Communication Career Services (CCS) is available to all students and alumni of the UT College of Communication. However, only students and alumni registered with CCS are eligible to take advantage of CCS resources and services. As CCS is funded through required student fees, alumni wishing to use the CCS services must also pay a renewable registration fee. The fee for Alumni is $30.00.
To utilize CCS as a student of the College of Communication, you must register with CCS. You will be directed to fill out your CareerSource user profile. After you have completed all required fields and submitted the profile, your registration with CCS will be complete.
Alumni must either pay the applicable fees online through TXShop or in person in the Career Services Office, CMA 3.102. Once payment has been received, you will be emailed instructions to login to CareerSource and complete your user profile.
To schedule an appointment for one-on-one career advisement, you can call or come by the CCS office. You must be registered with CCS to schedule a career advising appointment. Career advisors are available to assist you with your choice of major, career options, internships, and with the job/internship search process. Drop-in career advisement is also available during the fall and spring semesters. Contact CCS for the drop-in advising schedule.
Career advisors are available by appointment to CCS registrants for one-on-one resume and cover letter critiques and advisement. Registrants must have a hard copy of the documents ready for review.
Each year CCS posts over 2000 job and internship opportunities! Postings arrive in the CCS office via fax, telephone, postal mail, our web site, CareerSource, and e-mail. Postings received electronically are compiled and sent on a weekly basis via e-mail to students and alumni registered with CCS. Communication students and alumni can also utilize CareerSource and AccessUT to search for job and internship opportunities. Lastly, CCS subscribes to communication trade publications including AdWeek, Editor & Publisher, Broadcasting & Cable, The Entertainment Employment Journal, and Variety, which feature industry specific internship and job opportunities.
Each year, the College of Communication hosts up to 60 employers who interview students for a wide range of entry-level positions and internships. Review the Interviewing Schedules and Events sections of CareerSource for a list of upcoming interviewing opportunities, information sessions, resume submission deadlines, and interview dates.
The Communication Job & Internship Fairs are held each year during the spring and fall semesters. Approximately 75 employers attend this event to meet, recruit and interview communication students and alumni for job and internship opportunities. This Job & Internship Fair also offers the opportunity to network with representatives from various employers. The University Graduate and Professional School Fair is held each year during the fall semester. Coordinated by the Career Exploration Center, this fair attracts graduate and professional school recruiters from across the country. Review the CCS Calendar online or in CareerSource for information on the upcoming Communication Job & Internship Fairs and other career and graduate school fairs on the UT campus and in the community.
CCS offers a variety of different programs and financial grants to help students explore and develop their career goals. Career Development Grants are offered each fall and spring semester to communication students active in communication student organizations for career development activities. Each spring semester, communication students who wish to pursue summer internships in the music industry in Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York City, Miami or Nashville can apply for financial assistance through the Wofford Denius Music Industry Internship Program. Other programs sponsored, coordinated or facilitated by CCS include the UT in DC: Semester in Washington, DC program and The Los Angeles Texas Exes’ annual Hollywood Seminar, the New York Texas Exes’ NYC Seminar, the DC Texas Exes’ Welcome to the Beltway: Washington DC Seminar, and the College’s Semester in Los Angeles Program.
Information packets are available to assist students with general job search guidance. Handouts include information on resume writing, job search correspondence, interviewing, guidelines for applying to graduate school, informational interviewing, job offer evaluation & salary negotiation, working/interning internationally, and career opportunities in advertising, communication sciences & disorders, communication studies, consulting, journalism, public relations, radio-television-film, and public service & government.
The CCS office houses a library collection that contains hundreds of career development resources, including reference books, handouts, and communication industry periodicals and newsletters. CCS Career Library materials are available to CCS registrants during CCS office hours. CCS also offers an on-line library/research resource: Plunkett Research can both be accessed via the Student Home Page on the CareerSource site.
The annual Next Steps Alumni Employment Survey collects employment information on College of Communication graduates six months after graduation. The Next Steps Reports provide general employment information on the College and specific employment information for graduates in each of the College's six majors. Next Steps Reports are available in the CCS office. A Next Steps summary report can be downloaded from the CCS web site.
Matt Berndt, Director mattberndt@austin.utexas.edu
Debbie Kubena, Assistant Director, Pre-Law Advisor dkubena@austin.utexas.edu
Monica Choi, Internship Coordinator monica.choi@austin.utexas.edu
Rebecca Couret, Recruiting Services Coordinator ccsrecruit@austin.utexas.edu
Christina Worle, Administrative Services Coordinator ccsmain@austin.utexas.edu
For more information please call Communication Career Services at 512-471-9421
or email us at ccsmain@austin.utexas.edu.