Graduating is a big step —and what comes next can feel uncertain. The Real Talk for New Grads Summer Series offers open, discussion-based sessions for recent UCLA grads navigating life after college. These conversations are a space to connect with fellow Bruins, share your experiences, and gain insights from career professionals and peers alike. Whether you’re job hunting, considering grad school, or exploring new paths, you’re not alone. Join us for real talk, practical advice, and a supportive community.

Summer 2026 Sessions: TBD

As a recent UCLA undergraduate Alumni, you have 3 months of continued access to all UCLA Career Center services, which includes career advising appointments, accessing 15-minute drop-ins and attending our workshops and fairs. All services can be accessed through Handshake.

• Your 3 months full access will begin after your graduation date. If you graduate in August, your services will continue until November.
• After this 3-month period of full access, you will be granted an additional year of Handshake with limited services. See Handshake section for more information.

You are automatically granted 3 months of full access to Handshake, and then an additional year of limited access.

• 3-months of full access includes access to drop ins, counseling appointments, events, career fairs, and job and internship opportunities.
• 1-year limited access only includes access to certain events and job and internship opportunities. Handshake will automatically adjust your features during this period.
• Once the free 1-year subscription ends, you will have the opportunity to continue renewing your Handshake account for $30 every 6 months. This renewal will only be a limited access version.

Our Career Guides have been curated by our teams and are updated regularly with new and up-to-date information. These are a great place to start in your journey and give you tips and examples of resumes, cover letters, interviewing, negotiation and more! Not only can this help you with many of the documents and processes involved in career exploration and job searches but is completley FREE!

⠀⠀⠀Undergraduate Career Guide

⠀⠀⠀Graduate & Postdoctoral Career Toolkit

Access our Iris Booth Air! The self-serve, Iris photobooth provides studio-quality headshots, in under three minutes and is completely free to our alum. The Iris Booth is available for use on the 2nd floor of the Career Center and is open Monday – Thursday from 9am – 5pm on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Our counselors post internship and job opportunities weekly in a variety of different industries. Part-time and full-time opportunities in business, non-profits, entertainment, health and more! Download UCLA Slack and add our channel.

1. Join the UCLA Campus Community Slack using your UCLA email.
2. Select “Add Channels” from the drop down menu.
3. Select “Browse channels”  
4. Search “#internship-and-job-opportunities”
5. Join! You will have job opportunities right at your fingertips.