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Author: UCSC Extension Blog
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The interview: How to impress the recruiter
“It’s been a tight market—even in this (EDA) niche.”
Closing the skills gap for AI jobs
“Companies want to know if future hires have done something relevant in the AI domain.”
Strategic adaptability: Project management for startups
“You need to bring order to the chaos.”
Happy New Year to Our Extension Community!
“We anticipate great things for 2019.”
An introductory HR plunge
“There’s never been a better time to take a deeper dive into HR.”
Synopsys CTO Antun Domic to talk on New Trends in EDA
“Not everybody will be working directly in AI.”
Advice to my young self
“Don’t wait around for some day.”
sfBIG nominates digital marketer for community service
“We’re seeing a lot more in the augmented reality and virtual reality space.”
Clinical professionals master the art of networking
“I have never landed any internship, fellowship or job just from the traditional interview process.”
Are you ready for AI?
“AI Frontiers is a great opportunity for our students.”
Build your social media analytics plan
“We need to know what to track and how.”
Social media students present strategy to marketing judges
“How are you differentiating your most loyal customers?”
Python 3 by the book
Python “is going to help them in their career. It’s the future.”
Building the query pipeline for meaningful data
“Hadoop is a critical foundational skill.”
Systems engineer test drives Facebook Connectivity solutions
“I work with a company where every day they help connect people.”
Full stack web developer adds iPhone app design skills
“We tend to think of apps as small, little things, but actually they’re very powerful and very fast.”
Cybersecurity for HR professionals
“We are living in a ‘Brave New World’ when it comes to technology.”
Growing the vision of sustainable procurement
“Organizations realize the tremendous impact their purchasing decisions can have on the environment, the economy and definitely their bottom line.”
The benefits and pitfalls of Facebook marketing
Part one of a three-part series on social media fundamentals.
Therese Ammiro steps in as interim dean of UCSC Extension
“We help professionals transition to each new stage of their career.”
Social media strategy for growth
“Once you learn to engage influencers, you differentiate yourself from the noise online”
Dean Rogers leaves Extension streamlined and growing
“I focused the organization on workforce development rather than trying to be all things to all people.”
Mastering the Coder’s Job Interview
Programmers need to code with an audience.
Executive assistant sets out her shingle in the gig economy
“Now I have organization and structure and clients.”
Security By Design: Great security starts early in design
“Being classified as security was actually keeping us away from getting the job done.”
Preparing ESL teachers for the rigors of teaching grammar
“To them it’s the key to understanding the language and to using it to communicate.”
Personal Financial Advising: From Boomer to GenX
“Whether it’s charity or retirement planning or educational planning, it’s all about asking questions.”
Big Data for Social Good
We need to ground our policy decisions in cross-disciplinary research—especially in an era of such ideological polarization.
ICH: Harmonizing global guidelines for pharma
“ICH guidelines have become highly recognized as delivering high quality products.”
