Event Title | Career Symposium - for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars |
Location | Frank Porter Graham Student Union |
Sponsor | The Graduate School - University Career Services, TIBBS, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs |
Date/Time | 10/27/2018 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM | Event Price |
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. Lunch will be served. This event is open to current UNC graduate/professional students and postdoctoral scholars.
9:30 students check in (coffee, tea)
9:45 Welcome/Logistics
10-11 Keynote - "I got the job, but now what?" How to Create Successful Transitions -Fatimah Williams
11:15-12:15 -discipline panels (to be facilitated by students):
Humanities and Social Sciences panel
STEM panel
12:15-1:15 - lunch / casual conversations with panelists and afternoon speakers
1:15-3:15 - Featured Workshop: Building Your Influence (Fatimah Williams, Ph.D.)
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1:15-2:15 -Concurrent Session 1
-Myers-Briggs Type Indicator at Work
-Building your CV, Resume, and Cover Letter for Job Applications
-Preparing for Networking Events
2:30-3:30 -Concurrent Session 2
-Elements of Assertiveness (Rhonda Sutton, Ph.D.)
-Developing Your Online Presence
3:30 wrap up and Raffle!