Career Development

As CCST Science Fellows, scientists and engineers spend one year in Sacramento serving the California State Legislature. Applications are now open (deadline: March 1) and you can access three free webinars to help you complete the application process! Join the last webinar live on January 20 at 11am live or watch the recordings on your own schedule. Read on to learn more!

Want to learn more about the academic culture and teaching opportunities at community colleges? Don't miss the 2022 CCC Registry Virtual Career Event for graduate students and postdocs interested in jobs with the California Community College system. The virtual event will run for four weeks, from January 27 to February 28, and there will be a number of informative workshops available. Sign up today!

Check out Stories from the Field--a data booklet that details the narratives and numbers that give voice to some of the conditions and futures facing today’s UC humanities PhDs. In it, UCHRI and Humanists@Work charts the economic outcomes and career trajectories for humanities PhDs against those of their peers in other disciplines. Read on for more details!

Interested in a career beyond the academy and want to learn more about the essentials of crafting it? Join these professional development webinars from Beyond the Professoriate for a jump start. They are free to join and also available to watch on replays. Advance registration is required.

Read on for tips from the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD)--an independent professional development, training, and mentoring community--about strategies to help you plan your quarter. Membership in the NCFDD (free for UCSB students!) provides several forms of professional support to help combat common problems academics face. Read on to learn more!

Check out Instructional Development's Winter 2022 workshop series for graduate student Teaching Assistants and Teaching Associates. Over 15 specialty workshops and pillars for the Pillars of Teaching Assistantship certificate are being offered. RSVP as soon as possible to reserve your space!

Do you want to be more productive and motivated when it comes to academic writing? The Academic Writers’ Space is a virtual co-working community where academic writers come together to develop a sound writing practice. Read on to learn more and to sign up for a free trial session!

The UCSB Campus Advocacy, Resources & Education (CARE) department is hiring for two Graduate Student Researcher positions beginning in January 2022 through August 2022. Applications are due before 11:59pm on Sunday, January 2nd, 2022.

UCSB's Graduate Simulation Seminar Series (GS^3) is hosting a career panel on Friday December 10th at 10-11am PST over Zoom. Read on to learn more!

UCSB graduate students who use Google Scholar will need to add "Get it at UC" as a Library Link in their Google Scholar settings in order to access the full text of materials through UC Library Search. Read on for more info!

The UCSB Blum Center on Poverty, Inequality, and Democracy is recruiting a Graduate Student Assistant to work alongside their Blum student team, and Associate Director, to advance thinking and engagement on poverty, inequality, and democracy both on and off campus. The deadline to apply is Thursday, December 9th at 12PM (noon) PST.

The NYU Abu Dhabi Research Institute invites applications for its first Graduate Student Workshop to be hosted March 6-9, 2022 at NYU Abu Dhabi. Doctoral students with a Ph.D. project related to the Arab world and that are currently in the writing stage are invited to apply. The application deadline is December 10, 2021.

This lunch and learn will focus on angel investors - from how they evaluate investment opportunities and how they organize (if at all) to how to find and approach the angel investors that are most likely to be interested in your company. Come learn the practical side of locating and attracting angel investments!

All graduate students are invited to join the Graduate Student Association (GSA) for coffee and bagels to get through the last week of classes! Grab a bagel and other breakfast snacks and meet your fellow grad students on Wednesday, December 1st from 10am - 12pm at the GSA Lounge. The event is first come, first serve and grab and go only.

Join Instructional Development for this special workshop designed for international TAs! Learn about teaching strategies as well as roles and responsibilities in undergraduate courses at UCSB. Pizza will be provided!