CAREER COACH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Career Coaching
Ready to hit the ground running this spring? Schedule a meeting with a Career Coach to discuss ways to gain experience (internships, research, campus/community involvement), tips for your post-graduate job searching/interviewing, updating your resume and writing cover letters, and how prepare for pursuing graduate school. Make an appointment on MyPLAN using the following link: Schedule here!
RSO/CLUB INVOLVEMENT AND EVENTS
RSO Virtual Club Fair
Tuesday, February 2nd, 6-8pm CST
• Signing up is so easy! Check out this short video to see the different options for signing up for our Virtual Club Fair.
• All RSO’s in compliance will receive an email from NvolveU with a personalized invitation to register when registration opens!
Event Planning During COVID-19
Wednesday, January 27th, 3pm CST, Zoom: https://go.unl.edu/eventplanning
• If your RSO is thinking about hosting in-person events this semester, it’s important that you keep up with Directed Health Measures to help promote a safe environment and keep within university compliance.
• Join Assistant Vice Chancellor TJ McDowell each Wednesday at 3 p.m. for a quick update on the latest policies and to get answers to your event planning questions in the age of COVID.
ON-CAMPUS OPPORTUNITIES
Pre-Law UCARE Research
• Students interested in pursuing a legal history project that features black, Indigenous, immigrant, institutionalized, and child petitioners should reach out to Dr. Jagodinsky: kjagodinsky@unl.edu to discuss applying for her UCARE project.
• Applications are due Feb 15 and interested students should contact her by Feb 1; positions are available for Summer 21 and Academic Year 21-22.
o When you reach out to Dr. Jagodinsky, identify your general academic interests and any skills you bring to a research team.
• The project features habeas petitions from 1812-1924 and covers typical legal procedural questions as well as extraordinary challenges against enslavement, reservation internment, deportation, child removal, juvenile delinquency, and insanity proceedings. Students work as a team with staff at the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities to process and encode the petitions and do their own research on the ways marginalized people used the law over the long nineteenth century.
COVID Testing Jobs
• UNL will be increasing testing on campus and is hiring to help with this process.
• There are several types of positions available with various qualifications needed for each job. Pre-Health students are encouraged to apply and gain healthcare experience.
o All info about the positions on this website: https://covid19.unl.edu/test-positions.
o Immediate openings for Lab Technician I or Lab Technician II are available and offer part time hours. Apply directly here: https://unl.joinhandshake.com/jobs/4251261
Information Sessions available for Conference Assistant Positions
Wednesday, January 27th, 7pm CST, Zoom link
Friday, January 29th, 10am CST, Zoom link
• Conference assistants are a vital member of the conference services program. During the summer conferences season, these students live and work in the residence halls, responding to the day-to-day needs of conference and camp guests.
• Learn more here about this position: https://conferenceservices.unl.edu/ca
UNL New Student Enrollment is Hiring Orientation Leaders
• To review the position of an Orientation Leader see the following link: https://nse.unl.edu/staff/become-orientation-leader/
• Link to apply: https://nse.unl.edu/staff/become-orientation-leader/apply/
• Applications due February 14
PRE-HEALTH/PRE-LAW OPPORTUNITIES
MCAT Prep Course Scholarships
• Altius MCAT test prep has $2 million in scholarship funds to award in January 2021.
• Application Due: Jan 31
• If you are interested: apply ASAP at this link.
Paying for Law School AccessLex workshops
AccessLex is offering several online workshops in January and February.
• Topics include: Paying for Law school (Jan. 26), Building your Law School Budget (Jan. 28), Choosing a Law School (Feb. 3), and Applying to Law School (Feb. 4).
• AccessLex offers additional free online resources and tolls for planning and paying for law school. We highly recommend the financial planning tools found here.
• Register to attend each workshop by clicking on the link for each workshop title.
Practice LSAT (PrepTest #78)
Saturday, February 6th, 8:45 AM-12:00 PM CST, Louise Pound Hall Room 27
• Take this opportunity to practice taking the LSAT under timed conditions. This practice exam will be in paper and pencil format, and not a digital format like the official LSAT exams. However, taking a practice LSAT under timed conditions will help you to practice your strategies and thought processes and hone your test-taking skills.
• To Register: Sign up for the Practice LSAT at: https://exploreregistration.unl.edu
Law School Fee Waivers
• The Explore Center has a limited amount of application fee waivers for UNL Law School
• These are distributed on a first come, first served basis.
• If you are interested in being able to take advantage of this opportunity, please call us at 402-472-3605.
VIRTUAL CAREER EVENTS & UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES
Careers in the NCIS
Thursday, January 28th, 12-1:30pm CST, via Zoom: https://unomaha.zoom.us/j/97305576946
• Special Agent Michael Rieger will be discussing career considerations with the U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Services (NCIS). As a civilian special agent with the NCIS, Michael primarily investigates major crimes including sexual assault, deaths, child exploitation and aggravated domestic violence.
• More information can be found here: https://events.unl.edu/2021/01/28/153869/
Teach for America Application Deadline
Where will your career take you after graduation? By joining Teach For America, you will become part of a powerful network of more than 60,000 leaders changing the course of our nation.
As a corps member, you’ll be challenged to think creatively and lead boldly. You’ll leverage your unique talents to dismantle inequities in the classroom and beyond. As an alum, you’ll join a diverse community working to expand opportunity from nearly every career sector.
• Upcoming application deadline: January 29th
• For more information go to their website: https://www.teachforamerica.org/
Data Science Internship Information Session, Monday, January 25th 11am-12pm CST, https://app.joinhandshake.com/events/658154?ref=events-search
Economic Justice: Working Toward Eliminating the Opportunity Gap, Friday, January 29th, 1-2pm CST, https://app.joinhandshake.com/events/663552?ref=events-search
HANDSHAKE JOBS AND INTERNSHIPS
Whole Foods Market - Pricing Analyst
Tech Data Corporation - Master Data Analyst I
Teacher Retirement System of Texas - Special Opportunities Investment Analyst
Murex - Integration Consultant
Denver Public Schools - Small Group Math Instructor (Denver Math Fellows)
NISA Investment Advisors, LLC - Analyst, Credit Research
TikTok - Data Engineer (Platform Services)-2021 Start-SINGAPORE
Cargill - Supply Chain Rotational Associate 2021
US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - Consumer Safety Officer (Emergency Response Coordinator)
Lockton Companies, LLC - Actuarial Analyst
Macy's, Inc. - Macy's Summer Marketing Internship
Verizon - Technology Audit Summer 2021 Internship
SEO Career-Diversity Internship Program - Commercial Real Estate Summer 2021 Internship
SelectQuote - Information Technology Internship - Telecom, Application Support, Helpdesk
Trane Technologies - 2021 EPIC Analytics and Data Science Intern
Grainger - Data Science Summer Intern - Search and Information Retrieval, Deep Learning Summer Intern, and Statistical Analyst Summer Intern
Sandia National Laboratories - Intern - Software Developer R&D Undergrad Summer
Department Resources
I would also encourage you to check out open positions on some of the job boards listed on the Math Research and Internship Opportunities page of the Math Club's website: https://www.math.unl.edu/math-club/resources/research.