Career Development

Would you like to make a social impact on the most important issue in the United States? The LISC LA Digital Accelerator 7 week consulting program aims to double the revenue of Black, LatinX, Indigenous, and other SMEs. This program empowers business owners to leverage digital tools and pursue new opportunities to become more competitive. Learn how to be a consultant, receive professional consulting training & certification, and apply the training to a real consulting project to learn by doing. Program runs from October 18 - December 3. Last date to Apply is October 4. Info sessions are on September 27 & October 4.

Join Amanda Pinheiro for a workshop on developing your skills as an international TA. Drawing on her experience as the founder of UCSB’s International Teaching Assistants Association, the Lead TA in Global Studies, and as Instructor of Record, Amanda will discuss the challenges that iTAs have encountered and how to overcome them. All are welcome!

Have you been meaning to update your resume but don't have the time? Do you want to learn how to stand out from the crowd? Join us for this online workshop on October 7th to learn tips and techniques that will help you craft and strategically target your resume. Use the time to actually workshop and update your resume with expert help.

Check out Instructional Development's Fall 2021 workshop series for graduate student Teaching Assistants and Teaching Associates. Over 20 specialty workshops and pillars for the Pillars of Teaching Assistantship certificate are being offered. RSVP as soon as possible to reserve your space!

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.

Interested in making new friends and getting involved on campus? Join us for an in-person Campus Involvement Fair tailored specifically to graduate students at San Clemente Center Courtyard. Free food will be provided courtesy of the Isla Vista Food Co-op. Sign up today!

AAAS Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference has opened travel award applications and abstract submissions for students. The ERN conference is designed to help students to enhance their science communication skills; better understand how to prepare for science careers in a global workforce; and to find out about summer, graduate school, and employment opportunities. Apply by September 17th with your abstract submissions and travel award applications!

The UCSB Individualized Professional Skills (IPS) grant program has reopened for the 2021-22 academic year and is currently accepting applications for professional development experiences happening between September 1, 2021 and August 31, 2022. Grants are awarded on a rolling basis and as funding sources permit.

Northwestern University, the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), and the University of Chicago (UChicago), are excited to announce the Chicagoland Diverse STEM Postdoc Recruitment Event! Applications are now open and are due Friday, September 10.

Are you a tech-savvy, service-oriented graduate student? Apply to be Collaborate's Instructional Design Assistant today! There are positions at 50% with fee remission and positions at 25% without fee remission. Apply by September 10th!

Question: What do the vast majority of UCSB's GRFP winners have in common? Answer: Over 90% participated in the GRFP Success Series. Improve your chances of winning by attending our writing sample workshop that breaks down the underlying features within winning applications so that you can then apply those strategies to your own application.

Register now for the virtual retreat, Envisioning Career Futures with a Humanities PhD, taking place Sept. 15-17. This is an event for all UC humanities PhD students, hosted by the UCI Humanities Center and sponsored by the UC Consortium of Humanities Centers.

Join us for Lunch & Learn, where you'll have the chance to socialize with other grad students and hear talks by students in Religious Studies and Psychological & Brain Sciences. While we won't be able to share pizza in person, all attendees will be entered into a raffle to win a $15 Target gift card.

There are a lot of wonderful resources out there that provide guidance on how to do well on the GRFP application, but ultimately your success will be determined by an evaluator. Wouldn’t it be helpful if you could talk to one of these mysterious figures to learn how the application is reviewed and what evaluators seek in a strong application? Join us on September 15th and you can do just that!

Question: What do the vast majority of UCSB's GRFP winners have in common? Answer: Over 90% participated in the GRFP Success Series. Improve your chances of winning by attending our writing workshop that breaks down the two GRFP statements by not only explaining what evaluators look for but also providing you with a framework to write these statements.