Career Development

NOW Conference

The NOW Conference is designed to support UC staff with career and professional development through inspiring keynote speakers, workshops with thought leaders, networking connections with peers, and career planning resources.

Career Development Workshops

Upcoming career planning and self-assessment workshops include:

NOW Conference 2023

What: NOW, which is in its 11th year, is an all-day conference designed to support UC staff with career and professional development through inspiring keynote speakers, workshops with thought leaders, networking connections with peers, and career planning resources. We are anticipating up to 1,500 staff attendees. Who: We invite all UC staff to attend as part of their professional development UC Berkeley staff - Registration is sponsored by Berkeley People & Culture. UCB staff will be sent a link to enter the lottery for 1200 seats. Staff from all other UC locations - We will have 300...

2023 NOW Encore Series

Upcoming career planning and self-assessment workshops include:

NOW Conference-2022

What: NOW, which is in its 10th year, is an all-day conference designed to support UC staff with career and professional development through inspiring keynote speakers, workshops with thought leaders, networking connections with peers, and career planning resources. This year’s theme is Upskill, Reskill, Thrive! We are anticipating up to 1,500 staff attendees. Who: We invite all UC staff to attend as part of their professional development UC Berkeley staff - Registration is sponsored by Berkeley People & Culture. UCB staff will be sent a link to enter the lottery for 1200 seats. Staff...

2022 NOW Encore Series

We have expanded the NOW Conference to offer a series of post-conference career development workshops for staff. Presented by internal and external subject matter experts, these live, virtual workshops will be smaller in audience size than the full day NOW Conference and are structured to invite deeper engagement. Each NOW Encore Series workshop has been recorded for broader viewing access.

NOW Conference 2021

UC Berkeley People & Culture is excited to announce the 9th annual Next Opportunity at Work (NOW) Conference for staff career development will be held virtually on June 3, 2021. The NOW Conference is an all-day event designed to support UC staff with career and professional development. Learn all about NOW below!

2020 NOW Conference

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Career Development

Career development is a self-initiated process with support and resources provided by managers and the organization. At Cal, we use a 5-part model of career development to help you organize your career development planning activities. We encourage you to explore all the information, resources, and tools provided in each area of our model. To begin your exploration, we encourage you to take the career development competencies assessment (PDF). This...