Student veterans bring valuable life experiences, leadership skills, and a strong sense of duty and commitment to the university community. Transitioning from military service to academic life can present unique challenges, but veterans also bring resilience, discipline, and a strong work ethic to their academic pursuits. Supporting student veterans involves providing resources for academic success, transition assistance, and building connections with fellow veterans and campus communities.
Determining what career path is best for you is an important part of your transition to the civilian workforce. Here are some suggestions and resources to help you in the process.
ACP's free Mentoring Program connects post-9/11 veterans and military spouses with corporate professionals for customized mentorships. ACP focuses on helping veterans and military spouses find meaningful employment opportunities and develop long-term careers.
Mark your calendars for the Viral Video Competition; UB’s new forum for creative students to produce original work and get noticed by employers like New Era Cap, Casting Buffalo, and more.
If you’re interested in nonprofit work, education, community advocacy, public service, or making a meaningful difference, the Hiring Summit: Arts, Advocacy + Impact 2026 is designed with you in mind. Join us on March 2, from 12:00–3:00 PM at the Center …
Your Future in Arts, Advocacy & Impact Starts Here
Mark your calendar for the University at Buffalo Hiring Summit: Arts, Advocacy + Impact 2026 on March 2, from 12:00–3:00 PM at the Center for the Arts. If you’re interested in …
Explore occupations by career categories and pathways and use real time labor market data to power your decision making.
First, choose an industry of interest, then filter for occupation. (If you'd like to see data for a specific location only, filter by state.)
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Occupation Description
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Top Employers
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Education Levels
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Technical Skills
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Core Competencies
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Occupation Description
Employment Trends
The number of jobs in the career for the past two years, the current year, and projections for the next 10 years. Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full- and part-time jobs. Sources include Emsi industry data, staffing patterns, and OES data.
Top Employers
These companies are currently hiring for .
Education Levels
The educational attainment percentage breakdown for a career (e.g. the percentage of people in the career who hold Bachelor’s Degrees vs. Associate Degrees). Educational attainment levels are provided by O*NET.
Annual Earnings
Earnings figures are based on OES data from the BLS and include base rate, cost of living allowances, guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay (including commissions and bonuses), on-call pay, and tips.
Technical Skills
A list of hard skills associated with a given career ordered by the number of unique job postings which ask for those skills.
Core Competencies
The skills for the career. The "importance" is how relevant the ability is to the occupation: scale of 1-5. The "level" is the proficiency required by the occupation: scale of 0-100. Results are sorted by importance first, then level.
Job Titles
A list of job titles for all unique postings in a given career, sorted by frequency.
