Career Development

On April 2, join Instructional Development for a workshop on iClicker Cloud. The iClicker Cloud mobile/web application is FREE for students and instructors. Learn how to quickly engage students, promote discussion, and assess understanding using iClicker polls and word clouds.

Whether it's linking sentences, paragraphs, sections, or chapters, narrative is what allows good writing to flow. This workshop on April 14 will teach participants the ins and outs of narrative. From there, participants will learn how to revise their writing to better position the narratives in their own works. RSVP today and learn how to improve your ability to connect with your audience!

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.

Looking for a job or internship right now? Not sure if you're doing it right or looking in the right places? This workshop on April 1st will cover resources for how to find jobs and discuss how to talk about your experience as a graduate student/scholar to show that you have transferable skills for the job. And importantly, make sure you know how to find the jobs that are a good fit for your skills and relevant for you.

Join Career Services on April 14th for the 2021 Spring Career and Internship Fair! The fair is geared toward students seeking paid full-time, part-time and internship opportunities across a variety of industries. This event will take place virtually on Handshake. UCSB registered students of all disciplines and class levels (including graduate students) are invited to attend.

On April 2, join Instructional Development for a workshop on teaching philosophy statements! As a participant in this workshop, you will work through a series of exercises to help you reflect on your teaching, and by the end of the workshop you will have a draft outline of your teaching philosophy statement.

Finding and borrowing materials from libraries across the UC system is about to get easier. On July 27, 2021, the libraries on all 10 University of California campuses will be connected through UC Library Search, a unified discovery and borrowing system that will allow you to borrow and renew materials from any library in the UC system using only your UCSB NetID and password. Read on for the latest update from the UCSB Library!

Stanford PRISM (Postdoctoral Recruitment Initiative in Sciences and Medicine) is an opportunity for select late-stage graduate students from diverse backgrounds to explore postdoctoral training at Stanford, including interviewing with potential mentors, getting the inside scoop on postdoctoral training at Stanford from current postdocs, and accessing professional development to score the best postdoc for them. Application closes April 12. Read on to learn more!

On March 31, join Instructional Development for a workshop on working independently as a TA! The session will provide tips on managing expectations among the teaching team, finding direction with and for your students, designing assessments that contribute to course content, and focusing on networks of TAs to ease the load and stress of teaching. Sign up today!

The “Pillars of Teaching Assistantship” workshop series and certificate is designed to provide TAs with a comprehensive, research-based foundation for teaching in the role of TA. TAs will earn a Pillars certificate after completing all six workshops and their brief pre- and post- workshop activities. In this workshop on March 31, you will learn about the diversity of UCSB's undergraduate students and how to support them from a perspective of inclusivity. Read on to learn more!

How do they do it? I'm talking about those graduate students who publish articles, conduct research, fly to conferences, and still find time to be caught up on every Netflix show. This workshop on April 7th will explore the type of time you have and how best to be productive with it (because not all time is the same when it comes to writing). Sign up today and learn how to maximize your writing productivity!

Reduce your anxiety about finances by attending this workshop on April 7th to learn basic terminology, tools, and plans for budgeting. Leave with tools to create a plan on how to manage your graduate income. RVSP today!

Do you want $34,000? Would you like a prestigious honor on your CV? Are you a​n undergraduate thinking about graduate school or a 1st year graduate student in STEM or the social sciences? Are you a U.S. citizen, national resident, or permanent resident? If you answered yes to all these questions, then you should consider applying for the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program.

We've all been there: there's an assignment to write, but we just can't bring ourselves to do it. This workshop on March 31st is designed to provide an honest conversation on writer's block - what it is in all its forms. It will then offer strategies to help writers with particular writer's block tendencies, from the small (e.g., ​lack of focus) to the large (e.g., psychological fears). RSVP today!

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.