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.
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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: https://app.vidgrid.com/view/o5IVCkI4ROBN/?sr=8EzA9T
• 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: 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.
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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
o Apply for Saliva Collector and Wellness Attendant via Handshake.
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
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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