To effectively operate, Career Services has implemented the following policies and procedures as it relates to individual coaching appointments, on-campus interviews and alumni services. If you are ever unclear about these policies, do not hesitate to reach out to our office for further clarification.
Current Students
Coaching Appointment Cancellations
Students are asked to make every effort to cancel their coaching appointment with as much notice as possible. With over 12,000 undergraduate students in the College of Natural Sciences, Career Services aims to serve every student and appointments cancelled late prevent other students from utilizing our resources. As such, students are only allowed to make three (3) late cancellations (defined as within 24 hours of the appointment) without penalty. Students that exceed that number of late cancellations will be temporarily barred from making future appointments until they have met with a Career Coach to discuss the pattern of behavior. It is at the discretion of Career Services whether or not to allow students to continue to make appointments and students with excessive late cancellations could be permanently prohibited from individual coaching appointments.
Coaching Appointment No-Shows
On-campus Interview Cancellations or No-Shows
Alumni
Career Services are available to all students and alumni of the UT College of Natural Sciences. However, as Natural Sciences Career Coaching is funded through student fees, current students and recent graduates are our primary clients. Please read the chart below to see which services are available to you.
Service |
For Recent Alumni (up to 1 year post-graduation) |
For Lifelong Alumni | Fee? | Access |
Career Coaching | Yes | No | No | Make an appointment in Handshake |
Programs (Workshops, Info sessions, etc.) | Yes | Yes | No | Find workshops and events in Handshake |
Online Resources | Yes | Yes | No | Access to all website resources except those that require current enrollment at UT |
Job Board Access | Yes | Yes | No | Handshake |
Career Fair Access | Yes | Yes | No | Career Fair Details |
On-Campus Interviewing Access | Yes | Yes | No | Handshake |
Networking and Social Media Platforms | Yes | Yes | No | Instagram: @cnscareers Twitter: @cnscareers |
If you are unable to sign in to Handshake, please email hireutexas@austin.utexas.edu for assistance.
For information on meeting with a career coach more than 1 year post-graduation, please visit the Texas Exes Career Services.
Parents
Parents are a critical part of a student’s academic, professional and of course, personal support system. Career Services encourages parents to actively support their students throughout the many stages of their professional development. However, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) restricts our office from releasing any information from a student's education record to parents without written permission from the student. Further, it is the policy of this office not to allow parents into individual coaching appointments, even if the student agrees.