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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Raul Ramirez graduated from UC Merced past spring.
"May 17th, 2025, to beryllium much specific," Ramirez joked.
He studied Mechanical Engineering, and present he's connected the hunt for a job.
A caller database released by the University of California has already helped.
The dashboard was presented successful July astatine a UC Regents meeting.
"This is simply a accidental for america to observe thing truly important astir the University of California," Provost & Exec. VP of Academic Affairs Katherine Newman said.
Data was collected done Lightcast, a labour marketplace analytics company, and compiled to contiguous accusation connected UC vocation pathways arsenic good arsenic apical employers and occupations of UC Alumni.
UC officials accidental it was created to supply accusation for vocation centers and students to spot wherever UC alumni are moving and what positions they hold.
For example, you tin click connected Apple, which is simply a apical leader of UC graduates.
Once you do, it shows you successful which positions graduates were hired.
It besides shows what they majored successful and what types of degrees they hold.
UC Merced postgraduate and Student Regent-Designate Miguel Craven was astatine the gathering erstwhile it was presented.
"I mean, if I wasn't going disconnected to grad school, I would astir apt look astatine this instrumentality and effort to find my adjacent job, truthful I'm decidedly going to nonstop it to each of my friends," Craven said.
He says this instrumentality is invaluable for students and the wide nationalist to make a roadmap to their aboriginal careers.
"It's truly important to punctual radical this is wherefore we spell and prosecute this education," Craven said.
Although students similar Ramirez had already graduated, helium checked retired the database and what it had to offer.
"At first, erstwhile I saw it, it was like, 'Whoa. There's truthful overmuch I person to truly wage attention, oregon enactment it out.'" Ramirez said.
Once helium narrowed it down, helium utilized the accusation to hole for an interview.
He looked to spot what skills different graduates had that made them beneficial for his imaginable employer.
"As a first-gen, similar me, we don't person idiosyncratic to place and accidental 'Hey, what bash you do?' This is fundamentally 'Hey, what did everyone do?' successful different words." Ramirez said.
He says the accusation helped onshore him a 2nd interview.
Now, he's encouraging immoderate 1 occupation hunting oregon headed to assemblage to instrumentality a look astatine it.
"Use it. Use it to your advantage." Ramirez said. "This volition successfully assistance you successful immoderate benignant of mode you want.
You bash not person to beryllium a portion of the UC strategy to usage the database.
You tin find a nexus to the database by clicking here.
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