Career Connections is a dynamic, interactive online job search tool exclusively for USF students and alumni that allows you to view job listings, sign up for on-campus interviews and participate in the Co-op program.  Hundreds of local and national employers looking specifically for USF students and graduates use Career Connections to fill their job openings through the Career Center.  It can make your job search easier and more effective!

Features

• Upload and store your resume online
• Submit your resume to employers advertising positions in Career Connections
• Apply for, schedule and track your on-campus interviews
• RSVP for employer information sessions

Eligibility

Only current students and USF alumni are eligible to activate an account in Career Connections.

There is a one-time $10 fee for students wishing to open a Career Connections account. Your Career Connections account will stay active as long as you are a current student, and it will remain active up to three months after your graduation from USF. After three months there is an Alumni Career Services fee for continued use of Career Center services.

How to establish a Career Connections account:

1. Make payment by cash, check or credit card (detailed payment information located at bottom of page).

2. By 5PM the next business day (Mon-Fri only)** you will be able to log in, enter your profile information and download your resume:

• Click on the Career Connections icon at the top right of our homepage.
• Click on Students/Alumni.
• View tutorial for first-time users - the next screen contains a link to a tutorial on setting up your account (MS Power Point required). Close tutorial to proceed to the next step.
• Enter USER ID - your complete email address (the same one you indicated when paying online, or that you put on your resume release form if paying by check/cash).
• Enter PASSWORD - the last four digits of your USF I.D. number.
• Enter your profile information and upload a resume into Career Connections within eight days of payment to avoid having to re-activate your account.

3. By 5PM the next business day (Mon-Fri only)** you may begin using your account to view job listings, sign up for on-campus interviews and submit your resume to employers.

Note: If there is anything wrong with your account information we will contact you by email.

**Accounts created between 5PM Friday and 8AM Monday are received in the Career Center on Monday (with the exception of academic holidays) and processed by 5PM the following day.

For technical assistance call 813-974-9714. Printable Career Connections instructions.

E-mail notices: To receive notifications from the Career Center, we must have an active, valid e-mail account for you on file.  It does not have to be your USF email account, but the account you check most often.

Instructions for uploading your resume and entering profile information into Career Connections

• Click here for a step-by-step tutorial for entering profile information and uploading your resume.
• Click here for printable instructions for entering profile information and uploading your resume.

Payment options
Prepayment is required to activate a Career Connections account. Payment may be made by credit card (online only), cash or check.

Paying by credit card

Paying by cash or check

1. Come to the Career Center, SVC 2088, to obtain a cash/check payment form.
2. Take the cash/check payment form to the USF cashier's office (ADM 131, 9am – 5pm) with payment.
3. Provide the Career Center with verification of payment by returning the cash/check payment form to us with paid receipt (your receipt will be returned to you).
4. Complete, sign and submit a Resume Release Form to the Career Center, which we will provide to you.

Career Connections Policy

The Career Connections account you establish is exclusively for you. Sharing your account and/or allowing someone else to upload a resume into your account is a violation of University policy and will result in immediate deactivation of your account and may be referred dto the Dean of Students, Office of Students Rights and Responsibilities. For complete policy...

For assistance: If you need assistance using Career Connections, please call 813-974-9714.

Office Hours: M-F: 8am-5pm
Fax. (813) 974-5332