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UCLA Career Center

Alumni Services Overview
As a University of California graduate, you may access selected UCLA Career Center services & resources by purchasing:

Register today for the specific fee-based services that meet your career decision making and job search needs.

*Please note: These services are restricted to UCLA degree holders.


BruinView™ for Alumni is a six month subscription for access to BruinView™ online job listings. This is an Alumni Association service (or benefit) exclusively for UCLA alumni and graduates of other UC campuses. Note: Membership in the UCLA Alumni Association is required.

$30 for UCLA Degree Holder with Alumni Association Membership
$75 for non-UCLA UC Degree Holders with Alumni Association Membership

  • Exclusive BruinView™ Listings, available 24 hours a day on the web, with hundreds of current full time, part time, and seasonal openings in Southern California and nationwide.
  • Career Center Lab access during regular business hours (M-F, 9am-5pm).
  • A multimedia collection of 3,000 books, directories, videos, periodicals, annual reports, and other materials is available for your use in the Career Center Lab.
  • Admission to exclusive Career Center career fairs. ID checked at the door.

Get more information and start now.


Bruin AlumLink™
Career Counseling Services (at your convenience)
Only $475 for Eligible UC Degree Holders

The UCLA Career Center now provides UC alumni with the convenience and dynamics of online confidential career counseling. You can literally use this unique and exclusive service, Bruin AlumLink™, from anywhere in the world! Even the application process is completed on the web -- you verify your alumni status, register your profile, and pay with your credit card -- all through our secure web site. What’s best is that you do all that and more – never having to leave your home or office – no traffic; no parking; no hassles.

Here are some of the services and benefits for Bruin AlumLink™ subscribers:

  • Online assessments to help you to define your skills, objectives and interests.
  • Personalized, objective, and confidential sessions with a certified counselor.
  • 120 minutes of telephone counseling, scheduled at your convenience.
  • Interactive email access to your assigned counselor for one full year.
  • A written summary of your counseling sessions and personalized career plan.
  • Web-based tools to assist you with your career and job search, including Resume Writing, Interview Techniques, and Job Search Strategies.
  • A full year access to UCLA’s exclusive web-based BruinView™ Job Listings.

Bruin AlumLink™ exceeds traditional individualized career counseling by offering you the convenience of remote access, powerful online tools, and a systematic plan to help you reach your career goals in a strategic, logical way. The fee for Bruin AlumLink™ is only $475 – nearly 50% less than the cost of these powerful tools and services through the commercial market.

Get the full list of benefits and register now.


Online Resume Critique
Only $60 for UC Degree Holders

During these challenging and competitive times, you only have one chance to make a first impression! To be confident that your resume represents you effectively, have it professionally scrutinized before you send it to prospective employers.

The UCLA Career Center offers an exclusive and expert resume analysis for a reasonable fee (less than half the cost as in the commercial marketplace). Your resume will be thoroughly examined by a professional career counselor. In five business days, you'll receive a personal email with constructive feedback and advice specifically geared to enhancing your resume for your job targets!

Get more details and start today.


*Credentials File Service
$75 per year for UCLA Degree Holders

A credentials file is a collection of letters of recommendation, non-specifically addressed, written in support of a particular person's application for employment in the field of higher education, psychology, research, and librarianship. For an annual fee of $75, you may open a credentials file at the UCLA Career Center.

Get more details and create your credentials file.

*Please note: These services are restricted to UCLA degree holders.


*Letters of Reference Services (For FAQs, click here.)
$75 Activation Fee + *Letter Fee

These are services that allow UCLA undergraduates, graduates, and alumni (who pay an annual activation fee) to store their letters of reference for graduate and professional school programs with our department. Since these letters are solely for the purpose of supporting the application to graduate and professional school programs, we will only send letters to admissions offices at universities and colleges. We will not send letters to support applications to scholarships, fellowships, or internships. Since the purpose of these services is to send

*Letter Fees
For standard mail, the letter fee is $8 each for the first two schools, $4 for each subsequent school per request, regardless of the number of letters requested.

For Priority Mail, the letter fee is $20 for each school, regardless of the number of letters requested.

CRITICAL NOTE: if you are applying for employment in the field of higher education, psychology, or research, THE CREDENTIALS FILE SERVICES.

NEW & CURRENT USERS: PLEASE LOG IN HERE.

Login Instructions and Help: To use this service you must be a currently registered UCLA student or an eligible alumnus/alumna. UCLA Extension or Summer Session-only students are not eligible. If you have problems accessing this system, please try the following steps:

  1. Close your browser, restart your computer, and try again.
  2. Make sure you are using a recent browser version. The latest browser versions are available from Bruin OnLine (BOL), Netscape, or Microsoft. For help with BOL software (including Netscape and Internet Explorer), consult the BOL Help Desk.
  3. If you receive an error message stating “my certificate has expired” please reset the date and time on your computer and this will fix the problem.
If you still have questions, contact pps@career.ucla.edu or 310.206.1915.

*Please note: These services are restricted to UCLA degree holders.


Alumni Career Forum
Fee: $40

Did you graduate from UCLA in the past five years? Are you considering reworking your career and need a professional vantage point? Then you've come to the right place. The Alumni Career Forum is a unique opportunity for UCLA grads just like you! Join us as we focus on career strategies in this important four-hour session. Our professional career counselors will share effective secrets and help you strengthen your skills as you move into the future.

Check our schedule for future events.

 
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