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Career and professional development opportunities for graduate students and postdocs include:
- Spotlight: Empower Your Research Pitch Finale and Impact Reception
- Events: Resume or CV Labs, How to Stand Out in a Competitive Job Market (Beyond the Professoriate Live Webinar)
- Opportunities: NSC 098D: Investigating Career Options for STEM Advanced Degrees (Fall 2026 Semester)
- Career Advising: Graduate Student and Postdoc Advising
- Who's Hiring Graduate Students and Postdocs: Benetech, Harmony Labs, The Humane League
More information and links to register can be found below.
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Join us in celebrating graduate student research and impact with the finalists of the Empower Your Research Pitch competition and a poster session highlighting the work graduate students do through the Graduate Archer Fellowship Program, The CONNECT Program, PhD Pathways and Reimagining Professional Development.
Appetizers, wine, beer and non-alcoholic drinks will be served.
Finale judges will choose three pitch winners, each will win $1,000. The audience will select the audience choice award.
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Design a career and life that truly fits you! This interactive lab applies life design principles and design thinking to help graduate students and postdocs explore possibilities, reframe challenges and create actionable next steps. Lunch is provided to attendees.
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Assertiveness 2.0: Speaking Up, Even When Power Dynamics Make It Hard (The Resilient Scientist Webinar Series)
Monday, April 13, 2 p.m., Virtual
Join Dr. Sharon Milgram, the former director of the NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education, for the next part in The Resilient Scientist Series webinar. This session will discuss practical tools for setting boundaries, articulating expectations, requesting feedback, and navigating difficult conversations with colleagues, mentors, and supervisors.
Graduate Job Search Working Group
Wednesdays during April, 11 a.m.-noon, FAC 2.138 or Virtual
See the full list of weekly themes on 12twenty!
Optimizing Your LinkedIn (April 15) - Strengthen your profile and learn how to leverage LinkedIn for networking.
Bring a copy of your resume or CV to exchange feedback with peers and gain multiple perspectives to strengthen your materials. An OCLD staff member will also share best practices and answer questions.
Join Dr. Sarah Burriss for an interactive session exploring AI-integrated activities that engage students in considering the ethics of an AI-rich world.
Feedback: We Need It, Even When We Don’t Like It (The Resilient Scientist Webinar Series)
Monday, April 20, 2 p.m., Virtual
Join Dr. Sharon Milgram, the former director of the NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education, for the next part in The Resilient Scientist Series webinar. This session explores why feedback is hard to hear and to give—and how to stay calm, grounded, open, and engaged in the feedback process.
Emerging Technology and Aging Workforce Panel
Thursday, April 23, 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m., RLP 1.302E Interested in how emerging technologies are shaping aging research? Join the Texas Aging & Longevity Consortium (TALC) Graduate Student Council (GSC) and the Graduate School Office of Career and Life Design (OCLD) for a professional development panel featuring Dr. Bo Xie, Dr. Nanshu Lu and Dr. Ryan Moore.
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Are you a STEM graduate student or postdoc that will be here during the fall semester? This interactive career exploration course helps you explore career options, clarify goals and design actionable plans using a life design approach. This is a zero-credit hour course, graded on a credit/no credit basis, that meets in-person on Mondays from 5-6:15 p.m. during the fall semester.
How to Apply for OPT Webinar
Thursday, April 23, 10-11 a.m. or Monday, May 4, 9-10 a.m.
Graduating this semester? Interested in working in the U.S. after you graduate? Join this webinar to learn how to apply for F-1 Optional Practical Training (OPT) employment authorization. This webinar is specifically tailored for students graduating in the current semester.
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Who’s Hiring Graduate Students and Postdocs?
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Product & Innovation Development Manager
Harmony Labs
Senior Research Scientist (Audience & Media Systems)
Kaizen Labs
Deployment Strategist
Newsela
Impact Research Intern, Summer 2026
Skylight
Senior/Staff/Principal Content Designer (ACF)
Step Up Tutoring
Product Lead
THE CITY
Associate News Editor
The Humane League
Learning & Development Manager
The Nature Conservancy
Biodiversity Scientist, Data & Analytics
The Texas Tribune
Senior Data Visuals Developer
TrueMeter
Backend Software Engineer, AI Applications
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