Event Details
Event Title Career Symposium for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars
Location Frank Porter Graham Student Union - UNC Chapel Hill
Sponsor The Graduate School - University Career Services & OPA
Date/Time 11/05/2011 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
For more information, contact the event administrator: Brian Rybarczyk brybar@email.unc.edu
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Join us for a day of workshops and advice dedicated to your career planning needs across the career spectrum. Alumni, employers and career services professionals will present on a variety of topics through panels and skill-building workshops and a networking lunch will be served.



Tentative Schedule
8:00 am Check in and Continental Breakfast
8:45 am Welcome and Opening Keynote - Timothy Koegel, author The Exceptional Presenter

10:00 am Session One – choose from:


1. CV/Resume Development and Effective Cover Letters
2. The Academic Interview: What to Expect and How to Prepare
3. Interviewing for Positions Across the Career Spectrum
4. Conducting the Successful Job Talk
5. What's your career strategy? Tips for the undecided student.
6. Job Searching Across the Career Spectrum
7. Finding an Academic Position – Panel

11:00 am Session Two – choose from:


1. CV/Resume Development and Effective Cover Letters
2. The Academic Interview: What to Expect and How to Prepare
3. Networking
4. Conducting the Successful Job Talk
5. Using Social Media in your Job Search
6. Job Searching Across the Career Spectrum
7. Finding an Academic Position – Panel

11:50 am Networking Lunch

1:30 pm Session Three – choose from:


1. Choosing the Right Postdoc
2. Interviewing for Positions Across the Career Spectrum
3. Networking
4. Using Social Media in your Job Search
5. Negotiating the Job Offer
6. The Two-Body Challenge

2:30 pm Closing Session


Please register by November 3rd 5PM. Due to catering and speaker payment deadlines, no refunds will be permitted
UNC - Chapel Hill