To better serve our Graduate Alumni population, the Career Success Navigator provides a clear step by step process to help Alumni find job opportunities and further develop their career and professional growth.  The following process will provide you the tools to prepare, connect and succeed with locating employment opportunities related to your career goals. If you are a current graduate student, please download the iOS App or visit the web version here.  Please do not use this version as it was designed for Graduate Alumni Only.

• Download the CSN Preparation Checklist
• If you are a current PhD student or PhD Alumni or Post Doctoral student, you are automatically eligible to come to Drop-in and schedule an appointment on Viterbi Career Gateway.
• If you are a current graduate student on-campus or DEN, please download the iOS app or use the web version for all other phones and desktops
• Completing this process will provide you access to Viterbi Career Gateway to schedule an appointment.
• Alumni are able to request phone, virtual, or in-person appointments.

After the completion of the CSN Preparation Checklist, the majority of Graduate Alumni will have a quality resume created, most of their questions answered, and fully prepared to apply for internship and job opportunities. If you still have questions after completing the CSN Preparation Checklist, you can request access to scheduling online appointments.

Instructions:
Each student will need to complete all of the following sections and submit their checklist before obtaining access to appointments.

Complete the quiz here

All Alumni are REQUIRED to bring PRINTED copies of the following if they are meeting their career advisor in-person:

1. Resume &/or Cover Letter tailored to a specific job description & copy of the job posting (yes you need to bring a cover letter, even if the jobs you are applying to are not asking for them)
2. Resume and Cover Letter Checklist with all boxes completed
3. A screenshot or any other visual to show your VMock score is above 80% with your name in it
   

We cannot print any of these documents in the Career Connections Office

Do you still have specific questions?

• Complete all instructions above, and submit your documents to vcareers@usc.edu . Once our office reviews your documents, we will then update your account to schedule appointments on Viterbi Career Gateway.
• Obtain writing and grammatical assistance from the Writing Center to review your Resume and Cover Letter in Taper Hall 216 https://dornsife.usc.edu/writingcenter/