IAP 2016 Activities by Sponsor - Global Education and Career Development

Jan/20

Wed

02:00PM-03:30PM

4-231

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required

Communication goes beyond verbal skills which are important to the success of any job seeker. To brand yourself as a professional, you must deliver a consistent message in a Written, Verbal, and Virtual manner. As students and postdocs begin to look for positions in engineering and science, both in academia and industry, they must be aware of how their nonverbal communication skills impact their possibility of finding employment opportunities. Learning how to maximize the use of one's verbal and nonverbal communication skills is a powerful tool to help one achieve professional success, and a critical component for the future. Advanced registration requested via CareerBridge.

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: Nyasha Toyloy, E39-305, 617 715-5329, NYTOYLOY@MIT.EDU

GECD

Jan/14

Thu

06:00PM-07:30PM

3-333

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required

Come for the pizza, stay for the career advice. At this panel, you will learn about career opportunities at the intersection of technology and law and the various career paths that panelists have taken to get from their STEM backgrounds into law. Panelists include patent lawyers, MIT alum, and other professionals who use their STEM expertise in the field of law. Advanced registration requested via CareerBridge.

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: Nyasha Toyloy, E39-305, 617 715-5329, NYTOYLOY@MIT.EDU

Jan/15

Fri

01:00PM-02:30PM

4-163

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 60 participants

The overall goal of all case interviews is to assess a candidate’s analytical problem solving skills.  This is an integral part of evaluating applicants for roles in consulting.  Accenture invites MIT students to join our Case Interview Workshop for an opportunity to learn first-hand from Accenture executives and interviewers about how to effectively answer a case interview question. Advanced registration requested via CareerBridge.

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: Nyasha Toyloy, E39-305, 617 715-5329, NYTOYLOY@MIT.EDU

Jan/12

Tue

01:00PM-03:00PM

E39-362

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

CME Drop In Hours:

Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Time: 1pm-3pm

Location: E39-362

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: Global Education, studyabroad@mit.edu

Jan/21

Thu

02:00PM-04:00PM

10-250

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required

GECD and ODGE are thrilled to welcome back Jean-luc Doumont for his annual IAP lectures on excellence in communication --

Scientists are often perceived as living in their own impenetrable world.  Jean-luc discusses the challenges of communicating with a lay audience, and presents effective strategies for overcoming the challenges.  Most of these strategies apply to communicating to scientists as well.  They are universal good ideas - heeding the advice becomes more critical when the audience is less specialized. Advanced registration requested CareerBridge.

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: Nyasha Toyloy, E39-305, 617 715-5329, NYTOYLOY@MIT.EDU

Jan/22

Fri

01:00PM-02:30PM

4-149

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required

If you are considering exploring Industry positions, you will need to have a resume that effectively positions you for this path. This workshop presented by Bob Dolan will discuss the process of converting your 4-6 page CV into a 2-page resume for industry, and creating a document that effectively targets the Hiring Manager. Can your resume survive a 15 second scan and still get into the YES pile? Discussions will surround the strategies of effective messaging and how to be "on-point" with your written communication. Actual successful MIT PhD/Postdoc resumes will be provided as handouts. Advanced registration requested via CareerBridge.

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: Nyasha Toyloy, E39-305, 617 715-5329, NYTOYLOY@MIT.EDU

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance:

Learn collaboration and communication skills for PhDs

Thursday January 7  5:00-5:30 - Location: 4-145

Friday January 8  1:00-1:30 - Location: 4-145

Pre-registration requested via CareerBridge.

Now in its sixth year, MIT and Imperial College London are jointly offering an intensive 4 ½ day Global Fellows Program for PhD students. 20 MIT PhD student participants will join 20 Imperial College PhD students for 4.5 days of presentations, interactive work, and hands-on activities. Participants work in small groups with either an MIT or Imperial facilitator. Faculty members present on the topic of developing and managing international collaborations as an integral part of a research career.

•         Approaches for successful working relationships and collaborations

•         Team and project development

•         Leadership

•         Presentation skills

•         Global intercultural skills and communication

 

Cost: Fellowship covers cost of travel, housing, program and most meals. (Most international students will need to complete a required visa application process. This cost is covered by the student and typically is around $150).

Application deadline: Monday, January 18 at 11:59 p.m. EST. Interviews will begin the week of January 25.

For more information: Please visit http://gecd.mit.edu/global-fellows  and email questions to Jake Livengood or Marilyn Wilson at: globalphd@mit.edu.

 

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: Nyasha Toyloy, E39-305, 617 715-5329, NYTOYLOY@MIT.EDU

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Global Fellows Program Info Session

Jan/07

Thu

05:00PM-05:30PM

4-145

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Global Fellows Program Info Session

Jan/08

Fri

01:00PM-01:30PM

4-145

Jake Livengood, Assistant Director for Graduate Student Career Services

Jan/26

Tue

03:00PM-04:00PM

E39-040

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/26
Limited to 20 participants

This event is open to undergrad and grad students and postdocs. Have you had that awkward moment in a presentation where someone asks a really weird question? Has a student in class posed an off-the-wall idea while you are presenting? Do you fear what a committee member may ask in your thesis defense? This improv workshop will help develop skills to respond to such situations. We will be doing improv comedy exercises to develop a comfort with engaging others. Participants should expect to participate in improv comedy exercises with attendees. Fun will be had by all...we hope. Advanced registration required via CareerBridge. Registration begins 12/15/15.

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: Nyasha Toyloy, E39-305, 617 715-5329, NYTOYLOY@MIT.EDU

Jan/08

Fri

01:00PM-02:00PM

4-159

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required

This interactive session will provide an opportunity for students who have participated in OR are considering participating in global experiences to explore how these present an advantage to their candidacy during the job search. We will consider employer perspectives, alumni perspectives, and current student perspectives on what can be learned by going abroad and how it can be translated into life skills. Strategies for adding global experiences to resumes and discussing these experiences while interviewing will be discussed. Advanced registration requested via CareerBridge.

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: Nyasha Toyloy, E39-305, 617 715-5329, NYTOYLOY@MIT.EDU

Jan/06

Wed

02:00PM-03:00PM

4-159, Bring your laptop.

Enrollment: https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student
Sign-up by 01/05
Limited to 30 participants
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session

Bring your laptop to explore the many ways LinkedIn can help you in your career exploration and job or internship search. We will begin with an overview of LinkedIn and some of the key areas of a complete LinkedIn profile. We will also cover some ways LinkedIn can be used as job search tool. This will be followed by individual work on your profile, with Career Services staff available to answer your questions. Advanced registration required via CareerBridge.  Registration begins 12/15/15.

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: Nyasha Toyloy, E39-305, 617 715-5329, NYTOYLOY@MIT.EDU

Jan/25

Mon

02:00PM-03:00PM

4-159, Bring Yyour laptop.

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/25
Limited to 30 participants

Bring your laptop to explore the many ways LinkedIn can help you in your career exploration and job or internship search. We will begin with an overview of LinkedIn and some of the key areas of a complete LinkedIn profile. We will also cover some ways LinkedIn can be used as job search tool. This will be followed by individual work on your profile, with Career Services staff available to answer your questions. Advanced registration required via CareerBridge. Registration begins 12/15/15.

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: Nyasha Toyloy, E39-305, 617 715-5329, NYTOYLOY@MIT.EDU

Jan/19

Tue

02:00PM-04:00PM

10-250

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required

GECD and ODGE are thrilled to welcome back Jean-luc Doumont for his annual IAP lectures on excellence in communication --

Strong oral presentation skills are a key to success for engineers, scientists, and other professionals, yet many speakers are at a loss to tackle the task. Systematic as they otherwise can be in their work, they go at it intuitively, sometimes haphazardly, with much good will but seldom good results. Based on Dr. Doumont’s book Trees, maps, and theorems, about “effective communication for rational minds” this lecture proposes a systematic way to prepare and deliver presentations.  Among others, it covers structure, slides, and delivery, as well as stage fright.

Advanced registration requested via CareerBridge.

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: Nyasha Toyloy, E39-305, 617 715-5329, NYTOYLOY@MIT.EDU

Jan/28

Thu

02:00PM-03:30PM

4-149

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required

The Negotiating Job Offers workshop presented by Bob Dolan will examine the many variables that exist during the evaluation and negotiation process of Job Offers. Knowing how, when and why you should negotiate will be reviewed. Salary vs. Total Compensation will be examined. Strategies on the negotiation process will be discussed along with "Should You Negotiate?" and "What Can" and "What Can Not" be negotiated. These strategies can be used throughout your career. Advanced registration requested via CareerBridge.

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: Nyasha Toyloy, E39-305, 617 715-5329, NYTOYLOY@MIT.EDU

Jan/07

Thu

01:00PM-02:15PM

4-159

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required

Among the greatest missed opportunities are banal responses to questions like "tell me about yourself" Learn and exercise creative ways to be a successful self-advocate: together, we will strengthen our responses to hallway chatter and use reflection to develop, rehearse, and share an authentic elevator pitch with meaning! Advanced registration requested via CareerBridge.

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: Nyasha Toyloy, E39-305, 617 715-5329, NYTOYLOY@MIT.EDU

Alison Hynd, Director for Programs, Chiara Magini, Community Employment Administrator, Sarah Bouchard, Community Engagement Administrator, Meaghan Shea, Prehealth Advisor

Jan/21

Thu

02:00PM-03:00PM

4-149

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/20

Are you pre-med or considering a health career?

Do you want to do something meaningful to fulfill the med school application service requirement?

Are you interested in funded community service options?

Do you worry that your current activities won't stand out in a sea of similar applications?

Then this session is for you!

Staff from the Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center and Prehealth Advising will present options for meaningful health-related community service activities in the Boston area and beyond. You'll learn about cohort-based programs, individual volunteering resources, funding possibilities, and get help identifying the opportunity that works for you.

And we want to learn from you! Come ready to tell us what you want to do and how we can help.

Sponsor(s): Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center, Global Education and Career Development
Contact: Alison Hynd, W20-549, 617 258-0691, HYND@MIT.EDU

Jan/27

Wed

01:00PM-02:45PM

4-149

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required

Learn how to develop and enhance your interviewing skills! While your technical skills will get you the interview, it is your behavioral attributes that will get you the job. This workshop delivered by Bob Dolan will cover topics such as types of interviews, sample interview questions, appropriate dress, and important tips to think about before, during and after the interview. The intended outcome is to help you prepare and develop a strategy for a successful interview. In addition, sample behavioral and academic interview questions will be provided along with tips on how to answer these tough questions. Advanced registration requested via CareerBridge.

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: Nyasha Toyloy, E39-305, 617 715-5329, NYTOYLOY@MIT.EDU

Jan/12

Tue

02:00PM-03:00PM

4-145

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required

Do you feel unprepared to jump into the real world of work because you are lacking work experience? Well, you may have more knowledge, skills, and abilities than you think! Transferable skills are marketable skills that you have acquired throughout your life. They can be learned through coursework, class projects, jobs, internships, volunteering, or leadership roles. Attend this workshop if you want to learn how to identify your own skills and the skill employers are looking for in today’s job market. This workshop is open to undergraduate and graduate students. Advanced registration requested via CareerBridge.

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: Nyasha Toyloy, E39-305, 617 715-5329, NYTOYLOY@MIT.EDU