Check out the Fall 2022 workshops and events open to postdoctoral scholars from the Graduate Career Services team at the UCLA Career Center! Download the PDF calendar here.
Can’t register via Handshake? Email askgrad@grad.ucla.edu with the event names, dates, and times you are interested in attending.
Career Conversation Series: Academic Q&A
Tuesdays 12-1PM via ZOOM (starting Week 1)
Do you have questions about the academic job market? Bring your questions and join us for a weekly Career Conversation. We’ll tackle the most common academic job documents and prepare you for academic interviews with tips, resources, and lots of answers! Sign up for the sessions you want and invite your friends.
Schedule (click on title to register on Handshake)
- 09/27: CV (Curriculum Vitae)
- 10/04: Research Statement
- 10/11: Teaching Statement
- 10/18: Diversity Statement
- 10/25: Academic Cover Letter
- 11/01: Interviewing
Career Conversation Series: Career Planning 101 for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars
Thursdays 12-1PM via ZOOM (starting Week 2)
Do you have questions about careers in industry, government, and nonprofits? Bring your questions and join us for a weekly Career Conversation. Each week, we’ll tackle a different professional development topic with tips, resources, and lots of answers! Sign up for the sessions you want and invite your friends. Please register for each session you’d like to attend.
Schedule (click on event topic to register on Handshake):
- 10/6: Career Exploration
- 10/13: Resume
- 10/20: Cover Letter
- 10/27: Job Search
- 11/3: LinkedIn
- 11/10: Networking
- 11/17: Interviewing
- 12/1: Negotiation
Resume + Cover Letter Workshop
Thursday, September 29 from 3:30 – 5:00 PM via Zoom
Register here: https://ucla.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1120570
What is the best way to write about your experiences, responsibilities, and accomplishments to land your next role? Writing or editing resumes and cover letters can be overwhelming. Join us to learn and practice strategies for organizing resumes, drafting bullet points, and structuring cover letters to create effective job documents. Participants will leave the workshop with resume and cover letter writing resources and tools for editing and strengthening their job documents.
This is part of the Career Essentials for Non-Academic Jobs series, a workshop series designed to equip graduate students and postdocs with the skills needed for a non-academic job search. Online workshops introduce strategies and tools to attendees, and in-person intensives use hands-on activities to help attendees develop their job search materials.
How to Prepare for Job Fairs & Networking Events: The Recruiter’s Perspective
Wednesday, October 5 from 5:30 – 7:00 PM via Zoom
Register here: https://ucla.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1125455
What do you say to recruiters at job fairs? How do you introduce yourself to alumni and potential employers at networking events? We’ll be asking expert recruiters these questions and more to help you prepare for UCLA’s job fairs and networking events. Attendees will leave with strategies to approach recruiters, hiring managers, and alumni in networking spaces and job fairs.
Resume + Cover Letter Intensive
Wednesday, October 5 from 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Career Center 3rd Floor Conference Room
501 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Register here: https://ucla.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1120635
Can’t register via Handshake? Use this form: https://sa.ucla.edu/Forms/p/IhdwT (UCLA Single Sign-on required)
Are you ready to finish that resume or cover letter that has been stressing you out? Join us for an hour-long in-person session designed to give you the space and support needed to strengthen those bullet points, clean up your cover letter, and finalize the job documents you need to land your next role.
This is part of the Career Essentials for Non-Academic Jobs series, a workshop series designed to equip graduate students and postdocs with the skills needed for a non-academic job search. Online workshops introduce strategies and tools to attendees, and in-person intensives use hands-on activities to help attendees develop their job search materials.
Meet the Employers: A Virtual Networking Event and Job Fair for STEM Graduate Students and Postdocs
Tuesday, October 11 from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Register here: https://ucla.joinhandshake.com/edu/career_fairs/33271
Can’t register via Handshake? RSVP by October 6 at 1pm here: https://sa.ucla.edu/Forms/p/WbBcG (UCLA Single Sign-on required)
Join us for this exclusive networking event for Master’s, PhD students, & postdocs taking place on the Handshake virtual fair platform. Meet with prospective employers in engineering, science, & tech. Schedule short, one-on-one meetings to talk with current employees or recruiters working in a variety of fields, or join info sessions to learn more about opportunities in national labs, aerospace, pharmaceuticals, & other exciting fields.
Engineering & Tech Fair: Data and Computer Sciences
Tuesday, October 11 from 2:00 – 7:00 PM
Register here: https://ucla.joinhandshake.com/stu/career_fairs/33269
Can’t register via Handshake? RSVP by October 6 at 1pm here: https://sa.ucla.edu/Forms/p/3vl3z (UCLA Single Sign-on required)
Meet employers interested in Computer and Data Science backgrounds!
Engineering & Tech Fair: Engineering & More!
Wednesday, October 12 from 2:00 – 7:00 PM
Register here: https://ucla.joinhandshake.com/career_fairs/33202/
Can’t register via Handshake? RSVP by October 6 at 1pm here: https://sa.ucla.edu/Forms/p/3vl3z (UCLA Single Sign-on required)
Meet employers interested in Engineering backgrounds!
LinkedIn Workshop
Wednesday, October 12 from 3:30 – 5:00 PM via Zoom
Register Here: https://ucla.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1123275
How can you best utilize LinkedIn to further your career? LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network with over 830 million users, is a powerful tool for both discovering exciting professional opportunities and communicating your experiences to prospective employers, collaborators, and colleagues. Join us to learn and practice strategies for describing past and current experiences on LinkedIn, building a cohesive online presence, and using the website as a powerful networking tool.
This is part of the Career Essentials for Non-Academic Jobs series, a workshop series designed to equip graduate students and postdocs with the skills needed for a non-academic job search. Online workshops introduce strategies and tools to attendees, and in-person intensives use hands-on activities to help attendees develop their job search materials.
How to Find a Job or Internship
Tuesday, October 18 from 3:30 – 5:00 PM via Zoom
Register here: https://ucla.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1123269
Looking for a job or internship in industry, government, or a nonprofit? Join us to learn and practice strategies for identifying what elements of a job or internship are most important to you, efficiently using online tools, and creating systems to find, apply to, and track jobs or internships.
This is part of the Career Essentials for Non-Academic Jobs series, a workshop series designed to equip graduate students and postdocs with the skills needed for a non-academic job search. Online workshops introduce strategies and tools to attendees, and in-person intensives use hands-on activities to help attendees develop their job search materials.
LinkedIn Intensive
Wednesday, October 19 from 4:00 – 7:00 PM
Village View Room, Weyburn Commons (4th floor)
11020 Weyburn Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Register here: https://ucla.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1123277
Can’t register via Handshake? Use this form: https://sa.ucla.edu/Forms/p/sqH8v (UCLA Single Sign-on required)
Join us for an in-person session designed to give you the space and support needed to fine-tune descriptions of your past and current experiences, design a cohesive online presence, and start networking!
This is part of the Career Essentials for Non-Academic Jobs series, a workshop series designed to equip graduate students and postdocs with the skills needed for a non-academic job search. Online workshops introduce strategies and tools to attendees, and in-person intensives use hands-on activities to help attendees develop their job search materials.
What Can I Do with This Degree? Exploring Career Paths for STEM PhD and Postdoctoral Scholars
Tuesday, October 25 from 3:30 – 5:00 PM
Register here: https://ucla.joinhandshake.com/events/1121004/
As a STEM Ph.D. or postdoc from UCLA, you have gained a vast skill set that has many applications to careers in a wide range of academic and non-academic fields. Join us to learn and practice strategies to identify the elements of a career that are most important to you, discover new career paths, and perform research on different industries. Participants will leave the workshop with career exploration tools and resources for learning more about relevant career paths.
How to Find a Job or Internship Intensive
Wednesday, October 26 from 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Career Center 3rd Floor Conference Room
501 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Register here: https://app.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1123279
Can’t register on Handshake? Use this form: https://sa.ucla.edu/Forms/p/ZXaOJ (UCLA Single Sign-on required)
Are you ready to jumpstart your job or internship search? Join us for an hour-long in-person session designed to give you the space and support needed to start your search. We will help you locate the job postings you want to find and develop contact lists and tracking sheets so you can make a plan for your job or internship search.
This is part of the Career Essentials for Non-Academic Jobs series, a workshop series designed to equip graduate students and postdocs with the skills needed for a non-academic job search. Online workshops introduce strategies and tools to attendees, and in-person intensives use hands-on activities to help attendees develop their job search materials.
Should I Postdoc? STEM Focus
Wednesday, October 26 from 3:30 – 5:00 PM via ZOOM
Register here: https://ucla.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1121399
A postdoctoral position can be an opportunity to further your training and gain skills needed for your future career. Join us to learn what to expect from doing a postdoc, explore different kinds of postdoctoral appointments, and identify career paths and opportunities after a postdoc. Participants will leave the workshop equipped with tools and resources to decide if a postdoc is right for them.
What Can I Do with This Degree? Exploring Career Paths (Humanities, Social Sciences, Arts & Education)
Thursday, October 27 from 3:30 – 5:00 PM via Zoom
Register here: https://ucla.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1124347
Figuring out what you want to do post-graduation can be overwhelming, no matter what your graduate degree is in. This is especially true for humanists, social scientists, artists, and educators, whose degree, experiences, and skills may not immediately point to a specific job title or career path. Join us to learn and practice strategies for identifying what elements of a career are most important to you, discovering new career paths, and doing research on different industries. Participants will leave the workshop with career exploration tools and resources for learning more about relevant career paths.
Careers in Community Colleges
Tuesday, November 29 from 5:30 – 7:30 PM
Village View Room, Weyburn Commons (4th floor)
11020 Weyburn Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Register here: https://ucla.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1126119
Can’t register via Handshake? Use this form: https://sa.ucla.edu/Forms/p/bGGo8 (UCLA Single Sign-on required)
Curious about how to start your career teaching at a community college? Join us to learn more about careers in community colleges from UCLA PhD alumni who are now faculty members at various Southern California community colleges. We will also be joined by Beth Au (M.A. Asian American Studies), the Director of the California Community Colleges Registry, who will share her insights on how to find open positions.
Moderated by Katie Dixie, Assistant Director of the Center for Education Innovation & Learning in the Sciences (CEILS) at UCLA
Networking with panelists will follow the moderated session. Food and refreshments will be available.
The Careers In … Series brings together UCLA alumni and employers to highlight the variety of careers that advanced degree holders can pursue and creates opportunities for UCLA graduate students and postdocs to network with industry professionals.
Sponsored by UCLA Division of Graduate Education, UCLA Career Center, UCLA Center for Education Innovation & Learning in the Sciences, Office of Residential Life, and the California Community Colleges Registry
Sponsored by UCLA Division of Graduate Education and UCLA Career Center