Career Development

Many Ph.D. students feel that their degree will be their main qualification when they enter the non-academic job market, but having relevant job experience is just as important. This workshop will cover how to pursue relevant work experience alongside your graduate work.

During an interview, you need to be confident, articulate, and able to quickly think on your feet. Luckily, these are skills that you can practice in advance. Instead of freaking out the week before your interview, ​join us on February 24 to get a leg up on the competition.

Attention UCSB faculty, now is the time to nominate students for special distinctions related to graduate student commencement! The deadline for both of these opportunities is April 12, 2017.

Attention Grad Slam participants! Want to get a leg up on the competition? Join us for an interactive 2-hour workshop designed to help you boil down the basic ideas of your research, ​package them in an accessible way, and ​present them​ confidently and concisely.

Led by Kevin Moore of the UCSB Writing Program, this workshop will explore the all-too-familiar "writer's block," including the myths and realities of writer's block, what causes it, ​and ​effective strategies to manage and ​get beyond block as science writers.

Want to capture the reader's attention and encapsulate your research concisely to win a fellowship? Learn how at the Introduction and Problem Statement workshop led by Writing Peer Kyle Crocco.

Videos are one of the most powerful and popular tools to share information, so why not make one ​about your research? This workshop led by Jai Ranganathan ​​will teach you how to produce videos with compelling storylines about your research. All you need is a smartphone!

Want to build the communication skills that scientists and other technical professionals need to express complex ideas to the general public, experts in other fields, and their peers? Then check out the 5th annual ComSciCon National Workshop happening in Cambridge, MA!

If you like numbers and want to affect important strategy and policy decisions, take a look at Pacific Consulting Group (PCG). PCG is a boutique firm, headquartered in Silicon Valley, providing a range of corporate and government clients with primary research, data analysis, and consulting.

At any moment, you should be able to explain your mission statement, research goals, or entrepreneurial ideas in a concise and captivating way. Join us on February 13 for this interactive workshop led by Bri McWhorter from Activate to Captivate.

Join us for the first workshop in our winter quarter series on communication and presentation skills. In this workshop, which will be offered twice, Bri McWhorter from Activate to Captivate will use acting tools to teach participants how to craft and present a dynamic and compelling presentation.

Join immigration law specialist Adam Green for a workshop on employment immigration issues, particularly the transition from student statuses to employment statuses.

AppFolio Inc. is now hiring! If you want to stay in the area and jump start your career as a Software Engineer or Engineering Intern, check out their upcoming information session.

Our ​presentation and communication workshops will help you hone your Grad Slam ​talk and also be an effective communicator in any setting. We'll cover topics such as using acting techniques to improve your delivery, ​telling your research story, and designing beautiful slides to support your talk.

UCSB Extension is offering a TESOL certificate program this summer. Learn to ​teach English in the USA or overseas: broaden your horizons and gain valuable life and career experience!