Career Services Center

Application Management Associate (Full-time), Deloitte Consulting
DELOITTE CONSULTING
UMBCworks ID#:9231593 (login to UMBCworks via the Services tab in myUMBC)

Deloitte LLP is the U.S. member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and services are provided by its subsidiaries (the Deloitte U.S. Entities), including Deloitte & Touche LLP, which provides audit, assurance and risk management related services, Deloitte Consulting LLP, which provides strategy, operations, technology, systems, outsourcing and human capital consulting services, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP,. which provides financial advisory services, and Deloitte Tax LLP, which provides tax services. Deloitte LLP's subsidiaries are among the nation’s leading professional services firms, providing their services through nearly 30,000 people in more than 80 cities. Known as employers of choice for innovative human resources programs, the Deloitte U.S. Entities are dedicated to helping their clients and people excel.

Deloitte Consulting LLP (Deloitte Consulting) is one of the world’s leading consulting firms for business strategy, operations, technology, and human resources planning. Deloitte Consulting provides services that are designed to bring together the unique experience, scale, and capabilities of their professionals to help clients in their efforts to address their most complex business problems. Deloitte Consulting’s unique organizational structure and collaborative approach facilitates the integration of consulting services with the services provided by the other Deloitte U.S. Entities. Clients depend on Deloitte Consulting for straightforward advice and results that help them create value.
With nearly 10,000 employees in more than 80 U.S. cities, Deloitte Consulting leadership understands that people are their most precious resource. They also know that serving their clients and helping them and their people excel demands a diverse range of skills, talent, experiences, and backgrounds.
Deloitte Consulting Outsourcing LLC provides services designed to helps clients in their efforts to significantly improve the performance of their important, but non-core, business functions. These services also include application maintenance and business process outsourcing services, strategic feasibility assessments, and outsourcing value proposition evaluations to support clients worldwide.
Job Description - Application Management Associate, Deloitte Consulting

If you're thinking of pursuing a career in consulting, then joining our Application Management Associate program could be your most rewarding move. The program provides you the opportunity to sharpen your technical, analytical and business skills while working as a part of a team committed to delivering excellent service for clients around the globe.

In conjunction with our other delivery centers around the world, we offer development and sustainment services for our clients, both pre and post-implementation. Our continued growth has created the need for application management professionals that we will train to support our clients’ systems. We are seeking exceptional candidates who have the commitment to join a world-class support organization that is a part of one of the world's premier consulting firms.

When you start, you will receive several weeks of on-boarding orientation, professional training, and relevant technology education to help you launch your consulting career. To keep your career development on track, we provide you with ongoing mentoring and counseling, additional professional and technology training, and an ongoing evaluation process to help steer your continued growth. Your career advancement is dependent on your performance and ability, not your length of employment.

We strive to be recognized as the leading professional services firm by demanding and delivering excellence, and by providing interesting, challenging work and opportunities for personal and professional growth. Come and excel with the Application Management Services service line within Deloitte Consulting.

If you will be graduating this year and are interested in an entry-level position, please contact us. To qualify for our Associate program, you should possess the following:
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related IT discipline
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.4
• Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills
• Ability to handle multiple clients and multiple team members with confidence
• Ability to develop project estimates and work plans
• Ability to travel 25 percent or less

Submission Instructions

To submit a job-specific profile for this job or to view all of our career opportunities, please visit www.deloitte.com/us (US Student Opportunities).

Please apply through UMBCworks

Submission Deadline
January 19, 2009

Morgan Stanley Operations Analyst
Morgan Stanley- Baltimore
UMBCworks ID#:9231479 (login to UMBCworks via the Services tab in myUMBC)

Attention - December Grads!

Operations Analyst Program

Morgan Stanley’s Operations Division is responsible for the post- execution trade processing and internal controls from trade entry through settlement and custody. Operations is also responsible for proprietary and customer transactions of both primary and secondary trading in listed and over-the-counter transactions in commodities, equity and fixed income securities, and structured derivatives. Opportunities are available to work closely with colleagues in the Institutional businesses to process complex transactions to solve operational problems, respond to business issues and client needs, assist in risk management, conduct revenue analysis and participate in Firm re-engineering projects.
Operations core responsibilities:
• Ensure transactions are settled and correctly recorded
• Develop and maintain strong client relationships
• Ensure all operational risks are recognized and managed, and internal controls are complete and operating effectively
• Provide value-added support in new markets and new products
• Partnering with technology to realize the full potential of IT and e-solutions
• Continually seeking opportunities for improvement and delivering innovative solutions

What do Operations Analysts do? Analysts are engaged in daily operations activities and also have opportunities to tackle a variety of special projects. Operations activities include desk/trade support, client service and relationships, transaction exception handling, settlement and reconciliation, risk management and control, corporate actions, and collateral management. Analysts are also engaged in developing, producing and analyzing operational performance metrics to help identify areas in need of improvement. Various project roles provide opportunities to understand the front-to-back business processes and supporting technical infrastructure to engineer solutions that enable growth of new products/services or reduce costs and risk.

The Analyst Experience:
The Analyst Experience describes what we have in store for you during your first two years in the ISG Operations Division. You will start with an intensive and challenging learning experience during your first several weeks with Morgan Stanley. This initial Analyst Training Program is just the start. During the following two years, you and your Program colleagues will return for regularly scheduled training and networking events. Upon successful completion of the program, you will join your departments and quickly become an integral part of Wall Street’s best Operations organization.

The Analyst Program:
The Analyst Program is a several week classroom training program providing a broad understanding of the financial services industry, the products and services Morgan Stanley delivers to our clients, and the basics of how the Operations Division is organized and delivers on its mission. Your training will focus on topics such as: Morgan Stanley’s business lines, the life of a trade, the products we provide our clients, technical systems used in the division, risk management and control, the regulatory environment, and professional skills development.

What We Look For
Morgan Stanley’s Operations division is looking for qualified candidates who have excellent quantitative and qualitative analytical skills.

Consideration for our program requires English proficiency, a graduation date between 12/2008 and 5/2009 and a minimum GPA of 3.0. Strong candidates will have excellent leadership, interpersonal and communication skills. We are open to all majors.

We require candidates to be resourceful, team-oriented, able to take initiative and able to work on challenging assignments in a dynamic environment. The ability to synthesize information, distill relevant facts, reach logical conclusions, manage projects, evaluate and improve processes, and articulate findings, is also critical.

Opportunities are available currently in Baltimore, MD.

Please apply through UMBCworks.

Information Technology Specialist
United States Department of the Treasury
UMBCworks ID#:9231591 (login to UMBCworks via the Services tab in myUMBC)

The Department of the Treasury Financial Management Service (FMS) is accepting application from highly qualified candidates to fill current and/or future vacancies in the following occupational series: IT Specialist GS-2210-5/7/9; Salary Range: $36,770 to $67,259 per annum.

Promotion Potential to GS-13

IT specialists whose duties would include writing and testing source code, developing requirements and system designs, and preparing system documentation. Knowledge of Java and Database preferred.

BodyLink/WetLab Staff
Maryland Science Center
UMBCworks ID#:9231569 (login to UMBCworks via the Services tab in myUMBC)

The Maryland Science Center is looking for qualified staff in the highly interactive BodyLink/WetLab exhibit. Responsibilities include learning how to present hands-on activities, dissections, and informal demonstrations, welcoming guests into the WetLab and assisting visitors with hands-on experiences. Must be willing to work Saturdays.
Must have a minimum of one year of college. Knowledge of biology or microbiology laboratory techniques are a plus. A strong interest in biology and enthusiasm for working with the public is desired.

Commons Information Center
Student Affairs
UMBCworks ID#:9231576 (login to UMBCworks via the Services tab in myUMBC)

The Commons Information Center Desk Attendant monitors the university phone extension, answers questions posed by students, faculty, staff, and visitors, monitors laptop rentals, oversees the university lost and found, and sells tickets to on-campus events. The staff ensures that the lobby area of the Commons is kept clean, welcoming, and up-to-date with daily and weekly event information, as well as oversees the campus posting policy. The CIC staff strives to provide a high level of customer service.

Students must have and maintain a 2.5 GPA and have an expected availability of 10-20 hours per week.

New Grads Get A Great Job - Dependable Strengths Workshop
Thursday, January 15 & Friday, January 16

$50 for a 2 day workshop + one follow-up appointment

Are you graduating this semester?
Still looking for a job?
Need answers to the big questions?

How can I convince people to hire me?
What am I good at that I really enjoy?
What should I do with my life?
How can I find jobs I want?

Many soon-to-be and new graduates don't know what they're going to do come commencement. Luckily, help is close at hand! UMBC's Career Services Center will be holding a two day workshop (Thursday, January 15 and Friday, January 16, 2009 from 9am-5pm) focusing on a non-traditional job search process that will open up new opportunities and allow you to find not just a job to pay the bills, but work that you love!

This two day workshop helps you to do just that! Unlike other career assessments and workshops, you'll be able to assess your strengths and identify what you enjoy, things that you do well and events or experiences in which you take pride. It motivates you to succeed. Ultimately by learning more about yourself through this process, you open up new opportunities.

The focus in this workshop is a non-traditional job search process. Through guided group discussions, participants will:

* Identify what you are good at and what you love to do
* Learn to articulate your worth to an employer
* Learn to make contacts whenever you may want them
* Succeed in interviews
* Work with a support team to increase self-confidence
* Develop a tool to help you be remembered and referred

Knowing what you're good at and love to do is key to getting employers to hire you. This workshop will allow you to uncover, believe in, and effectively communicate your true strengths.

Due to the nature of this workshop, there is a registration fee ($50 covers both days) and space is limited. We look forward to helping you change your life!
The total cost of the workshop is $50 and includes all materials. Register online at http://careers.umbc.edu/skills/ds.php

8th Annual Graduate Research Symposium
March 27-28, 2009
College of William & Mary

Deadline: Jan. 9, 2009

Graduate students from the fields of Arts & Sciences are invited to
submit abstracts of no more than 300 words.

More information can be found at
www.wm.edu/so/gsa/symposium/index.php

Saturday, February 21, 2008
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Baltimore Convention Center

UMBC students are invited and strongly encouraged to attend this annual event. Representatives from several major corporations and universities will be on hand to meet with students pursuing careers in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) fields as well as Business, Finance, and Marketing.

Interested students should pre-register at:

http://careers.umbc.edu/news_events/fairs/hitech.php.

The Career Fair on Saturday is FREE of charge for UMBC students.

Alumni with an active UMBC email address may also register.

The pre-registration deadline is Friday, Feb. 6.

Contact Diane Crump-Fogle in the Career Center (410.455.2216, Math/Psych 204) for additional information. All students are welcome to attend.

Dress to impress and bring plenty of updated resumes!

Free Shuttle! RSVP at the above website to reserve your spot.

Note: Graduate School admissions reps will also be in attendance.

Sample represented companies include:
• IBM
• General Motors
• Corning
• NASA
• Apple Inc.
• Booz Allen Hamilton
• Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
• BAE Systems
• Lockheed Martin Corporation
• Northrop Grumman
• Raytheon Company
• The Boeing Company
• Constellation Energy
• General Dynamics Corporation
• Navy Recruiting Command
• MITRE
• Wal-Mart
• U.S. NAVY
• EXELON
…and many more

Thursday, February 26, 2009 • 9:00:00 AM - 2:30:00 PM
Stamp Student Union, Grand Ballroom
Career Fairs/ Conference - UCC and UM sponsored

Interview sign ups begin 1/28/09. For additional information about this event: contact Stacey M. Brown at sbrown2@umd.edu or visit http://www.careercenter.umd.edu/mmee/mmee_studentaluminstructions.asp

AAI Corporation/Textron System
Hunt Valley, MD
January 2009

We are hosting an internship/entry level career job fair in early January. We are accepting resumes for the following majors: Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Systems Engineering. If you would like more information regarding this event, please email your resume to recruiting@aaicorp.com .

Please note: this event is by invitation only.

Don't miss the 43rd semi-annual New Jersey Collegiat Career Day!

Wednesday, January 7, 2009 from 9:30 - 3:30
Rutgers University - New Brunswick, NJ

Open to all college students and graduates of any school. Nearly 200 employers with full-time jobs and internships. Resume submission, directions/parking instructions, and a list of employers at http://careerservices.rutgers.edu.
Click on "Information for Candidates" at the top of our website. Contact Janet at jbernard@rci.rutgers.edu with questions.

Spring 2009 Campus Visitation Program (CVP), sponsored by The Office of Graduate Minority Programs (OGMP). This is an excellent opportunity for MARC Scholars who are ready to apply for a graduate program.

Campus Visitation takes place February 19-20, 2009 at the University of Florida’s Reitz Union. The Office of Graduate Minority Programs will provide your hotel accommodations, some meals, and will reimburse up to $100 worth of travel expenses to eligible attendees.

During the visitation students will have the opportunity to meet faculty and staff in their academic fields and take a tour of their departments’ academic facilities. There will also be information panels and workshops to address questions and issues concerning graduate education at the University of Florida.

To apply, students must submit a CVP application and undergraduate transcript(s) to OGMP. The application deadline* *is* January 10, 2009. *

Applications for our campus visitation can be found by visiting the Office of Graduate Minority Programs website at http://gradschool.rgp.ufl.edu/diversity/cvp.html. We recommend that MARC Programs sending three or more students be accompanied by a chaperone.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact
Janet Broiles at (352) 392-8364 or jbroiles@ufl.edu
or Sarah Traylor at (352)-392-6444
or saraht@rgp.ufl.edu <../../saraht@rgp.ufl.edu>.

Best wishes and Go Gators!

UMBC students registered for the Fall 2008 semester will be receiving an email soon asking them to complete a brief, online survey. The Career Services Center is interested in learning if students worked in part-time positions during the Fall 2008 semester and if so where they were working; or if not, where they may be interested in working during future semesters at UMBC.

It will take just a few minutes and is an easy way to earn a chance to win an iPod Shuffle! The winner will be randomly selected and notified of their selection on February 6th, so be sure to complete the survey before then.

All of the information you provide will remain confidential. Please feel free to contact Sue Plitt, 410-455-2340 or plitt@umbc.edu, if you have any questions. Thank you so much for participating!

Don't wait until February...visit the Career Services Center today! In a tight job market, you don't want to wait until the last minute. The Career Services Center (Math/Psych 204) is open now and over winter break (although the university will be closed December 25-January 4) and can assist you in connecting to employment opportunities (part-time and full-time), fine tuning your resume, applying to graduate/professional school, and uncovering what you want to do with the rest of your professional life! Log in to UMBCworks (via the Services tab in myUMBC) to search for jobs and feel free make an appointment (call 410.455.2216) or to stop by during walk-in hours (Monday-Friday, 2-4pm). More details about the Career Services Center are available at www.careers.umbc.edu . Good luck with finals and we hope to see you soon!