Career Development

Come join Equinix on-site for an Open House and Networking Day on March 14 in Redwood City. Meet their hiring managers over appetizers as they search for their next intern or new graduate! Current positions they are seeking to fill include roles within finance, marketing, customer care, and engineering.

Join the Graduate Student Association for an Underrepresented Grad Student Reception on March 7 to meet with representatives from Underrepresented Grad Student Groups on UCSB's campus.

Got offered an internship that doesn't pay enough or at all? Then consider applying for the UCSB Graduate Student Internship Fellowship! The Fellowship awards up to five $2,000-$2,500 scholarships annually to help graduate students explore career opportunities and gain valuable work experience while in graduate school. The application deadline is March 11.

Is it possible to explain your research in a way that even a general audience can understand and appreciate—and in just a few minutes if necessary? Join us for a 90-minute workshop that will help you use a story-based approach to make your research accessible to non-specialist audiences. This workshop is open to all grads and postdocs and is perfect for those preparing for the Grad Slam!

Join us for a working session on how to use COS Pivot, a ​​​comprehensive funding source database available to you as a UCSB student. This event is particularly relevant if you are a beginner in understanding funding or an advanced student doing research ​who has not quite found funding options that fit your work. Come with your laptops and your questions! Snacks will be provided.

Join us for our March Lunch & Learn, where you'll be treated to talks by graduate students in Art and Materials -- all while enjoying free lunch. Space is limited, so sign up today!

The Department of Chicana/o Studies has open TA positions for Summer 2018 to teach Introduction to Chicana/o Studies. Interested students should submit application materials no later than 9 a.m. on March 16.

This March 7 event will describe both the NSF National I-Corps Program and the Innovation-Node LA funnel. A panel of prior participants of both the NSF and IN-LA programs will be on hand to discuss their experience and answer questions.

The Department of Black Studies is now accepting applications for Teaching Assistantships for the 2018-2019 academic year! All materials must be hard copies and postmarked no later than Thursday, March 15th at 5 p.m.

Join the Office of Student Life for an engaging discussion on March 1 with four local non-profit professionals engaged in activism and advocacy. This panel discussion will explore four individuals’ successes and challenges in taking care of one’s self while pursuing urgent and important societal change.

Having a healthy Work/Life balance is key not just for your personal life, but your career as well. The Healthy Campus Network would like to invite you to an up and coming Mental Health Forum for students, faculty, and staff on how to negotiate a proper work/life balance with your supervisor.

Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry group is looking for an enthusiastic and well qualified Software Scientist for developing Mass spectrometry instrument software that includes real time control of instruments, associated algorithms for instrument control, instrument calibration, high speed performance and real time data analysis. The position is located in San Jose, California.

The Religion, Experience, and Mind (REM) Lab Group is seeking Hindi language translators for their research project which aims to document non-ordinary experiences. Total work for this quarter includes 10-12 hours with an option to continue the next quarter with increased work hours, with compensation offered at $15/hour. Apply by Friday, March 2.

Attention Grad Slam participants! Want to get a leg up on the competition? Join us for an interactive workshop with Bri McWhorter. This workshop is perfect for those participating in Grad Slam but ​is also useful for anyone wanting to become better at pitching complex ideas in short formats (such as at cocktail parties, during job interviews, and for entrepreneurial presentations).

UCSB Library is participating in Fair Use Week, a national event coordinated annually by the Association of Research Libraries that celebrates and explores Fair Use rights under the copyright statute. Come to learn more about Fair Use in academia by visiting the information table in the Library Paseo during 2018 Fair Use Week from Monday, February 26 to Friday, March 2.