Optometry and Vision Sciences Staff Resources: Professional/Career

Diversity, leadership, management, and other resources for all UC employees. To use the service:
1. Go to the Gartner homepage: cebglobal.com
2. Enter your UC email address and select Submit.
3. Fill out your Berkeley email address and name and select Submit.
4. Gartner will send an email to confirm your access, including a temporary password. Follow the instructions in this message to log into the site.

This free, self-paced online course to help you gain the media skills to effectively communicate your work to the public. Requires CalNet ID to enroll.

This online library has articles, courses, and videos on 20 transferable skills including Active Listening, Collaboration, Conflict Management, Leadership, Negotiation, Organization, Presentation, Verbal Communication, Written Communication, and more.

You will be asked if you want to connect your Berkeley LinkedIn Learning account with your personal LinkedIn profile. By connecting accounts you would receive course recommendations based on your LinkedIn profile, and can communicate about course content with other users. However, by connecting your accounts you are agreeing to allow LinkedIn Learning to use, share, and track your online activities. Use your digital literacy skills to consider the terms of service carefully and make an informed choice.

Login into Blu then click on UC Learning Center. Here you can sign up for in-person and eCourse classes. Topics include: Organizational Effectiveness; Professional Skills and Career Development; Supervision, Management and Leadership; Technology, Systems and Software; and more.

Focus on staff development but includes LinkedIn II: Maximize Your Online Professional Presence, Networking for Career Success, Work Style and Your Career, and more.

Learn more ways to Grow Your Career, Grow Your Community, Grow Your Impact, and Grow Your Skills.

Sponsored Tuition is a career development initiative spearheaded through a partnership between People & Culture and UC Berkeley Extension which provides tuition assistance for eligible employees. UC Berkeley People & Culture will cover the course fees for employees to take UC Berkeley Extension courses.

"Coro Northern California has been assisting the University of California since 2006 to develop current and future administrative and faculty leaders. Coro has assisted with training over 500 faculty, administrators, staff and senior executives at UC. This leadership program focuses on enhancing leadership skills and developing intercampus and cross-functional collaboration."

Subscribe to their email list to register for upcoming career webinars. Career topics include Starting Your Own Business, Leadership, Career Advancement, Professional Development, and more. View previous webinars.

"The UC Women’s Initiative for Professional Development (UC WI) is a unique, experiential, systemwide professional development program for mid-career women that brings together participants from every UC location. Participants represent faculty, academic personnel and staff, people managers and non-people managers."