Diversify Your Talent Pipeline

Texas has added over half a million jobs in the past year and unemployment is at 3.5% in Odessa and 2.6% in Midland, so recruiting in the Permian Basin has its challenges. Many companies are looking for ways to expand …

By Megan Baeza
Megan Baeza Executive Director
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What’s New on Handshake?

This article was originally published on JoinHandshake.com.

Evolving our platform to help you make career moves on the go

Our newly improved Handshake experience brings together everything you need to find, land, and succeed in your next role.

Handshake now …

By Gabby Maxwell
Gabby Maxwell Director of Career Education
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How to Find and Reach Out to Recruiters on LinkedIn

While recruiters work to help companies fill their open roles, they can also help you — the job seeker — connect with roles you might be interested in and a good fit for. According to Jobscan, 94% of recruiters use LinkedIn to …

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Guide to Working at EY

Ernst & Young, which operates under the trade name EY, is one of the biggest accounting firms in the U.S. It performs broader professional services for international companies. These services include auditing, assurance, consulting, tax, and investment banking. Considering a …

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Career Services team places dozens of students in summer internships

Additional funding was made available thanks to a Work-Based Learning Opportunity Grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

UT Permian Basin’s Career Services team is passionate about helping students feel prepared to enter the workforce after they graduate. One …

By Megan Baeza
Megan Baeza Executive Director
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Mechanical Engineering Student Shares Her Internship Experience

Senior Mechanical Engineering student, Meinar Sheila, completed a three-month internship that she said has opened her eyes to new opportunities.

Through the internship fair put on by Career Services, Sheila was able to secure an internship position with Liberty Energy, …

By Megan Baeza
Megan Baeza Executive Director
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Job searching is just like buying a car!

Once I heard a colleague compare searching for a job to shopping for a car. I worked at a car dealership for over 8 years and guess what… It’s spot on!
1. Identify Wants Vs Needs 

When shopping for a …

By Megan Baeza
Megan Baeza Executive Director
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15 Data Science Careers Worth Pursuing in 2021

In 2021, data scientist is the second-best job in America. A quick search on LinkedIn shows 113,000 data science positions. From Facebook and Amazon to Pfizer and the Ford Motor Company, organizations of all sizes across industries have open data …

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Bridging the world's skills gap through affordable, high-quality, online education.
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New Partnership to Cultivate STEM Teachers in the Region

UTeach Permian Basin is aimed at dramatically improving classroom instruction and academic outcomes in the STEM fields for K-12 schools

The University of Texas Permian Basin is pleased to announce a new partnership with UTeacha program that recruits and trains STEM …

By Alexa Dunson
Alexa Dunson Communications Manager
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7 Cybersecurity Career Paths & Jobs To Consider in 2021

In the last year alone, 86% of organizations had at least one user try to connect to a phishing site, found a study by Cisco. Since the pandemic and the more widespread adoption of digital technologies, cybersecurity threats have increased. …

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Bridging the world's skills gap through affordable, high-quality, online education.
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