Career Development

Do you love teaching but don’t want the pressure of a research university? Then you should consider an academic career at a primarily undergraduate institution! Dr. Adam Urbach, Professor of Chemistry at Trinity University, will discuss this career path in a talk on November 15.

FATHOM is a tech company focused on using 3-D printing for prototype fabrication. They are seeking applicants from all fields for jobs ranging from customer service to sales, engineering to office management. Join their virtual information session to learn more!

The Graduate Division seeks a project coordinator to develop and deliver modules and workshops to graduate students on pedagogy and interdisciplinary scholarship, as well as to provide general support to the Crossroads program and its assessment. Priority deadline is November 21.

Calling all Ph.D.s and postdocs in the biological sciences. Do you have an interesting research story? Do you want to get your research broadcasted to the world? Apply to the Young Scientist Seminars competition ​to win money, invaluable communication training, and the chance of a lifetime!

Learn more about how to maximize the benefits from your LinkedIn and The Versatile PhD profiles when looking for jobs and connecting with others.

If you’re a graduate student in engineering, mathematics, physics, or computer science and would like to strengthen your preparation for a technical career, the Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory Technology Leadership Scholars (ATLAS) Program is designed for you.

The Bender Virtual Career Fair is an online recruiting event where job seekers with disabilities meet employers across the nation. This event is free for students and alumni with disabilities and provides an end-to-end accessible technology platform.

A great resource for available liberal arts tenure-track positions is through the Liberal Arts Diversity Officers (LADO) Consortium. Currently, there are approximately 170 tenure-track positions available, ranging from Anthropology to Native American Studies and Environmental Justice.

The University of Michigan's Rackham Graduate School has compiled an excellent resource for faculty advisors called How to Mentor Graduate Students: A Guide for Faculty. Learn how to improve your effectiveness as a mentor and utilize tools other faculty have found useful.

The University of Michigan's Rackham Graduate School's "How to Get the Mentoring You Want: A Guide for Graduate Students" is a great resource to figure out how to navigate mentor relationships in graduate school.

In this workshop led by Writing Peer Kyle Crocco, you will analyze a successful grant proposal and then learn how to write your own proposal, including the mechanics, organization, and what content to include or exclude.

This two-day international conference seeks to theorize the conjugation of the global-popular. ​The objective is to develop the categories and frameworks that capture the multi-sited and multi-scalar ​nature of the global-popular without resorting to simplistic binaries.

The Graduate Division is seeking a 25% Project Coordinator for a STEM Career Development and Mentoring Program to support a grant from the National Science Foundation. Priority application deadline: November 2; final application deadline: December 2.

Career Services and the College of Engineering have partnered to create an Engineering Resume Book, which will be available to premier corporate partners who are interested in recruiting UCSB students for engineering roles.

DAQRI is a company on the cutting edge of technology, with the determination to create a better world. Their employees are leaders in their fields with a passion for augmented reality, virtual reality, and holographics. Join the information session to learn more.