ECON Undergraduates Blog

How to Find an Internship Workshop
Career Shuttle- U.S. Census Bureau
The Horizons Fellowship

Posted: 08 Oct 2018 09:21 AM PDT

Not sure where to start with your internship search? Or, do you feel like you are at a standstill and unsure about the next steps in your search?

To help you with your internship search, we will discuss:

Specific resources available to research internship opportunities in non-profit, government and corporate sectors
Quick tips on making a positive first impression on resumes and during interviews
Strategies to connect with UMD alumni working within your intended career field

Join us to get started in your search! These workshops occur monthly in the University Career Center & The President's Promise. If this date does not work for your schedule, check our event calendar for other dates this semester.

Friday, October 12, 2018
12:00pm - 1:00pm

Hornbake Library

Click here to RSVP.

Career Shuttle- U.S. Census Bureau

Posted: 08 Oct 2018 08:21 AM PDT

Career Shuttle to the U.S. Census Bureau

Friday, November 9, 2018 | 9:00am - 2:00pm

Interested in gaining a better understanding of career paths available at the U.S. Census Bureau? This career shuttle will include information sessions led by staff in the Decennial Census and Economic Directorates of the Census Bureau that will highlight programs and examples of work completed. Participants will also gain knowledge of internship and job application tips. This visit will be of particular interest to undergraduate students studying Geography, Math, Economics, Survey Methodology, and Demography/Sociology.

RSVP's are required and the deadline is: Nov. 1, 2018.

The Horizons Fellowship

Posted: 08 Oct 2018 05:48 AM PDT

The Horizons Fellowship supports 200 outstanding university students in their pursuit to become multidisciplinary leaders using technology. Our fully-funded program provides real-world technology courses geared towards high-achieving college students.

Horizons students have gone onto work at a variety of amazing companies - Google, Facebook, Visa, The Stanford Research Institute, Slack, Yelp, Amazon, McKinsey, Bloomberg, J.P. Morgan, EA Games, and more.

Past Horizonites have come from a variety of schools and backgrounds. Students have hailed from Harvard, Princeton, Yale, UPenn/Wharton, Columbia, Northwestern, Brown, Michigan, state schools, community colleges and more. The world is becoming multidisciplinary in nature. We've had computer science majors, math majors, economics/business majors, biology majors, English majors, and art majors all take our program.

Interested students can start an application here!

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