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The UVM McNair Scholars Program

Explore Careers

Explore Careers

How to Begin?

  1. Navigate the UVM Career Services website
  2. Visit Career Services in Living / Learning E Building during Drop-In hours Monday - Thursday from 1:00 to 4:00 PM
  3. Call them at (802) 656-3450 to schedule an appointment

Additional sources of career information can be found at:

  • Academic Careers - Faculty, research, post doc, adjunct, administrative, and senior management positions at colleges, universities, and research institutes worldwide
  • CareerBuilder.com - Visit the largest job search site on the web, featuring 1.3 million listings including internships.
  • Discover Engineering - Explore different engineering career fields
  • Job Hunter's Bible - Broad site for information.  Click on "Research" for information on what jobs majors can lead to, the projected future of particular careers, descriptions of careers and more. Click on "How Do You Find Out What They Pay?" to research salaries for different occupations
  • JobWeb - From the student menu, click on "Career & Job Search Information" to access a wide range of articles about majors, occupations and organizations
  • Occupational Outlook Handbook - Profiles for multiple occupations. Includes information related to the focus of the work, qualifications, salary, working conditions, necessary training, related careers, and links to other sites for further information
  • Salary.com - Create salary reports for careers of interest and read descriptions of different occupations
  • WetFeet.com - Career and industry profiles as well as profiles of real people in a variety of careers.  Click on "Salary and Perks" for salary ranges for occupations by geographic location

TRiO / McNair
The McNair Scholars Program is a federal Trio program funded through a grant from the US Department of Education.

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