[job]: Amazon: Brand Specialist – Home furnishings

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This job lead comes from PoE alumna Emily Staskowski (2010) who writes:

I am currently the vendor manager for home furnishings at Amazon. Vendor manager is basically Amazon’s fancy internal term for a buyer. Home furnishings is a category under the larger Home team, which is hiring for these brand specialist roles. I actually started as a brand specialist when I first graduated, and was promoted to a vendor manager last year. It is really a fantastic role for recent grads to help build experience and also put them on the fast track for a career at Amazon. Don’t worry too much about the experience requirements, we have had several people start as a brand specialist right out of college – myself included! We are really just looking for bright and motivated people. I think there are 3-5 positions open. 

Job Opportunities for New/Recent PoE Grads at Amazon.com!

Hi All! I am a PoE grad (2010) currently working at Amazon.com as a Vendor Manager for the Home retail team. We are hiring for several open roles in a position that is perfect for bright, creative, and motivated new grads and recent grads. If this looks like a good fit for you, shoot me a message! You could be the third PoE grad on the Amazon Home team– the more the better 🙂

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Brand Specialist – Home amazon.com

US, WA, Seattle • Job ID 205242 • Amazon Corporate LLC Amazon’s Home team is looking for a bright, customer obsessed, driven, and creative candidate to join our team. This person will join one of our categories and be dedicated…

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Do you enjoy teaching and mentoring others? Do you have a passion for a subject area and want to support your peers gain that same passion? Do you want to give back to your UW community? Are you considering a career in teaching but want to gain practical experience? If you said yes to any of these questions then you need to look into CLUE.

CLUE is looking to hire qualified tutors in a variety of subjects for the 2013-2014 school year. Most positions work between 4-10 hours a week and the pay ranges from $13 to $17 dollars based on education. 

Please click here to find out if you qualify and how to apply!

*job* City of Redmond – Communications Specialist

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*job* City of Redmond – Communications Specialist

cepmakinithappen:

Under the supervision of the Chief Communications Officer, this position will work in collaboration with team members in the Office of Communications and other City departments to perform a variety of integrated news, media and public relations functions in support of broad City wide priorities, initiatives and specific projects, as well as targeted outreach campaigns.

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UW Alumnus Justin Hellier is working with Grounds Management, faculty members, EarthCorps and others to explore the potential of restoring Kincaid Ravine, a forested part of campus just south of 45th, between McCarty Hall and the Burke Gilman Trail. Right now, they are developing a proposal for funding to the Campus Sustainability Fund.

They are in search of a student to support developing the grant proposal, collaborating with academic units, UW staff, and community partners, and being a part of the team that plans and implements the restoration.

This is a great opportunity for a graduate student looking for an applied thesis project, or an undergraduate student seeking a really exciting capstone. You’ll learn skills in grant writing and project development, community outreach, and restoration planning and implementation.

While the work would be in a volunteer capacity for now, there is the possibility that a student project manager could earn a stipend for the work in the 2013-2014 school year.

If you are interested, please contact Justin Hellier at justin@earthcorps.org.

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Program on the Environment (PoE) has an excellent opportunity for a Graduate student Reader/Grader for the Spring 2013 quarter.

The reader/grader will provide support for ENVIR 490 (Pre-Capstone Seminar) and ENVIR 492 (Post-Capstone Seminar) in the Spring Quarter of 2013. The capstone sequence of courses (ENVIR 490–491–492) is required for all UW seniors majoring in Environmental Studies. These courses are designed to provide students with hands-on experience in environment-related work, to improve their written and oral communication skills, and to help them prepare for their next steps after graduation—either in graduate school or in a career field. As such, the reader/grader will assist in copyediting draft products. 

In general, the duties for this appointment include evaluating and providing feedback on: 
-draft capstone proposals written by pre-capstone students (ENVIR 490)
-drafts of analysis papers written by post-capstone students (ENVIR 492)
-draft capstone summary statement written by post-capstone students (ENVIR 492)

The schedule for the assignments is as follows:
-ENVIR 492 draft analysis paper: May 10-20
-ENVIR 492 draft Capstone summary: May 17-27
-ENVIR 490 draft proposal: May 22-30

More information about the Capstone course series can be found on the PoE website
 
Conditions of Employment:
-Currently registered UW graduate student 
-Compensation: $12.00/hour. The reader/grader will need to work a total of 70 – 80 hours during spring quarter. Most work will occur between the sixth and tenth week of the quarter.
 

To apply, please submit the following to psean@uw.edu
(1) Current CV/resume 
(2) Two to three references (name, title, phone, email) 
(3) Cover Letter summarizing qualifications and confirming current UW grad student status
* Some applicants will be invited to provide feedback on sample student work at a one-hour editing evaluation.

Application review begins immediately. For priority consideration, please apply by March 15th.

[job]: Teach for America

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Are you graduating this summer

or next year?


Teach For America is opening its first-ever Early Application Deadline window for students at the University of Washington to apply to the 2014 corps.

Reasons why you might apply now rather than next year:

·         You are planning to apply to Teach For America as a senior and you want your admissions decision early so that you can focus on coursework and prepare for your corps experience during your senior year.

·         You have a summer internship that may lead to a full-time job offer and you’d like to consider that position and Teach For America on the same timeline.

·         You want to know if this option is on the table before you consider opportunities during the fall job recruitment season.

·         You’re graduating this summer or next fall and want to launch your job search early.

·         You won’t be able to apply during your senior year because you’ll be abroad or have another conflict with our admissions timeline.

 

For more information about the early decision process, including a complete timeline, please visit our website.

Important Dates and Events


Informational Conference Call: Wednesday, March 13 at 4:30pm; register here
Application Workshop: Thursday, March 14 at 4:30pm; register here
Application Deadline: Friday, March 22; register and start your application today

More about TEACH FOR AMERICA


All kids deserve the chance to reach their full potential—but today, only eight percent of students growing up in poverty graduate from college by age 24, compared with 80 percent of students in more affluent areas. This limits life options, affects families and communities, and has significant social and economic implications for our country.

Teach For America is a part of building the national movement to change this. We know it’s possible to give all kids a great education and the opportunities that come with it. By teaching for two years in Teach For America’s corps, you will join thousands of leaders helping students in low-income communities make the academic progress that will expand their opportunities for the future. You’ll develop the leadership skills, perspective, and commitment that will drive you to be a lifelong advocate for kids regardless if you stay in education or not.  And you’ll build relationshipswith fellow corps members and others in your community working to meet this challenge.

This year, 10,400 corps members are teaching in 46 regions across the country, while nearly 28,000 Teach For America alumni continue working from inside and outside the field of education for the changes necessary to make a great education a reality for all. 

You have the power to change things.  Apply to the 2014 corps.

The Basics of Teach For America:

·         Corps members are full-time teachers and receive a full salary (ranging from $25,500 to $51,000 plus benefits)

·         Training, support and career development opportunities including a master’s degree pathway

·         Option to preference regional placement (46 regions across 35 states) and teaching assignment (preK-12, all content areas)

·         Student loan assistance (access to AmeriCorps education grant and federal loan deferral)

·         All majors and career interests encouraged to apply, regardless of teaching experience


Contact Information:

·         Website: teachforamerica.org

·         Facebook: facebook.com/TFAatUW

·         Email the Recruiter at UW: katherine.kleitsch@teachforamerica.org

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The Campus Sustainability Fund is hiring a new coordinator for the 2013-2014 school year! Anyone to be enrolled as a graduate student at UW-Seattle for the 2013-2014 school year is eligible. Information about the Campus Sustainability Fund can be found at csf.washignton.edu. Please apply on Husky Jobs (job #68155).