Professional Resources
Bruin Leaders Project
The Bruin Leaders Project (BLP) is a seminar based leadership development program designed to provide effective leadership training with emphasis on personal growth and community involvement. Open to all UCLA students, BLP offers interactive seminars and activities focused on developing the qualities of being a successful leader and enacting positive social change. Earn a leadership certificate, boost your resume and receive academic credit while becoming a better leader!
Career Center
The Career Centeris an incredible resource for transfers! They offer career development services for students including career counseling, events and workshops, jobs and internship search, and graduate and professional school preparation services.
Make sure to take advantage of their one-on-one career counseling appointments, Bruinview the online job search and networking tool available to you as a student for free, and the thorough career guide that the UCLA Career Center prints each year.
Center for Community Learning
In collaboration with campus academic departments, the Center for Community Learning offers UCLA undergraduates the opportunity to participate in civic engagement through a variety of structured, rigorous academic courses that link theory with practice. The research interests of faculty and students are connected to the needs and priorities of community partners throughout Los Angeles and in the state, nation and larger global community.
Employment on Campus
Associated Students at UCLA (ASUCLA) → ASUCLA employers over 1500 students every year! They usually host one big Job Fair each Fall quarter. To see a listing of opportunities here.
Other departments that have a ton of part-time employment options include the UCLA Library System, Residential Life, UCLA Recreation, Transportation Services, and Community Programs Office. Be sure to follow them on social media or look at their websites to see the latest updates in hiring.
You can also look at work study opportunities in myucla under the Finances and Jobs tab at the top.
Professional Development Program
The Professional Development Program (PDP) is a one-year leadership development program that provides participants in PSS 2-6 classifications with opportunities to enhance professional and management skills, build professional networks, and learn about the structure and culture of the University. Program components include a 2½ day off-site Retreat, Monthly Seminars, Buddy Program, Brown Bag Sessions, Structured Mentorships, Team Projects, 360-Degree Assessment and Career Coaching.
UCLA One
Short for Opportunity, Network and Experience – is your ONE-stop-shop for your professional needs and to connect with UCLA. Created to engage UCLA alumni and students, UCLA ONE serves as a resource for opportunities, events and professional development for Bruins worldwide.
Take the Opportunity to advance your career and acquire new resources. Join this Network of professionals, young alumni and students seeking advice and mentorship. Sign in to Experience personalized career advice and to learn about upcoming UCLA events and activities happening around the world.
StartUp UCLA
Startup UCLA was established in 2012 and seeks to develop a culture of startup thinking on campus, to connect students with alumni who are successful in the startup world, to give students opportunities to learn the basics of startup thinking, and to provide a community in which students can develop and launch their early-stage ideas.
Applications are available online!
Student Organizations, Leadership, and Engagement (SOLE)
SOLE advises about 1000 campus organizations. Services include registration of new and continuing organizations, programming assistance, organization development, fundraising approval and guidelines, funding proposal consultation, and advisement on rules and regulations. The Main Office also approves time, place, and manner for the campus activities of registered organizations.
With so many groups on campus, there is a good chance there is one with your interest and liking. Search all the groups and organizations on campus.
The Undergraduate Research Centers (URC)
The URC assists students in research. The centers support scholarly, critical, and creative research, provides mentoring and tutorials, and administers research stipends and scholarships.
The Center for Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences helps students improve their research skills, define academic interests and become a part of the university research community.
The Center for Undergraduate Research in Sciences works to serve students and faculty in the life and physical sciences, engineering and mathematics. The center focuses on increasing the retention of science majors in all disciplines, as well as preparing students for academic and research careers.
UCLA Volunteer Center
The Volunteer Center promotes civic engagement to UCLA students through the integration of teaching, research and service alongside community partners.
Programs offered through the UCLA Volunteer Center include UCLA Volunteer Day (an incredible opportunity every fall quarter to participate in a service event in the Los Angeles community with thousands of other Bruins), One Bus, One Cause events (join a bus full of UCLA students and volunteer for the day in areas that have need), Operation Gratitude (a yearlong letter writing project in which volunteers write hand-written letters to US military service members around the world), and so much more!
Undergraduate Students Association (USAC)
USAC is a student governing body made up of fourteen student officers and commissioners that are elected by members of the Undergraduate Students Association.
Elections are held every year in the spring. There are many leadership, job, and internship opportunities through USAC that transfers should certainly get involved in if they are interested in the politics and policy of student government.
The transfer community has its very own Transfer Representative in USAC!
Work Study
Work study is a federal program. It enables students to earn money for college costs via part-time employment. Almost any on-campus job can be considered for Work Study; however the employer must submit the job to the Work Study website for review and approval. You can go directly to on campus departments and ask if there are any available work study jobs. You can also go to the UCLA Work Study Job bulletin posted on MyUCLA, which has a current listing of approved work Study jobs. This website is updated daily and provides you with contact information for each job posting to either email or call the employer. Although you are not guaranteed a job we encourage you to look early and often in order to be more likely to obtain one. Learn more about these resources.
Find jobs through MyUCLA.