If you are looking to complement your undergraduate education, you may wish to consider a one-year Master’s degree in business immediately after your bachelors.

The Early Career Masters (ECM) is a one-year master’s degree offered by the Robert H. Lee Graduate School at Sauder School of Business at UBC that provides a general foundation in business and management. Ideally suited for individuals with bachelor’s degrees in non-business disciplines such as Arts, Science, and Engineering, the ECM program provides an opportunity to gain valuable business skills that are beneficial to a career in any industry or sector. Build on the investment that you’ve made in your undergraduate education, and increase your career opportunities. Upon completion, you will earn a Master of Management degree from UBC.

Who should consider the ECM?

• 4th-year students and recent university graduates of non-business programs
• Candidates with limited work experience seeking to complement their undergraduate concentration with applied, relevant business skills
• Individuals seeking to advance into entry-level management jobs/leadership positions

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Want to know what the ECM experience is really like and what you need to get in? Attend an info session and meet current ECM students, the admissions team, and our ECM Careers Manager Early Career Masters 101.

Please RSVP using our online form.

When:

Saturday, March 21, 2009 - 14:00 to 16:00

Where:

UBC Robson Square, C300 Theatre, 800 Robson Street

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Optemo Technologies Inc. is a new fast-paced start-up company based in downtown Vancouver. We are building a novel intelligent online shopping platform. Founded by previous graduate students of University of British Colombia, Optemo is working on a number of R&D projects that are resulting in patentable e-commerce solutions.

Optemo is seeking a well-motivated co-op student or full time applicant who has a strong background in data structures and software development. Applicants should have a passion about working in a dynamic start-up environment. The job responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Developing product applications based on prototypes
• Debugging C++ and Ruby code
• White-box and black box testing

Required Qualifications:

• Independent, well-motivated and fast learner
• Strong knowledge of data structures
• Strong knowledge of computational complexities
• Experienced C++ or Ruby programmer
• Software Programming skills in Linux environment

Desired Qualifications:

• Web development and knowledge of Ruby on Rails
• Some knowledge of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
• Previous software development experience is an asset

This job could be designed for a 4 month or 8 month co-op term or a full time position depending on the applicant’s skills and availability. The successful candidate could start as early as May 1st.

Interested applicants should send their résumé, cover letter, and up-to-date transcript to [email protected]. In your cover letter, please state why you are interested in working at a start-up company.

At this time we cannot apply for a visa for the applicant, so candidates have to be eligible to work in Canada.

Come and explore your options beyond your undergraduate degree in various graduate and professional schools! Hosted by the SCI Team, the GAPS event will provide workshops on graduate schools and professional schools focused on the Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering and Environmental Studies as well as professional schools including Medicine, Dentistry, Law and Business. There will also be a concurrent resource fair where you can gain information from representatives of even more programs. This event will prove to be extremely useful for your academic and career preparations as you gain valuable insight from admissions officers and students from these programs. Get into your choice of graduate and professional schools! Register now at sciteam.ubc.ca.

When:

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 17:15 to 19:00

Where:

Woodward IRC

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UBC Career Services would like to invite you to attend an Info Session presented by Natural Resources Canada. Lunch will be served. They are interested in meeting graduating students interested in working within the federal government. They will be presenting the different career opportunities within the company.

When:

Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 11:00

Where:

SCRF 201

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You think you have an entrepreneurial idea?

Join TEC UBC and compete in the Bright Ideas Competition. Get your team together and complete the application form and submit it online. Top six teams will present in front of prominent panel of judges. Top 3 teams will win great prizes and get one-on-one consulting session about their ideas. Submission deadline is March 21, 2009. Visit vsea.ca for more information.

Event Poster: http://vsea.ca/docs/bic.pdf