job fairs and employer networking events, and acts as the primary host of the Internship and Residency Fair offer ed each April to our medical students. In addition, the CRC helps facilitate job fairs for our physical therapy and physician assistant students, as well as on-campus interview days f or pharmacy students. In 2021, the department began a “UNT World Career Fair ,” a virtual job fair offer ed in partnership with UNT-Denton and UNT-Dallas through the Handshake platform.

CRC serves as the campus administrator of the MSPE (Dean’s Letter) — the capstone evaluation document medical students nationwide are required to include in their residency application.

This collaboration with Alumni Relations identifies and assembles key HSC alumni from various colleges and schools to meet with current students. CRC hosts a fall alumni panel series, along with a spring industry leader panel as part of Career Readiness Month in April.

The center ’s collaboration with Alumni Relations is a co-hosted event during which alumni are invited to participate alongside students from all colleges/schools to receive dining etiquette training followed by a professional networking activity.

The center ’s microcredentialing collaboration with the Division of Academic Innovation and across the HSC community was developed for HSC students as well as external learners. CRC developed a total of six microcredentials supporting each of the identified career readiness skills: communication, interprofessional teamwork, leadership, problem-solving, resiliency and inter cultural fluency. A general career readiness microcredential is in development for external learners as part of HSC Learning Plus.

All HSC students in every academic program are eligible for coaching. Volunteer coaches address topics ranging from communication skills to career development, professionalism and wellness.

This event celebrates the many contributions of HSC veteran community members, raises awareness of military service and sacrifice and provides opportunity for the veteran and non-veteran communities to connect.