Career Development

Sign up now for the Zurich Enterprise Challenge for a chance to work with corporations such as Coca-Cola and Siemens as well as earning a spot at the Global Risk Management Summit in Edinburgh, Scotland.

If you want to join a dedicated UCSB team to help develop new programs and policies to make our campus more sustainable, then check out the job opportunities with UCSB Sustainability.

Join Yardi Systems, Inc. to learn more about upcoming opportunities and get tips from the experts on how to navigate a career fair.

Check out Instructional Development's spring quarter lineup of workshops aimed at supporting graduate student Teaching Assistants and Teaching Associates. Their first workshop is on Friday, April 7. Space is limited, so be sure to reserve your spot today!

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

Do you have a passion for influencing public policy? Join Versatile Ph.D. as it hosts an AMA-style discussion panel on Ph.D. Careers in Think Tanks from April 3-7.

From big events to job search strategies to writing support – the Graduate Student Resource Center is here to help you make the spring quarter a success. Check out an overview of our upcoming events!

On March 4, UCSB Crossroads held an interactive event to re-introduce the campus to this interdisciplinary research program and share ideas about ways to improve the program moving forward. The call for Crossroads project proposals is now open through May 19.

Do you ever wish you could talk with employers who only want to speak with graduate students? Well now is your chance! Join us for the first-ever Graduate Student Career Mixer to connect with employers specifically seeking to recruit graduate students and junior scholars for job and internship opportunities.

Join the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in STEM (SACNAS), the Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships (CSEP), and Procore for a panel of industry professionals followed by a wine mixer on Friday, April 7.

Nominations are now open for two awards honoring graduate students who have distinguished themselves as mentors of undergraduates. Nominations may come from academic and research units as well as individual faculty. The nomination deadline is Friday, April 28.

Is your thesis Prize-worthy? For the fifth year in a row, the Science and SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists ​is offering four recent Ph.D.s a career-making opportunity. Could you be one of them?

Join Doug Bradley from the UCSB Writing Program for a spring quarter course on Science Communication (Writing 259). This course provides students within STEM disciplines a foundation in science communication practices that explain, persuade, describe, and entertain.

Looking for a job next year? UCSB is seeking up to four Graduate Student Assistants for a new undergraduate student success program focused on underrepresented minority and low-income students.

Join the UCSB Writing program for a faculty panel discussion on using writing to inform the research and discovery process and explore how intimately writing, research, and creativity are entwined.