Career Services Center

Wednesday, March 16
11am-2:00pm
Commons 331

www.ptgcorp.com

PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGY GROUP, Inc. (PTG), a wholly owned subsidiary of World Wide Technology, Inc (WWT), is a premier information technology company that specializes in professional services consulting for the federal, state and commercial sectors. Our mission and commitment is to provide state-of-the-art information technology products and services, cyber security solutions, and a broad range of mission support services available to our customers through extensive research, innovation and professional expertise. We are driven by our passion for excellence and integrity to insure that our clients can achieve higher levels of performance for their mission-critical systems and technologies.

PTG/WWT leverages decades of experience in the full life cycle development of systems, networks, software and hardware design, integration, implementation, problem resolution and deployment to insure all products and services exceed our customers’ requirements, and to successfully protect our Nation’s critical information and infrastructures from the most complex threats.

Our focus is to attract, develop and retain great talent. PTG/WWT offers individualized and challenging career paths.

Are you ready to join a team providing advanced solutions? Are you ready to achieve and be recognized? Then, PTG/WWT is your destination!

Attn: CS, CE and all other IT and Engineering undergraduate and graduate students looking for full-time and part-time opportunities.

SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES:
11:00AM - 11:15AM: Company/Corporate Overview
11:15AM - 11:45AM: Operations/Infrastructure & Customer Service
11:45AM - 12:15PM: Engineering & Managed Services
12:30PM - 1:15PM: Cyber Security Solutions
1:15PM - 1:45PM: PTG Accomplishments
1:45PM - 2:00PM: Q&A and Raffle

Don’t miss out on the employment and networking opportunities, targeted career skill information, free food, and give-aways at Performance Technology Group’s Corporate Visibility Day! Attend at any point during the day to learn more about their full-time and part-time positions. For more information, contact the Career Services Center (x5.2216, careers@umbc.edu, www.careers.umbc.edu).

Hosted by the Career Services Center.

Please RSVP via the Events tab in UMBCworks.

Support for Student Entrepreneurs - UMBC/SCORE Partnership Announced
Learn more...then link to the following:

The Alex. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship and UMBC's Career Services Center have formed a partnership with SCORE, a nonprofit association dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs. Students seeking guidance and assistance in planning and launching their business should contact Vivian Armor (armor@umbc.edu) in the Alex. Brown Center to set up appointments
with SCORE counselors. Meetings will be held on campus.

Take the University of Maryland, Baltimore County Universum Student Survey and get your voice heard by recruiters at top companies across the world as well as some free stuff in the process!

Because University of Maryland, Baltimore County students are highly sought after by employers, your opinions are extremely important and valuable sources of information. Top companies, including many that recruit University of Maryland, Baltimore County students, base their recruiting strategies on Universum’s research. Thus, it will truly benefit you and others on campus to share your opinions on recruiting and employers. Companies will only see the collective University of Maryland, Baltimore County results, and your participation/identity will be kept confidential.

Take the survey now at: www.universumsurvey.com/usss

Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates and professionals - of all majors, backgrounds, and career interests - who commit to teach for two years in urban and rural public schools and become lifelong leaders in expanding educational opportunity. Each year, we select a diverse corps of individuals who have the skills and commitment to improve the quality of education for students growing up today in low-income communities, and to help break the cycle of educational inequity. We will train you during a rigorous pre-service summer training program; place you as a teacher with full salary and benefits in an urban or rural public schools; and continue to support you through a two-year professional development program to ensure your success as a teacher and beyond.

Right now, 8,200 corps members are teaching in 39 regions across the country while over 20,000 Teach For America alumni continue working from inside and outside the field of education for the fundamental changes necessary to ensure educational excellence and equity.

Sign up online today to learn more and to be notified about future opportunities: https://www.teachforamerica.org/online/info/index.jsp%3faction=signUp
Positions are full salary and benefits. Federal student loans deferred. All majors and professional experiences.

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!

*Howard County Arts Council - Development Assistant - ID# 9244166
*Emtec Inc. - IT Positions - ID# 9244206
*Venable LLP - Jr. Application Services Analyst - ID# 9244211

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!

*HHS Center - Intern - ID# 9244175
*Watermark Tours, Charters, and Cruises - Cruise Vessel Staff - ID# 9238447
*Classic Photography & Imaging - Photographer & Photographer Assistant - ID# 9244101

The following on-campus 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!

*UMBC Office of Residential Life - Office Assistant/Courier - ID# 9244150
*UMBC Office of Undergraduate Education - Web Manager - ID# 9244127

Deadline to Apply: April 1, 2011

Positions Available Include:
-Graduate Assistant for Professional Development Schools (PDS) Coordinator
-Graduate Assistant for Early Childhood/Elementary Teacher Education Program
-Graduate Assistant for Secondary Teacher Education Program
-Graduate Assistant for ESOL Program
-Graduate Assistant/s providing Technical Support with the Department's Evaluation System

Application Procedure:
Address a letter of introduction to Susan M. Blunck, Associate Chair & Graduate Program Director, Department of Education, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250. In the application letter state your qualifications and describe what skills and talents you can bring to the department. Please state whether you are interested in a full or half year appointment and when you intend to begin your internship (if applicable). You are also required to include at least a one page resume with your letter. Please bring your application materials to The UMBC Department of Education and deliver to Pat Gist - Room 426 ACIV-A or email to both blunck@umbc.edu and gist@umbc.edu by April 1, 2011.

Inova Regional Trauma Center
www.inova.org
Application Deadline: March 31, 3011
June 6-24, 2001 OR July 18-August 5, 2011

For information on how to apply, visit http://www.inova.org/clinical-education-and-research/education/education-for-students/trauma-externship/how-to-apply.jsp.

Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates: Sensing and Signaling
Contact: Dr. Cynthia B. Peterson (cbpeters@utk.edu)
Dates: June 6 through July 29
Benefits: $3200 stipend, housing, insurance and travel allowance
Deadline to apply: March 30

The Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is hosting a summer Research Experience for Undergraduates with the theme of “Sensing and Signaling.” It is open to current sophomores and juniors, and priority given to juniors. This comes with a nice stipend for the summer, and housing on campus (which you would not need I suppose).

Here is the link with information and application instructions:
http://web.bio.utk.edu/bcmb/reu/index.shtml

New permanent and seasonal positions are posted at http://www.thesca.org/employment

The following employers will be at UMBC this semester to meet with students to discuss their organizations and employment opportunities. These sessions offer students the chance to network and really prepare for the application process and/or interviews with the hosting organizations. Please RSVP via the Events tab in your UMBCworks account (access myUMBC under the Jobs & Internships topic in myUMBC). The complete employer information session schedule can be viewed here.

**Peace Corps – 3/10/11, 4-5:30pm, Math/Psych 210 – All Majors

**Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) -- 3/15/11. 5:00-6:30pm, ITE 456 -- Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering

**Lockheed Martin Corporation (University Relations) -- 3/16/11, 5:00-6:30pm, Commons 331 -- Electrical Engineering, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics

**United States Census Bureau -- 3/28/11, 4:00-6:00pm, Commons 331 -- Sociology, Psychology, Geography, Economics, Computer Science, Biological Sciences, Statistics, Mathematics

**Harris Corporation -- 3/28/11, 6:00-8:00pm, Commons 331 -- Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Financial Economics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Information Systems

**Northrop Grumman Information Systems -- 3/30/11, 12:00-1:00pm, Math/Psych 210 -- Business Technology Administration, Information Systems

**Revelytix -- 3/30/11, 5:00-6:00pm, Math/Psych 210 -- Physics, Philosophy, Computer Science, Mathematics

**Peace Corps – 4/12/11, 4-5:30pm, Math/Psych 210 – All Majors

**Northrop Grumman Information Systems -- 4/13/11, 12:00-1:00pm, Math/Psych 210 -- Business Technology Administration, Information Systems

**Revelytix -- 4/26/11, 5:00-6:00pm, Math/Psych 210 -- Physics, Philosophy, Computer Science, Mathematics

**Northrop Grumman Information Systems -- 4/27/11, 12:00-1:00pm, Math/Psych 210 -- Business Technology Administration, Information Systems

Don't miss out on employers coming to UMBC to recruit YOU this spring! The following is a list of employers coming to conduct on-campus interviews. Check back often as employers will be added throughout the semester.

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**Enterprise Holdings
Interviewing on 4/8/11 (Deadline to apply via UMBCworks: 3/25/11)
Positions: Management Trainee, Management Intern
Majors: All Majors, Accounting, Sociology, Financial Economics, Economics, American Studies, Business Technology Administration, Communications
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To apply for these on-campus interview opportunties, you'll need to have an approved resume in UMBCworks and will need to individually apply for the opportunities you're interested in (login to UMBCworks via the Jobs & Internships topic in myUMBC; from there, click on the Jobs tab, select UMBCworks, and search for

This spring the following companies will be at UMBC for Corporate Visibility Days. All events will be Wednesdays, 11am-2pm, Commons 331. Mark your calendar today and attend to learn more about full-time and internships opportunities with the participating employers. More details will be available on our calendar as the events near.

3/16 - Performance Technology Group
3/30 - Kennedy Krieger Institute
4/6 - L-3 Stratis

Tuesday, 3/29/2011
2:00 to 5:00 pm
University Center Ballroom

Come and meet employers from a variety of industries who are eager to fill internships with current UMBC students, and full-time jobs with soon-to be graduates and alumni. Bring your resume, dress professionally, and be ready to talk about your skills and dependable strengths.

A list of participating employers can be found here.

Monday, March 14th, 2011
11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
101 College Parkway, Arnold, MD 21012
West Campus - CALT Building, Room 100 (Center for Applied Learning and Technology)

For more information contact:
Anikka Williams 443-543-1871, anikka.williams@employmentguide.com
or The Career Center at AACC 410-777-2770, ctrc@aacc.edu

Friday, March 18, 2011
10am-1pm
Burrill Galleria (ST Building)

For more information, visit www.howardcc.edu/jobfair.

Thursday, March 31, 2011
10am - 3pm
Ronald Reagan Building
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 2004

Join us at our Washington, DC Career Expo to meet with Fortune 500 companies and government agencies looking to recruit new talent.

We would like to remind you that you must pre-register online in order to attend the event. To pre-register go to: www.eop.com/expo

For further information, email us at info@eop.com

FREE ADMISSION TO CAREER EXPO
- You must be dressed in business attire when attending the Career Expo
- Bring numerous, printed copies of your resume to give to potential employers
- Must be at least 18 years of age to attend

SPONSORED BY:
- Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD)
- Career Opportunities for Students with Disabilities (COSD)

April 21st, 2011
10am-2pm
The Baltimore Convention Center

~Free resume screening provided by Anointed Words
~Free admission to job seekers
~Accessible by public transportation
~Dress professionally
~Bring resumes
~Treat the event as if it were an interview
~Research each company before attending event to best know the positions open and the requirements to qualify

Call the Job Fair Hotline 1-443-543-1862 with any questions you may have.

Tuesday, 3/29/2011
2:00 to 5:00 pm
University Center Ballroom

Come and meet employers from a variety of industries who are eager to fill internships with current UMBC students, and full-time jobs with soon-to be graduates and alumni. Bring your resume, dress professionally, and be ready to talk about your skills and dependable strengths.

A list of participating employers can be found here.

Tues., 3/29/2011
5:30 to 8:00 pm
Skylight Room, The Commons

Pre-registration is required and there are only a limited number of spots left!

Click here and fill out the registration form.

Current Students: Free
Alumni: $20

Wed, 3/30/2011
6:00 to 8:00 pm
University Center Ballroom

Evening with Professionals is a program that provides students with networking opportunities to meet graduates and professionals to find out the secrets of their success.

This year's event, "How Did They Get There?" will kick off with a keynote address by top executive Kevin Plank, Founder & CEO of Under Armour, Inc.

For more information and to RSVP visit http://www.careers.umbc.edu/careerweek/events/professionals.php

Thu, 3/31/2011
1:00 to 3:00 pm
Math/Psych 212

During Career Week employers will be conducting mock interviews with students.

Kelly Services Inc - All Majors
Stanley Black & Decker - Mechanical Engineering

Space is limited and pre-registration is required. To register call Joan Allen at 410-455-2216. Your resume must be received by 3/21 in order to secure your registration.

Thu, 3/31/2011
5:00 to 7:00 pm
Fine Arts Building, Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture

Designed specifically for art majors, individuals interested in working within the arts industry and those with an interest in the visual arts, this event will offer you the opportunity to network with professionals from a variety of organizations.

Gallery reception style, come prepared to talk about your interests and passion!

Please RSVP in UMBCworks under Events.

A list of employers who will be attending is available here.

March 28-31, 2011
For more details about these events please visit http://www.careers.umbc.edu/careerweek/index.php

Monday, March 28
•Career Week Jazz Festivus

Tuesday, March 29
•Getting into Graduate School
•To Be or Not to Be: Choosing a Major
•Undergraduate Research - What's in it for YOU?
•Spring Career Fair
•Business & Dining Etiquette Dinner (pre-registration is required)

Wednesday, March 30
•Alumni Entrepreneurs Panel
•Cashing in on Internships
•Getting into Med School
•Kennedy Krieger Institute Corporate Visibility Day
•Career Paths for Graduate Students
•Evening with Professionals

Thursday, March 31
•Acing the Interview
•Demystifying the Security Clearance Process
•Mock Interviews (All Majors) - Kelly Services
•Mock Interviews (MENG)-Stanley Black & Decker
•Evening with Industry: The Arts

Cybersecurity Graduate Info Session
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Noon - 1pm
Location: ITE, Lecture Hall 7
Register Today at http://www.umbc.edu/cps/forms/GradInfoSess.php

Engineering Management Graduate Info Session
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Noon - 1pm
UMBC Main Campus, ITE Building, 456
Register Today at http://www.umbc.edu/cps/forms/GradInfoSess.php

Biotechnology Graduate Information Session
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Noon - 1pm
UMBC Main Campus, ITE Building, 456
Register Today at http://www.umbc.edu/cps/forms/GradInfoSess.php