Student Guide - Career and Employment

Student Guide 2026/2027

Career and Employment

You don't need to wait until you graduate to boost your career. From the very start of your studies at UOC, you will have access to a full range of resources, services, and personalized guidance to build a career path aligned with your aspirations and values.

How can we help make you more employable?

The world of work is changing rapidly, and we want you to join it with confidence, self-belief and sound judgement. We provide you with the tools you need to make informed decisions, explore career opportunities and be prepared for the challenges of a dynamic and global market.

The Career and Employment Services offer you personalized support, digital tools and specialized guidance to manage your career in the short, medium and long term.

The Career Center, the UOC's main employability platform

The first step is to log in and register with the Career Center, which contains all the guidance and career resources available to you as a UOC student or graduate.

At the Career Center you can:

Access the job bank, where you can search for job offers of interest to you and create personalized alerts to find the opportunity that suits you best.
View the calendar of events specially designed to improve your career prospects and develop your skills and competencies. Attend dedicated talks and workshops to make your job search as effective as possible, advance your career or learn more about the labour market.
Request an appointment with the career guidance service, a space tailored to you where you can receive personalized advice to help you establish a work plan based on your education, professional experience and future aspirations.
Browse company profiles with corporate information to use for your job applications and to help you prepare for selection processes.
Find comprehensive information on employabilityresources, including job searches and research on the labour market, internships and mobility, as well as targeted resources on specific areas of knowledge, grants and entrepreneurship.
Access a database of professions, self-knowledge tests and other useful resources, and share professional experiences with others.

How to register

Step 1. Go to the Career Center from the link uoc.jobteaser.com/ca.

Step 2. Set up your profile and customize your job search filters and preferences.

Step 3. Discover all the information, resources and features that you've now got access to!

GPS Professional: we help you chart your career path

One of the key services is GPS Professional, a career guidance platform that is a pioneer in the field of education, enabling you to recognize your competencies and compare them with those required in the labour market.

This tool aims to guide you in your future career, and is based on self-knowledge to help you make informed decisions. It provides you with a personalized report based on your profile, which aims to help you achieve your professional goals.

GPS Professional is constantly evolving and improving, and new features are being added to support you as you optimize your professional profile.

Discover everything that GPS Professional can offer you to help you in your professional growth.

Other services

Online Employment Fair

Remember that the UOC's Online Employment Fair also takes place every year. Now in its sixth year, it's a unique opportunity for an average of 4,000 attendees to connect with more than 175 companies, posting a total of 500 job vacancies. It's a chance for UOC students and graduates to meet online and exchange experiences and knowledge with professionals, companies and institutions. As a member of the UOC community, you have exclusive access to the event, free of charge. You'll have access to exclusive job offers and internships, visit participating companies' stands, do selection interviews with leading companies in a variety of sectors, attend online talks on employment and labour market trends, and expand your network of contacts.

Projecta't Programme

The Projecta't programme is a personalized career guidance service, subsidized by the Catalan Consortium for Lifelong Learning, and is aimed at workers employed in Catalonia. At the UOC we advise you on how to change your employment situation, improve your professional prospects, enhance your talent, expand your knowledge of the job market and improve your skills and abilities.

Calendar of employability activities

Throughout the academic year, there will be events and activities on labour market trends and opportunities, as well as workshops and other sessions to help you achieve your professional goals.

The UNICAT Ambassadors Project

If you would like to work at the European Union's institutions, you can do it thanks toUNICAT Ambassadors, a project that builds bridges between European institutions and Catalan universities. It aims to raise awareness of the job opportunities and professional internships that European institutions offer universities through the UNICAT network.

Career guidance for people with special needs

We offer an individual and personalized careers guidance service for people with disabilities, to help them look for employment opportunities and to improve their career development. You can find more information on this subject in the section on Services for people with disabilities or specific educational support needs.

Other ways to enter the world of work

Remember that you can also connect to the professional world through external academic internships. And if you want to enhance your CV, have you considered volunteering? Discover what options for volunteering we can offer!

Consult all the information about the UOC's Career and Employment Services