Career Development

Join us for a November 1 informational session with the UCSB Office of Research to find out what you need to know when preparing your human subjects protocol. This seminar also helps satisfy the Responsible Conduct of Research training requirements for federally funded projects.

UCSB's Non-traditional Student Resource Center is hiring a graduate assistant who is responsible for the direct supervision of a team of three student staff tasked with the programming for and staffing of the NTSRC. Application deadline is October 25.

Join us for a panel discussion where you will hear from advanced graduate students about the subtle and not-so-subtle workings of race, class, gender, and sexuality in the academy.

Join us for our Fall Communication Skills Series, featuring workshops on "Interpersonal Communication Skills for Ph.D.s" and "Thinking on Your Feet: Improv Skills for Interviewing." Space is limited, so sign up today!

Office of International Students & Scholars has developed the Global Skills Seminar Series in order to fully support our campus administration and faculty who work with international students, scholars, and staff. The first seminar of Fall 2017 will be held on Thursday, October 19.

The Journal of Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos (published by UC Press) is currently seeking a graduate student assistant to work remotely in a position that is in charge of contacting potential reviewers of submitted articles and getting articles through the review processes.

If you're applying for a teaching-focused academic job, you will almost certainly be asked to provide a teaching philosophy. So what is it and how do you even begin to describe your own philosophy? Come to our workshop to find out!

We encourage faculty and staff graduate program advisors to share this exciting new tool with students or use it as a launchpad for career conversations at any stage in a student’s academic program.

This special funding workshop will cover strategies for finding money for research abroad, including information about different agency-based or country-specific opportunities for funding.

ONDAS seeks masters-level or above candidates for their full-time Student Activities Coordinator position. For primary consideration, apply by October 16.

Join the Fall 2017 Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences (QMSS) speaker series, hosted by Professor Karen Nylund-Gibson in the Department of Education. QMSS talks are open to all members of the UCSB community. Refreshment will be served.

The academic culture of the university can be intimidating, but navigating the institution is not impossible. Come to this session to learn about important academic requirements as well as social and cultural expectations you will face in graduate school.

The Graduate Student Resource Center will be hosting a workshop on writing a research statement for an academic position. We will cover methods of organizing experience, types of content to include, and the tone you should set in your statement.

Join Dr. Yuliya Lutchyn for a brown-bag lunch seminar on how Ph.D.s with social science backgrounds can find jobs in technology industries, sponsored by Center for Information Technology & Society. Refreshments will be provided.

Join us for a workshop to help you learn how to maximize these two important online platforms during your non-academic job search!