7 Ways to Fast-Track Your Resume to the ‘Yes’ Pile

Application deadline: January 6, 2014

 

Undergraduate students receive a $5,000 stipend plus travel expenses.

 

10-week research experiences are offered at: Argonne, Idaho, Berkeley, Livermore, Oak Ridge, Pacific Northwest, and Sandia National Laboratories; as well as at Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Coast Guard Research and Development Center, Customs and Borders Protection Laboratories and Scientific Services, Naval Research Laboratory, Engineer Research and Development Center, National Security Technologies Remote Sensing Laboratory, Transportation Security Laboratory, and more… 

 

Areas of research: Engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biological / life sciences, environmental science, emergency and incident management,social sciences, and more.  

  

U.S. citizenship required

 

Search Job # 9261865 in UMBCworks to learn more!

On-Campus Interviews offer students a chance to conveniently interview for professional positions on campus.  Employers travel to our campus for the specific purpose of interviewing preselected students for currently open positions.  This is a great opportunity to interview with employers specifically interested in UMBC students and offers the advantage of a smaller applicant pool.  Interviews take place during the fall and spring. The logistics (viewing positions, applying, signing up for interview time slots, etc.) are all handled via UMBCworks.

Don't miss out on employers coming to UMBC to recruit YOU this fall! The following is a list of employers coming to conduct on-campus interviews with application deadlines within the next month.

iGate
Position: Test Engineer - 9261611
Resume Submission End:  November 4, 2013

AAI Corporation
Positions:  Human Resources, Finance, Engineer I, Information Technology
Resume Submission Deadline:  November 11, 2013

Emerson Power Transmission
Positions:  Paid Spring Entineering Co-Op - 9261749
Resume Submission Deadline:  November 11, 2013

A full list of On-Campus Interviews scheduled is available on our website calendar and on UMBCworks, please check regularly for any updates or changes that may occur.

The following part-time positions have been posted within the past week to UMBCworks. Login to your account (via the link in the Jobs & Internships topic in myUMBC) and find details and application instructions as well as hundreds of other job postings!

9261841 - IT Intern - Dresner Group, LLC
9261795 - Physical Therapy Aide - Catonsville Physical Therapy
9261673 - Chess Coach or Aide - Silver Knights Chess
9261797 - Rehabilitation Counselor - Humanim

The following full-time positions have been posted within the past week to UMBCworks. Login to your account (via the link in the Jobs & Internships topic in myUMBC) and find details and application instructions as well as hundreds of other job postings! 

9261849 - Inventory Personnel - Chesapeake Human Resource Services, LLC
9261822 - Associate Product Manager - Videology
9261717 - Police Officer Candidate - Montgomery County Department of Police
9261683 - Supplier Quality Engineer - Mechanical - AAI Corporation
9261773 - Family Service Advocate - YMCA of Central MD

Name:  Marissa Pigeols

Internship, Co-op or Research Site: Office of External Affairs, Social Security Administration

Major(s)/Minor(s):  English, History, Media & Communication Studies

Expected Graduation Year: 2016

Briefly describe your internship, co-op, research, or service- learning opportunity, including your day-to-day tasks, responsibilities, and assignments.

My internship is with the Office of External Relations within Social Security Administration. As the name of my position (Social Media Intern) may suggest, my assignments have all been within the realm of social media. Some of my assignments have included: writing blog posts for the Office of the Inspector General’s (OIG) blog, By the Numbers, designing award certificates for employees, designing banners for web pages, designing info graphics for OIG’s Facebook page, and completing other various editing tasks.

What have you enjoyed the most about your position or organization/company?

I have strongly enjoyed using my design and editing skills in a practical manner. Everything I had designed up to this point had been for personal use. The items I designed for OER were to be used on their main web pages, their blogs, and their Facebook page. The certificate was likely my favorite thing to create, as I knew other people would be directly receiving it. Creating graphics for other people was incredibly rewarding.

What advice would you give to another student who is seeking an internship or similar experience?

Keep an open mind. When I received an invitation to apply for the internship, I was surprised - I had never applied for this. It turned out they’d received my resume from the school and were interested in interviewing me. I was apprehensive at first, considering I already had a summer job, but I went for it and I’m so glad I did! It ended up being such a great opportunity to test my design and writing skills and to learn more about public relations.

How do you see your experience as meaningful? This might involve skills you’ve gained, information you’ve learned, mentors you’ve connected with, or projects you’ve completed.

Before this internship, I knew very little about Social Security. I knew I had a SS number, and I knew I needed to protect this number to prevent my identity from being stolen. Through writing blog posts and reading testimony, I learned that crimes concerning Social Security can be the kind that destroys lives. As I have many elderly relatives, this kind of information was both concerning and valuable.

Please provide a short quote about what you liked most about your position / earning internship credit / the internship placement process / the Shriver Center:

I have always been interested in both writing and design, but was unsure about exactly what I wanted to do in those areas. Working with External Relations made me realize that whatever product you produce, be it a blog post or an info graphic, is useless if you don’t have a message you need to get across and an audience to consume it. The people I worked with understood this perfectly. They needed to help the American public understand the work SSA is doing, and have been adapting social media and 21st century technologies to ensure this happens. I now have a better understanding of the importance of social media and communication in such a plugged-in world.