Eligibility: Senior graduate students at U.S. institutions
Applications: Accepted through November 22nd, 2024
Event Dates: February 24-26, 2025
Location: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, N.Y.
UMBC is part of the International Career Collective (ICC), a group of over 20 leading universities across the U.S. Together, we’re hosting the ICC Career Expo to help you meet employers actively seeking international talent with your unique skills and perspectives!
Event Details:Registration: Opens Friday, November 8, at 12:00 PM EST.
Important Note: After registering on Handshake, you must sign up for group sessions or 1:1 meetings with employers to connect with them. Seats are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Again, students are limited to signing up for FOUR 1:1 sessions.
We hope to see you there!
Navigating the job market can be a daunting process for any student, but international students in particular often face additional challenges — from dealing with visa requirements and work authorizations, to understanding cultural differences throughout the hiring process. These obstacles can make the job search even more overwhelming, but with the right tools and resources, international students can find success.
If you’re an international student, we’re here to help! Here are some tools that international students can use as they encounter the current job market landscape.
Research. My Visa Jobs.com provides H-1B Visa and Green Card reports for every year, listing the top Visa sponsors (that is, employers) via a number of different filters including occupation, job title, location, industry, college, petition status, etc. If you’re just starting out on your job search journey, this could be a good tool to use to determine which employers in targeted industries and/or locations of interest are open to hiring.
Search On-Campus. If you’re on an F-1 Visa, on-campus jobs are the most accessible employment opportunities available to you. Therefore, you need to know where to find them. This blog post by the Career Center lays out five tips to help international students locate on-campus employment. By knowing where to look, you can get a jump start on your search before the wave of applications roll in.
Search Off Campus: If you’re an international student able to look off-campus for a job or internship, you may want to check out GoinGlobal. With their job search function, you’re able to search 16+ million worldwide opportunities in various industries. So, whether you want to stay in Maryland or go elsewhere, GoinGlobal is a great tool to see what’s out there.
Explore Career Paths: Not quite sure how to get to where you’d like to go in your career? Look no further than Steppingblocks, a digital career counselor tool that uses data from real-life alumni and professionals to show you various alumni career trajectories. You can also explore skills, education, and employers for particular industries as well. For more information, check out this blog post.
Network and Learn: When it comes to the job market, information is power. The more you know, the more strategic you can be. Additionally, your network means everything in the job search. The more people you know, the closer you’ll get to landing a position. Therefore, if there are events available where you can do both, it’s important to seize those opportunities when you can. On November 11-15, the virtual International Career Summit is taking place, jam-packed with workshops, presentations, and panels designed to equip you with what you need to succeed in your job search. Learn more about the Summit and be sure to register!
We hope these tools and resources can help you confidently pursue opportunities, connect with employers and alumni, and smoothly transition into the next phase of your professional journey.
Wow, what an electrifying evening! GEARS Trivia Night was a whirlwind of excitement with three heart-pounding rounds that had everyone on the edge of their seats. The close eliminations kept the crowd buzzing with anticipation, while the hard-fought finale was a true clash of trivia titans.
Cheers to all the participants for making it a night to remember! Special congratulations to our winners!
First Prize: $100 each! Team Kanyarasi
Second Prize: $75 each! Team Nsync
Third Prize: $50 each! Team INT
Keep your gears turning, folks—we’ll see you at the next trivia showdown!
]]>This Center for Democracy and Civic Life's series is designed to help students develop valuable professional connections, an opportunity that is particularly important for graduate students as they navigate both academic and career paths.
The upcoming sessions will focus on critical skills like effective networking, communication strategies, and building long-lasting professional relationships—skills that can have a significant impact on graduate students as they prepare for future careers in academia, industry, or beyond.
Session 2: Effective Communication Strategies
Date: November 13, 2023, 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Location: Commons 329
Objective: Develop skills for initiating and maintaining professional conversations.
Session 3: Building and Sustaining Relationships
Date: November 18, 2023, 12:30 - 2:00 PM
Location: Commons 318
Objective: Learn strategies for nurturing long-term professional relationships.
Here are the links to the myUMBC posts for each session:
This dialogue series is open to faculty, staff and students and does not require reservations.
Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you need any additional information.
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