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Find information and support to explore and advance your career in Advertising, Marketing, and Public Relations.

The USC Career Center supports all career pursuits. If you are curious about how organizations interact with new and existing customers, learn more about advertising, marketing, and public relations. This site will keep you current on industry and job search trends, alert you of upcoming relevant on-campus and virtual events, and notify you of open internship and full-time roles.

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Tap into the USC Trojan Family to get career advice. Alumni may offer valuable insight on how to transition from USC to the workplace. Many alumni are excited to give back to current students.

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Online Resources

The USC Career Center offers multiple resources to help individuals explore their career opportunities. We have curated several of our favorite resources to help discover career paths, learn about internship positions, and find full-time jobs.

 

Related Internships

Another great way to learn about careers is to secure an internship in a role or field you might be considering. An internship is a short-term opportunity to get training and hands-on experience in a real work environment in the industry of your interest. View available internships here, or learn more about internships »

Featured Classes

Learning Microsoft Fabric: A Data Analytics and Engineering Preview

Taught by Gini von Courter
When Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced Fabric at the spring 2023 Build conference, he called it the most significant announcement…

Managing Anxiety During Negotiations

Taught by Morra Aarons-Mele
Have you ever had to go into conversation where you needed to advocate for yourself and really feel like you…

Hootsuite Platform Certification: 1 Hootsuite Fundamentals

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Are you having a hard time keeping track of all your social media, but not sure how to integrate your…

Building a Data-Driven Culture

Taught by Jonathan Reichental
Data has the potential to be the most valuable asset available in every organization today, but its value can only…

Customer Service: How to Deliver Support Across Languages

Taught by Myra Golden
Build your confidence in delivering support to global customers. In this course, customer service expert Myra Golden outlines how to…

Build a JavaScript AI App with React and the OpenAI API

Taught by Morten Rand-Hendriksen
In this course, learn how to integrate the OpenAI API into a JavaScript-based web app. Join instructor Morten Rand-Hendriksen as…

The Data Analytics of Diversity, Inclusion, and Well-being

Taught by Serena Huang
Over the last few years across a wide variety of industries, organizations have started to pay closer attention to diversity…

Conducting Remote Research Sessions

Taught by Cory Lebson
Remote research can be done easily and inexpensively, without any fancy or pricey research tools! In this course, learn how…

Learning LinkedIn Recruiter

Taught by Garrick Chow
Find the candidates you need with LinkedIn Recruiter, the industry-leading recruiting tool. LinkedIn Recruiter is used by hiring managers, HR…

Azure AI Studio First Look

Taught by Walt Ritscher
Are you an IT professional, IT leader, or business leader trying to evaluate if Azure AI studio is right for…

PowerPoint: Designing Better Slides

Taught by Heather Ackmann
If you’ve ever seen a PowerPoint presentation, you’ve probably seen a bad PowerPoint presentation. The phrase “death by PowerPoint” exists…

Communicating Face-to-Face Module

The Importance of Effective Communication Skills  Each year we survey employers about what they seek in candidates for internship and…

Your Customer Module

Everyone Keeps Talking about Customer Service. Employers understand customer service can make or break their business. You will explore how…

Written Communication Module

It’s Public Record Now Writing is almost as critical as verbal communication: emails, documents, procedures, and marketing require you to…

The Importance of Mentors Module

The Importance of Mentors Module Step 1 – Learn What is Mentoring? What is mentoring? Mentoring is a powerful personal…

Teamwork Module

There is No “I” in the word Team Employers rank teamwork as one of the essential elements of a successful…

Taking the Initiative Module

 Take Initiative  Initiative is the single attribute that always sets you apart from others. Honing this skill can benefit…

Social Media and You Module

Steps in the module: Learn: Read the following document. Complete the reflection activity. Step 1 – Learn What Your Social…

Phone Etiquette Module

The Ubiquitous Phone The phone call is still the pillar of business communication despite the many communication options today. Learn…

Etiquette at Work Module

Like following driving rules, you need to learn the signposts and techniques for navigating expectations at work. Step 1 –…

Industry & Career Guides

Vault Guide to Advertising Jobs, Third Edition

The Vault Guides to Jobs series provides essential information about key careers and industries, with an emphasis on preparing for …

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