My UC Career Portal

Make Your Meetings More Active

  • Include items on your meeting agenda that require participants to get out of their seats (breakout groups, stand and write ideas on an easel).
  • Choose movement friendly meeting locations (walkable neighborhoods, on-site gym, nearby park).
  • Hire a professional instructor (pilates, yoga, tai chi, stretching, Zumba) to lead a class before or during the meeting.
  • Point out the stairs and encourage attendees to use them. Consider including the location of stairs in meeting directions or putting arrows to the stairs in front of elevators.
  • Organize a group walk early in the morning, during a break or before/after dinner.
  • Consider incorporating standing ovations after each speaker to encourage participants to stand and stretch.

Standing Breaks

  • At least once an hour, participants should be encouraged to stand up to improve blood circulation, boost metabolism, and relieve physical discomfort from sitting for prolonged periods of time.
  • Announce that it is fine to stand up and move around, as needed. If possible, provide raised tables for those electing to stand during the meeting.

Stretch Breaks

  • Stretch breaks help participants wake up their bodies and minds.
  • Encourage people to stand up and stretch in place.
  • Try playing a Healthy UC Davis WakeBreak video! These instructor-led stretch videos range from 4 to 15 minutes. 

Breathing Exercise

  • Focused breathing is an energizing activity that can help relax and clear your mind. Simply inhale for four seconds, hold it for seven seconds, and exhale for eight seconds.

Suggested Activity Agendas

LENGTH OF MEETINGSTANDING BREAKSTRETCH BREAKSBREATHING BREAKSMOVEMENT BREAKSWALKING BREAKS
50 - 60 minx x  
2 - 4 hoursxxxx 
All Dayxxxxx

For all UC Employees: The "My UC Career" Portal!

UC Davis employees have identified career exploration, growth, and development opportunities as critical to their engagement and retention. A gift has arrived from UC Office of the President – a new online, self-directed career development portal, My UC Career, available to all UC employees seeking to advance their career. You will be seeing a lot of information in the coming months about My UC Career, and you have the opportunity to jump in right now and be an early adopter.

Let’s take a quick tour of the six self-paced modules in the portal:

  1. Begin Career Discovery: Use personal assessments to help identify your values, personality, skills, and talents.
  2. Job Search: Leverage the existing UC Systemwide Job Board to view all UC opportunities by job type, location, or career level. You can create multiple alerts for new postings; this is just for jobs within UC.
  3. Resume: Build a new resume or revise an existing resume using the step-by-step online resume workshop tailored to your identified career path. You can also view resume building guides and resume samples by position or type.
  4. Tell Your Story: Create a pitch statement, cover letter, and references to tell what you have to offer and how you can help an organization succeed. Use the step-by-step online workshop to build each document. You can also view sample documents.
  5. Network and Research: Optimize your social media presence and use research tools to help leverage your networks that could uncover additional career opportunities.
  6. Pre- and Post-Interview: Practice interview skills by recording video interviews using pre-recorded portal interviewers, review interview type guides, create a post-interview thank you note, and review the offer negotiation guide and decision-making tools.

You may be wondering, “Who will know if I’m using My UC Career?”  Rest assured – all the work you complete within the My UC Career portal is just for your use and is not shared or accessible to anyone else. Go on – open that gift that has arrived from UCOP, My UC Career, and start enjoying the benefits!