CAREER COACH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Career Services is seeking student feedback about the virtual career fairs that occurred on February 23, 24, 25, and 26. If you participated in the virtual career fairs, please consider completing the University Career Fairs Student Survey.
Career Coaching
Want to explore careers of interest but not sure how to get started? Schedule an appointment with a Career Coach to talk about your interests, research careers, and find ways to get started in your exploration. Make an appointment on MyPLAN using the following link: Schedule here!
CAREER-RELATED EVENTS
Career Meet-Up focused on Human Services, Nonprofit & Social Justice
Wednesday, March 31st, 5:30-6:30pm CST, via Zoom
• A Meet Up is a more relaxed, low-pressure way to connect and learn from professionals in fields of interest. From this Meet Up you will gain insight and ideas about how to better prepare for the field while making valuable connections.
• This Meet Up will have professionals from Human Services, Nonprofit, and Social Justice pathways.
• Review the bios from each professional at the link below and come up with questions to ask during the Meet Up. Dress code is casual.
• https://go.unl.edu/careermeetup
Evaluating Job Applicants hosted by Center for Sales Excellence
Tuesday, March 30th, 11am-12:15pm CST, via Zoom
• The Center for Sales Excellence invites students to attend “Evaluating Job Applicants” with Austin Closs, senior university recruiter, Gartner.
• Register for Zoom information at: https://go.unl.edu/cse_evaluating_applicants
LEADERSHIP AND STUDENT ORGANIZATION EVENTS
Event Planning during COVID-19
Wednesday, March 31st, 3pm CST, via Zoom
• If your RSO, student group or department are 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 for Student Affairs, TJ McDowell, each Wednesday at 3pm for a quick update on the latest policies and to get answers to your event planning questions in the age of COVID.
• Zoom available: https://go.unl.edu/eventplanning
GAINING EXPERIENCE
Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Informational Session
Tuesday, March 30th, 11am-12pm CST, Virtual
• The Council for the International Exchange of Scholars is offering a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program information session led by a Fulbright Program Officer. This session is intended for UNL faculty members interested in applying to the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program.
• After the session, the program officer will have a limited number of 15-minute time slots available (between 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM) to meet individually with faculty. For more information or to sign up for a time, contact Petrina Suiter at Petrina.suiter@unl.edu.
• Link to register for the session: https://apply.iie.org/register/UNL.
Huskers Abroad 101
Tuesday, March 30th, 10:30am CST
Wednesday, March 31st, 4:30pm CST
Thursday, April 1st, 2pm CST
• Attend a Huskers Abroad 101 session to take the first step toward going abroad. This session will cover researching program options, selecting a program, funding and the timeline for the process.
• Virtual sessions are held every week on Tuesday at 10:30am, Wednesday at 4:30pm, and Thursday at 2:00pm.
• Pre-registration is required. Once registered, a Zoom link will be emailed to your Huskers email account. Register at: https://go.unl.edu/huskersabroad101.
Summer Opportunity - Husker After-school and Summer Learning Opportunities
• This opportunity allows you to spend the summer gaining valuable career experience while giving back to youth across Nebraska.
• Beginning April 1, you can apply to be part of the Huskers After-School and Summer Learning Opportunities program, in which participants will lead children in grades K-12 in after-school clubs and summer activities both online and in-person.
• The program is accepting 100 students from all areas of study. There is no current deadline for applications.
• https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/100-huskers-sought-to-lead-k-12-after-school-summer-experiences/
• Apply here: https://honors.unl.edu/haslo.
Summer Opportunity - Summer 2021 Data Collector with UNL-Bureau of Sociological Research
• The Bureau of Sociological Research (BOSR) has a new project coming up that involves the distribution of surveys and collection of contact information at various state park areas across the State of Nebraska and is in need of data collection help from May 2021 through the beginning of August 2021.
• Data collection needs to happen on Friday/Saturday or Saturday/Sunday. This means each data collector would need to collect data during three weekends from May through August.
• We can also work to assign you to sites based on your availability and location of the park. We would do one-time payments that would include meal costs, travel expenses, data collection time, etc. There will also be training this Spring, along with COVID-19 safety procedures in place to make sure everyone stays safe while collecting these data.
• If you’re interested in applying, check out the job posting here: https://unl.joinhandshake.com/jobs/4498873.
Open Student Representative Spots for Campus Recreation Advisory Council
• Students who are interested in working alongside other individuals as advocates for student well-being on campus and for the chance to impact new programming are encouraged to apply to the Campus Recreation Advisory Council (CRAC) for the 2021–22 academic year.
• Details about this opportunity and how to apply can be found at: https://studentaffairs.unl.edu/news/student-spots-open-campus-recs-2021-22-advisory-council
Registration Open for Student Research Days
April 12th-16th (Must register by April 5th)
• The annual fair showcases research and creative accomplishments by graduate and undergraduate students at the university. In lieu of a traditional poster session and creative exhibition, undergraduate and graduate students are invited to develop a 5-8 minute video presentation to share through the dedicated Nebraska Research Days MediaHub channel.
• The video presentations will allow participants to share their results with a worldwide audience. Guidelines for creating and uploading the research video are on the Nebraska Research Days website.
• Each day will feature separate disciplines:
o April 12 — Arts and Humanities
o April 13 —Social Sciences
o April 14 — Life Sciences
o April 15 — Physical Sciences
VIRTUAL PROGRAMS
Tuesday, March 30th, March Virtual Healthcare Open House hosted by Recover Health
• https://unl.joinhandshake.com/events/717721
Tuesday, March 30th, AbleTo Customer Service Representative Virtual Career Fair hosted by UnitedHealth Group
• https://unl.joinhandshake.com/events/721621
Tuesday, March 30th, ACE Virtual Sophomore Exploratory Summit hosted by BNP Paribas
• https://unl.joinhandshake.com/events/671105
Tuesday, March 30th, Oye! Are you a first generation college student? Hosted by State Farm Insurance Companies
• https://unl.joinhandshake.com/events/719013
Tuesday, March 30th, Ask Me Anything: Coffee Chats with Corps Members hosted by Teach for America
• https://unl.joinhandshake.com/events/723142
Wednesday, March 31st, Nebraska DHHS Child and Family Services Specialist Virtual Career Event hosted by Nebraska Dept. of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
• https://unl.joinhandshake.com/events/719904
Wednesday, March 31st, Get to Know Facebook Production Engineering hosted by Facebook
• https://unl.joinhandshake.com/events/717145
Wednesday, March 31st, Saga Education-Math Fellow Info Session
• https://unl.joinhandshake.com/events/705182
Thursday, April 1st, Gain Clinical Experience with ScribeAmerica! Hosted by ScribeAmerica
• https://unl.joinhandshake.com/events/720157
HANDSHAKE JOBS AND INTERNSHIPS
Cristo Rey New York High School - High School Math Teacher and Math Interventionist
Automated Systems, Inc. - Client Services Analyst, I
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection - Advanced Auditor
City of Independence, Missouri - Energy Management System Coordinator I
Hyland Software, Inc. - Financial Systems Administrator 1
Anderson & Anderson Insurance, Inc. - Insurance Agent
Kaiser Family Foundation - Research Assistant - State Health Facts
Urban Institute - Research Assistant (Center on Metropolitan Housing and Communities)
MIT Sloan School of Management - Pre-Doctoral Technical Associate/Work and Organizations Studies, Jackson Lu
JPMorgan Chase & Co. - Chase Data & Analytics Undergraduate Summer 2021 Internship
Cimarron Software Services Inc. - Engineering Support Intern (ESTL)
Athene USA - Actuarial Intern - Summer 2021 and Data Technician Internship - Summer 2021
Adaptive Biotechnologies - Intern, Quality System Analyst
Viasat Inc - Machine Learning Intern
GlaxoSmithKline - Summer Intern/Product and Process Data Associate
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. We are also trying to list open research positions within the department on this webpage as well. I was also directed to this webpage: Math at Work Monday from Math for Grownups. Every Monday, a new interview is posted where a current professional discusses how they use Math at work.