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Career and professional development opportunities for graduate students and postdocs include:
- Spotlight: Thinking on Your Feet: Improv Tools for Research Communication, Coffee and Connections: Lunar New Year & Core Value Assessment
- Events: Networking Workshop , Qualitative Research Night
- Opportunities: GSA Travel Award , Empower Your Research Pitch
- Who's Hiring Graduate Students and Postdocs: ARP, Beanstack, BlueLabs
More information and links to register can be found below.
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Thinking on Your Feet: Improv Tools for Research Communication
Thursday, Feb. 19, 10-11:30 a.m., FAC Classroom ABC
Learn how to communicate about your research with greater clarity, confidence and impact. This fun, interactive session is facilitated by Omar Abdullah, Ph.D., a business development expert and interdisciplinary scholar.
Coffee and Connections: Lunar New Year & Core Value Assessment
Wednesday, Feb. 18, 4-5 p.m., FAC 2.236 Classroom ABC
Celebrate the Lunar New Year with an interactive workshop designed for international graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. We will use interactive activities to explore your strengths, helping you build the psychological safety and clarity needed for your career journey. Refreshments, including sweet and savory snacks, will be provided!
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Networking Workshop
Tuesday, Feb. 17, noon-1:30 p.m., FAC 2.236 Classroom ABC
This workshop will help you understand the why, what and how of networking—and give you practical strategies to make it feel authentic and effective.
Resume Lab
Thursday, Feb. 19, 3-4 p.m., FAC 2.138 Classroom C
Bring your resume to receive feedback from peers and OCLD staff on how to best tailor your resume to jobs and opportunities you’re excited about.
Why Generic Resumes Won’t Get You a Job Offer (Beyond the Professoriate Live Webinar)
Wednesday, Feb. 18, 11-11:45 a.m., Virtual
Join Beyond the Professoriate for this webinar on why generic resumes won’t get you a job offer — and what you should spend your time and focus on instead.
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Qualitative Research Night
Tuesday, Feb. 24, 5-7 p.m., Glickman Conference Center (RLP 3.102)
All graduate students and postdocs are invited to this campus-wide networking event with alumni and employers who value and are seeking qualitative research skill sets. Meet with alumni and representatives from:
- Center for Policy Research
- Cornerstone on Demand
- Every Texan
- Expedia
- Gibson Consulting
- Hogg Foundation
- Six Red Marbles
- Target
- Texas 2036
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Networking Prep Session for Qualitative Research Night
Tuesday Feb. 24, 4-5 p.m., RLP 1.302
During this interactive session, attendees will learn how to effectively identify and approach potential professional contacts at Qualitative Research Night with a keen understanding of professional etiquette.
Participants will leave with resources and an action plan for who they want to meet with, core questions to ask and how to create an authentic connection to most effectively establish and build a professional network.
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GSA Travel Award
Applications are now live for the GSA Travel Award! The award provides up to $500 reimbursement for students who traveled to present/conduct research in the 2025 calendar year. The applications are now live and due March 1, 2026 at 11:59pm.
Empower Your Research Pitch 2026
Empower Your Research Pitch, UT Austin’s research communication competition, is back for Spring 2026. Explain your research clearly, confidently and in just three minutes, and you could win $1,000!
Want to learn more? Come to our virtual Info Session on Feb 24. 2025 EYP winners will share their experiences and tips!
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Who’s Hiring Graduate Students and Postdocs?
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Membership Retention & Email Marketing Manager
Beanstack
Site Reliability Engineer
BlueLabs
Associate Director, Political & Commercial Insights
Ethic
Senior Content Marketer
Oscar
Manager, Digital Reputation
Princeton University, High Meadows Environmental Institute
Environmental Gallery and Exhibitions Specialist
Redwood Materials
Software Engineer, Factory Automation
Rock Rabbit
Mid/Sr. Back-end Engineer
Sunairio
Senior Data Scientist, AI Weather and Climate Science
Thrive Market
Senior Data Scientist
ECMC Group
Policy and Research Fellow
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