Pomerantz Career Center | The University of Iowa

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Let's prepare for your future.

Our team of Career Coaches and Peer Advisors are eager to assist as you explore and prepare for exciting career opportunities ahead, whether it's student employment, internships, post-grad jobs, or grad school. It's never too early to get started!

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The University of Iowa Pomerantz Career Center is a world-class facility with a national reputation for excellence.

The Center directly serves more than 20,000 undergraduate students from the Henry B. Tippie College of Business, College of Engineering, College of Education, College of Nursing, College of Public Health, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

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95 %

job/graduate school placement rate

99 %

Students reported their primary needs were met during coaching or peer advising

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$ 50,000

median starting salary for UI graduates

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Where do I start?

Get started with the Make It Happen Checklist - a comprehensive list of how to explore, prepare, experience, and achieve for your future career.

Where do I start?

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Exploring Majors and Careers

Career assessments are designed to help you understand how your personal attributes impact potential success and satisfaction with different career options and work environments.

Exploring Majors and Careers

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Search with Confidence

After graduation, you enter the "real world". Whether that means your dream job, an internship, or grad school, we'll help you get there.

Search with Confidence

Hawkeye Engage

If you're looking to get involved on campus, Hawkeye Engage is a great place to start! The all-new site has resources about the best ways to get engaged, gain experience, do research, go abroad and give back.

Hawkeye Engage

Events

Actuarial Science, Insurance and Risk Management Career Fair

Wednesday, September 28, 2022 1:00pm to 4:00pm

Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

Wednesday, Sept. 28, 1-4 p.m.; Check-in at Second Floor Ballroom Lobby in Iowa Memorial Union. Employers are seeking to fill underwriting and actuary internship and full time roles. Bring your Student ID, copies of your résumé and Dress for Success! *If you are in need of free professional attire, please visit the Clothing Closet at Iowa, 213 Iowa Memorial Union

Virtual All Majors Career Fair

Wednesday, October 12, 2022 12:00pm to 4:00pm

Virtual

Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022 : Noon-4 p.m. - VIRTUAL FAIR This fair will focus on recruiting students pursuing any and all majors! All students are invited to attend! There will be a variety of industries of employers represented. Visit: https://careers.uiowa.edu/virtual-career-fair for more details.

Science, Health & Sustainability Career Fair

Thursday, October 13, 2022 4:00pm to 6:00pm

Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

Thursday, October 13, 2022 Students will Explore + Connect with: Life science, health science & sustainability companies Internship/full-time positions Graduate and service programs Research and volunteer opportunities Check-in at Second Floor Ballroom Lobby in Iowa Memorial Union. Bring your Student ID, copies of your résumé and Dress for Success! *If you are in need of free professional attire, please visit the Clothing Closet at Iowa, 213 Iowa Memorial Union. Parking will be busy...

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Explore Majors & Careers

Our Career Assessments are free for students to help get you on the right path.

Take It to Go!

Our Career Guide will help you find your path and prepare you for your career.

Employer Showcase

These employers go the extra mile to recruit Hawkeyes to their companies.

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Opportunity Awaits.

Handshake is UI's #1 Career recruiting tool. Employers and Job Seekers benefit from this free platform in several ways.

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Give to Hawkeyes

Funds donated through the University of Iowa Center for Advancement help students with expenses related to internships or other career related experiences.

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Hawkeye Spotlight

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Overcoming life struggles to become ‘triple threat’

Thomas Pak, who will receive joint doctorate and medical degrees through the UI Medical Scientist Training Program, aims to combine his interests in medicine, research, and advocacy to advance the welfare for all patients, regardless of ethnicity, socioeconomic status, or health.

Iowa, Yemen, and an Oscar nod

Scheuerman, a 1988 University of Iowa graduate, retired from his longtime career in information technology in 2018 and co-produced Hunger Ward, a documentary about the humanitarian disaster and famine caused by the brutal six-year civil war in Yemen. The film is one of five nominated for Best Documentary Short Subject at this year’s Academy Awards ceremony

Intern for the Denver Broncos and Hawkeye, Cole Cooper neils with a camera on an NFL football field

Hawkeye’s NFL gig is about more than a game

As the social content intern for the Denver Broncos, 2020 University of Iowa graduate Cole Cooper is combining his creative skills with his marketing education to help build the professional football team’s brand.