Career Development

This workshop on October 25 will discuss strategies for making the grading process more efficient for you and more effective for your students’ learning, including tips for creating rubrics, providing written feedback, and anticipating potential grade disputes. Please RSVP today as space is limited!

Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement can be a challenge, and is required for most teaching positions. As a participant in this workshop on November 6, you will work through a series of exercises to help you reflect on your teaching, and by workshop end you will have a draft outline of your teaching philosophy statement. Please RSVP today as space is limited!

If you are looking to pursue career opportunities outside of academia, your resume and cover letter are your tickets into that world. This workshop on October 11 will explore important techniques that will help you expertly craft and strategically target your resume and cover letter so you can get over the first application hurdle and on to an interview!

The Miramar Food Pantry provides free healthy food to all qualified UCSB students to ensure Gauchos are food secure! Read on for pantry hours and details on qualification requirements.

Come to the Black Graduate Student Mixer on Thursday, October 4th! Enjoy dinner as you mix and mingle with new and returning Black grads and staff.

McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm that serves a broad mix of private, public, and social sector institutions. They are holding several virtual recruitment information sessions targeted toward data scientists and engineers this Friday, September 28th - RSVP today!

The first Lunch & Learn of the school year will feature graduate students from Clinical Psychology and Environmental Science! Enjoy free lunch and a chance to socialize with grads from across campus. Space is limited, so sign up today!

In this workshop on October 4, international graduate student TAs will discuss their responsibilities and role in undergraduate courses at UCSB. You will compare schooling in ​your home country and UCSB as a backdrop for determining appropriate ways to facilitate section and grade student work; you will also practice teaching strategies. RSVP today to secure your spot!

The Office of Summer Sessions is recruiting graduate students to teach INT 93LS (Introduction to Research in STEM fields) courses in Summer 2019 as part of a 4‐week pre‐college program that provides qualified high school students (residential and commuter) an introduction to the research enterprise. Applications are due October 22, 2018.

Still looking for funding? Or planning ahead for 2019-2020? Attend the next Finding Funding Workshop on October 2 and learn about campus and external funding. Bring your computer to search funding databases and we'll bring the free snacks!

This Fall 2018, the Department of Asian American Studies is seeking a teaching assistant for a 50% appointment for Asian Am 5: “Introduction to Asian American Literature.” Candidates with some background in humanities/social sciences preferred.

Arguably the most important document when applying for any academic job is the cover letter. To kick off the Academic Job Market Writing Workshop Series, we will begin with cover letters: what they are, what they look like, and how to write them to 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.

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 October 10 and learn what the major sections of a C.V. include and how to tailor your C.V. to specific positions.

You have convinced the hiring committee that you are a strong candidate for your dream job through a polished cover letter and C.V. But what about the core of your scholarship? Where do you see your research in five years? This workshop on October 17 will explore the research statement and the five-year plan: what they are, what they look like, and which one is right for you.

Do you know what a diversity statement is? How does diversity fit into your academic goals? This workshop on October 24 will explore diversity statements: what they are, what they look like, and how to make yours relevant to who you are. Join us and learn how to write about yourself, your research, and your teaching in relation to diversity!