Career Development

Are you interested in teaching at a community college? Check out a new mentorship program called The Rancho Academy, designed for students interested in a faculty or administrator career at the community college level. The program is a six-week to ten-week commitment at no cost and students will be matched with a faculty or administrator mentor. Students are welcome to apply by August 19, 2021 to the next cohort which begins on September 1, 2021 or by October 14, 2021 to join the cohort beginning on November 1, 2021. Read on to learn more!

How do you distill your entire academic and professional career into one document? You may be the best candidate for a job, but if you do not have a well-organized C.V., then you're likely to get lost in the application pile. Come to this workshop on June 30th and learn what the major sections of a C.V. include and how to tailor your C.V. to specific positions.

For many graduate students, updating a professional resume seems like a stressful barrier. The latest iteration of this workshop on Tuesday, July 6 will highlight the most critical elements to perfect in a resume to be a competitive applicant. Tired of not getting an interview? Start here to make sure you are passing the first hurdle.

The eFellows program places early career PhDs in engineering fields in university research postdoctoral fellowships. In addition to hands-on academic research with a faculty advisor, each fellowship cohort will participate in professional development and mentoring activities designed to prepare them for future research careers. Apply by July 6, 2021!

Embark, Gladstone’s Presidential Postdoctoral Program, aims to increase the representation of underrepresented groups within the sciences and at Gladstone. They are now accepting applications on a rolling basis. Read on to learn more!

Arguably the most important document when applying for any academic job is the cover letter. To kick off the Academic Job Market Writing Success Series, we will begin with cover letters: what they are, what they look like, and how to write them for the job that you are applying for. Participants will learn what the major sections of a cover letter entail and how to tailor a cover letter to specific positions.

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 keep writing during the summer. 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!

The Graduate Simulation Seminar Series (GS^3) is back for Summer 2021! They are offering a 10-week seminar program featuring talks from a diverse set of graduate students and/or postdocs who use simulation in their research, representing a wide swath of academic disciplines across UCSB. Presenters have the chance to win prizes. Read on for more info about the series and how you can sign up to present.

Are you interested in helping your fellow grad students find careers outside of academia? Join the Beyond Academia organizing committee for an information session on June 16th from 11am-12pm. Learn about how you can develop transferable skills that are ​valuable to careers both inside and outside of the academy!

UCSB's Office of Black Student Development is hiring two Graduate Student Assistants. These positions will receive $18/hour (10 hours/week) plus additional benefits. Apply by June 6th!

If you're looking for more tips and strategies for your job search, check out Beyond the Professoriate's new podcast - Job Search the Smart Way. The podcast provides tips and strategies for embarking on the next phase of your career with confidence. Read on to learn more!

Join us for Lunch & Learn, where you'll have the chance to socialize with other grad students and hear talks by students in Chemistry & Biochemistry and History. 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.

The UCSB Women's Center is hiring a graduate student to help with programming. The Women’s Center is the primary organization on campus dedicated to providing education on women’s issues, feminism, healthy masculinities, and gender and social equity. In addition, it serves as a conduit for many other women’s and social justice organizations, and a site for mentorship and external educational programs. The position pays $17/hour and requires 10 hours per week. Apply by May 28 at 5pm!

Join the STS Futures Initiative on Thursday, May 20th at 5:30 PST for the first of a two-part "Global STS" series of events, discussing the exciting "global turn" in recent STS (Science, Technology, and Society) scholarship and publication. The workshop, “Global STS I: Transnational Network Building - Asia, Oceania, and Beyond,” will feature STS leaders who have pioneered new academic networks in Australia, Asia, and globally. Come learn about their work and discuss how grad students can become involved.

The Cognitive Science Program at UCSB is proud to host their annual Graduate Student Symposium this Friday, May 21, from 1:00-2:30pm (PST). They are especially excited about the fact that many of the research presentations this year have a culture and humanities-oriented focus, representing scholarship that straddles the conceptual gap between the arts and sciences. Read on to learn more!