The Career Center works very hard to ensure that job postings in UMBCworks are legitimate positions, however, scammers are becoming more and more creative, especially in these difficult economic times. A recent scam that has been brought to our attention may be reviewed below. 

You have been offered a Spring 2021 Internship opportunity at the convenience of your home or, Which serve as a gateway to pay all expenses incurred during this pandemic. This opportunity should be done at leisure taking at most 1hr/day, 2-3 times a week.  

Please send your resume to;

Email: bartonm078@gmail.com  for the job description.

Career Services

UMBC.

Here are some things we would like to point in regards to the fraudulent job offer above:

1. Look at the email domain of the person requesting your resume: (bartonm78@gmail.com). Be CAUTIOUS if the domain does not match the domain of a reputable company. 

2. BE CAUTIOUS of an employer whose posting includes grammatical errors or does not seem to be written professionally. Valid employers will not do this.

3. The scammer asks the candidate to “email their resume in order to receive a full job description” to proceed. BE CAUTIOUS of an employer who asks for anything out of the ordinary or who is not operating by normal hiring procedures, such as sending personal information or hiring you without interviewing you.

If you have received a scam or fraudulent email:

DoIT Security Team investigates any email scam that we send to them, however, the original emailmust be sent from the recipient of the email scam.  In order to assist the DoIT Security Team's investigation, recipients of the email should send security@umbc.edu a notification including the full header set of the message. These headers are not normally displayed but can be easily accessed. For more instruction on how to send the full header set of the message, please refer to: https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1867970 

More information on scams and attacks on the website may be found here: https://itsecurity.umbc.edu

 The Career Center is here to support you. If you encounter a position that you fear may be fraudulent, don’t hesitate to reach out to us careers@umbc.edu

 Please see the attachment for more information on fraudulent jobs and phishing scams. 

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Name:Swetha Sridhar

Internship, Co-op or Research Site:Broadcast Sports International

Position Title:Technical Writer Intern

Major(s)/Minor(s):Engineering Management

Current Class Level:Master's Student

Work Term:Spring 2021

Tell us about your internship, co-op, or research opportunity, including your day-to-day responsibilities.

My day-to-day responsibilities include,

- Working with government and private licensing and sanctioning bodies to obtain the

necessary licensing and product certifications.

- Work with engineers, manufacturing department and field support staff to manage the flow of information among project workgroups during development and testing.

- Study existing product and product prototypes and talk with product designers and developers.

- Responsible for managing the consistency of technical content and its use across departments including

product development, manufacturing, marketing, and customer relations.

Describe the process of obtaining your position. When did you hear of the position and submit your application?

I submitted my application in November, 2020 and heard back from the employer in the last week of December, 2020. The career center's manual guide helped me update my resume, and gave good insights in answering the interview questions.

What have you enjoyed the most about your position or organization? 

My position involves working with the entire engineering department to study and document the designs and prototypes which I enjoy the most.

How do you believe you have made an impact through your work?

This work is a learning environment for me as the manager, and the engineers are very encouraging and supportive. This in-turn is helping make a great impact through my work.

What advice would you give to another student who is seeking an internship or similar experience? 

I suggest all the students to not just apply for the roles but also build connections with the members in various fields.

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