Career Development

If you need some tips and ideas for TA'ing online, here is your answer! The Religious Studies Department Lead TA Daigengna Duoer put together an excellent video workshop during Spring Quarter with other TA's in the department. Access any time, according to your schedule!

Join us for Lunch & Learn, where you'll have the chance to socialize with other grad students and hear talks by students in Sociology and Electrical & Computer Engineering. 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.

If you are considering entering the job market any time soon, a complete and compelling LinkedIn profile is a must-have. Join this workshop on October 14th to learn how to maximize this tool in order to look for jobs, network with potential employers, and connect with others in the professional domain.

Still looking for funding? Or planning ahead for 2021-2022? Attend the next Finding Funding Workshop on October 14 and learn about campus and external funding.

Starting October 6, and under the auspices of the Research Ramp-up, the UCSB Library Special Research Collections will offer a limited number of research appointments for faculty and graduate students to use on-site archival and non-circulating materials from the Main Library and Music Library. The UCSB Library remains closed for general use. Read on for more details about how to schedule an appointment!

You are invited to 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!

Join us on October 13 for a workshop for incoming undergraduate and graduate international students to prepare for handling imposter syndrome and culture shock and to be equipped for any mental health challenges that arise.

Interested in a career in data science, engineering, machine learning, or other tech roles? Insight Fellows Program is hosting a series of webinars to help you learn more about the landscape, the kinds of careers that are available, and guidance to help you make the transition. Read on to learn more and sign up!

Join Dr. Nicole B. Wallack, the Director of Columbia’s Undergraduate Writing Program for five conversations with scholars who bridge the worlds inside and outside of the academy through their writing. The series will explore the diverse roles writing plays for these scholars in the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and professional settings and will explore how we can reach new readers in these especially challenging times. Read on to learn more!

Come join Graduate Students for Diversity in Science and other graduate students as we discuss feelings of impostor syndrome in academia. This interactive workshop is designed to unpack feelings of impostor syndrome and provide tools to address these emotions. Designed specifically for underrepresented students in the sciences; however, all are welcome!

Thinking about your job or internship and how COVID-19 has impacted your career prospects? Not sure what to do now? This workshop on October 6th will cover how COVID-19 has impacted academic and non-academic jobs, resources to find viable career paths, and help you create a strategy to move forward.

The Office of Summer Sessions is recruiting graduate students to teach INT 93LS courses in Summer 2021 in their Summer Research Academies program. For primary consideration, applications should be submitted no later than Friday, September 25, 2020.

Come learn about BD’s Technology Leadership Development Program, one of the premier career-accelerating opportunities in the med tech industry, along with insider interview+resume tips and tricks that will give you a leg up for your transition to industry. Webinar is on Friday, September 25, 2020 at 10am PST, and last date to apply for the job is October 9, 2020.

Are you applying to the GRFP? Be sure to sign up for a one-on-one statement review with a previous GRFP winner. These are FREE writing consultations for all UCSB graduate and undergraduate students applying to the GRFP. Email Dr. Robby Nadler to set one up now!

The Humanities Without Walls Pre-Doctoral program aims to help prepare doctoral students for careers both within and outside the academy through a series of summer workshops. The summer 2021 program will take place virtually, and each Fellow will receive a $5,000 award. Apply through UCSB's Interdisciplinary Humanities Center by October 31, 2020.