CAREER COACH ANNOUNCEMENTS
NEED YOUR RESUME REVIEWED?
Meet with a career coach, Kristen or Meagan, for help with updating your resume for exciting new opportunities. Stop in to the Academic and Career Advising Center (107 Oldfather Hall) for a walk-in M-F, 10am-12pm, or set up an appointment on MyPLAN.
SAVE THE DATES!
UNIVERSITY CAREER FAIRS
DAY 1: Tuesday, Feb. 12th, 1-5pm, Embassy Suites Downtown Lincoln (1040 P Street)
• Opportunities within Business, Social and Human Services, Agricultural Sciences & Natural Sciences, and Government & Non-Profit
DAY 2: Wednesday, Feb. 13th, 1-5pm, Embassy Suites Downtown Lincoln (1040 P Street)
• Opportunities within Mathematics, Science, Engineering, and Technology
CAREER FAIR PREP NIGHT-PREPARE TO EXCEL
Wednesday, Feb. 6th, 4-5:30pm, Centennial Room, NE Union
Are you attending the upcoming career fairs on Feb. 12th and 13th? Learn how to best prepare for seeking out employers and opportunities at the fair by attending the Career Fair Prep Night event. During this event you will get career fair advice from employer recruiters and professional career advisors while also getting your resume reviewed. This event will help boost your confidence to excel at the career fairs!
ALL STUDENT PRACTICE INTERVIEW DAY
Thursday, Feb. 7th, 9am-5pm, University Career Services, 225 NE Union
Looking for an opportunity to brush up on your interviewing skills? Sign-up for a 30-minute practice interview with an employer on Handshake. These practice interviews will help you: practice answering common interview questions, build confidence for after career fair day interviews, and receive feedback from an actual employer.
PAID SUMMER RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY
The Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) is a gateway to graduate education at Big Ten Academic Alliance universities. The goal of the program is to increase the number of underrepresented students who pursue graduate study and research careers. SROP helps prepare undergraduates for graduate study through intensive research experiences with faculty mentors and enrichment activities.
Each year SROP applications are accepted between November 1 and February 10. The Big Ten Academic Alliance universities SROP application allows you to apply to up to 10 widely-recognized summer research programs at participating Big Ten Academic Alliance universities using a single application. For more information on how to apply go to http://www.btaa.org/resources-for/students/srop/introduction.
MCAT WORKSHOP
Thursday, Feb. 7th, 4-5pm, 221 Love Library South
What is on the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT)? How can you prepare for the exam? Join us for an overview and helpful tips for preparing for this exam.
PRE-LAW VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY
The University of Nebraska College of Law is a regional competition site for the National Trial Team Competition Feb. 15-17. The competition rounds will take place at the Lancaster & District Courthouses. We need at least four volunteers per trial to serve at witnesses and are looking for undergraduate students to fill these roles. Witnesses provide testimony about people, events, and documents that support either the Plaintiff or the Defendant in the mock law suit. Each witness will take the stand to testify and be examined by both sides of the case (Plaintiff and Defendant). We hope you will volunteer for this unique opportunity! To see dates and times that witnesses are needed and to register visit this webpage. Have friends or relatives that may want to help, feel free to invite them as well! Additional information will be sent out when the competition is closer. Questions? Contact Katie Pfannenstiel at kpfannenstiel@unl.edu or 402-472-8382.
CONNECT WITH EXCITING EMPLOYERS RECRUITING ON CAMPUS
Target
Monday, Feb. 4th, 10am-2pm South Lobby of Howard L Hawks Hall (College of Business)
About Target: Target Corporation serves our guests in 49 states nationwide and at Target.com. We’re committed to providing a fun and convenient shopping experience, with unique products at affordable prices. Since 1946, the corporation has given 5 percent of its income through community grants and programs like Take Charge of Education. Today, that giving equals more than $4 million a week.
Sandhills Publishing
Tuesday, Feb. 5th, 8:30am-2pm , South & North Lobby of Howard L Hawks Hall (College of Business)
About Sandhills: Founded in 1978, Sandhills Publishing serves the trucking, agriculture, construction, heavy machinery, aviation, and related industries with a diverse range of products and services from well-established trade publications and websites to hosted technology services customized to meet the evolving needs of our customers. Headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, Sandhills’ facilities include an on-site printing press, bindery, and state-of-the-art data center. Sandhills also operates a geographically disparate redundant data center in Scottsdale, Arizona, and supports multiple international publications with offices situated around the world.
Ameritas
Wednesday, Feb. 6th, 9am-2pm , South Lobby of Howard L Hawks Hall (College of Business) | Lunch & Learn 12-1 pm, 2311 Hawks Hall
About Ameritas: At Ameritas, fulfilling life is what we do daily. We continuously strive to help our customers enjoy life at its very best by reducing uncertainty, helping grow assets and protecting what is most cherished. Backed by a foundation of financial strength, we offer a competitive array of insurance, employee benefits and financial products and services. And we service them in a highly welcoming, ethical and professional manner that builds lasting trust and enduring relationships.
Assurity Life Insurance
Thursday, Feb. 7th, 8:30am-12pm , South Lobby of Howard L Hawks Hall (College of Business)
About Assurity: Assurity has long lived our mission of helping people through difficult times, with a heritage dating back to 1890. We provide life insurance, disability and critical illness insurance, and voluntary employee benefits through independent brokers nationwide. Our unrelenting commitment to financial strength and stability has consistently earned us excellent industry ratings.
Handshake Jobs and Internships
PIMCO - 2019 Full-time Portfolio Analyst
Sandhills Publishing - Data Scientist
Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth - Summer Residential Math Teaching Assistants and Summer Residential Math Instructors
Aon - Health & Benefits Specialist
Itlize Global LLC - Entry Level Data Scientist and Data Science/Data Engineer
Accenture - Accenture Technology Analyst, Accenture Analyst, Accenture Technology Summer Analyst, and Accenture Summer Analyst
GEICO - Actuarial Assistant
Wolters Kluwer - Associate Tax Analyst
Lincoln Financial Group - Customer Experience Associate and Customer Experience Associate (Marketing)
MDRC - Technical Research Assistant
STOICSIT - Junior Data Science Engineer
John Deere - Accounting/Finance Development Program
Pocket Gems - Data Analyst
Aon - Catastrophe Modeling Risk Intern
Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board - Economic Research & Data Analysis Internship
Nebraska Public Power District - RESOURCE PLANNING INTERN
Elkay Wood Products - Product Marketing & Training Intern
University of Chicago Urban Labs - Research Assistant (Summer Internship), Data Science (Summer Internship), and Data Scientist
Orange County Transportation Authority - Summer College Intern - Maintenance Resource Management
Moody's Corporation - Analytics Quantitative Research Summer Internship
NextEra Energy, Inc. - Summer College Intern - Gexa Business Intelligence & Analytics
The Walt Disney Company - Social Media Analytics Internship
More job and internship listings can be found on Handshake!!
Department Resources
I would also encourage you to check out open positions on some of the job boards listed on the Career in Mathematics page of the Department's website: https://www.math.unl.edu/careers-mathematics.