Careers in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Yasmin Rehmanjee , Emily Chen
Fri Jan 29, 09am-05:00pm, Bush Room 10-105
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
A career day to explore opportunities in civil and environmental engineering. It will bring together various professionals from different areas such as academia and consulting in a panel discussion. Sponsored by Civil and Environmental Engineering Student Association (CEESA).
Contact: Yasmin Rehmanjee or Emily Chen, yhrehman@mit.edu or emchen@mit.edu
Sponsor: Civil and Environmental Eng
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Finding A Place To Start:Step One in the Career Planning Process
Carol Spector , Jackie Stinehart, Hannah Bernstein
Thu, Jan 7, 14, 21, 02-04:00pm, 56-191
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 12 students.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: None
Session Description:Learn about self assessment for career planning.This 3 part session workshop will assist in identifying your skills, values, interests, and personality attributes that will enable you to manage your career planning. The sessions will also cover information on exploring the world of work and discovering your own career exploration plan.
Web: (see http://web.mit.edu/career/www/calendar.html)
Contact: Please sign-up at the OCSPA website
Sponsor: Career Services & Preprofessional Advising
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Finding a Place To Start: Step One in the Career Planning Process
Carol Spector , Jackie Stinehart, Hannah Bernstein
Tue, Jan 12, 19, 26, 11am-01:00pm
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 12 students.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: None
Learn about self assessment for career planning. This 3 part session workshop will assist in identifying your skills, values, interests, and personality attributes that will enable you to manage your career planning. The sessions will also cover information on exploring the world of work and discovering your own career exploration plan.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/career/www/calendar.html
Contact: Please sign up at the OCSPA website
Sponsor: Career Services & Preprofessional Advising
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Finding an Internship as an Undergraduate
Kori Wyshak
Wed Jan 6, 03:30-05:00pm, 56-180
No limit but advance sign up required
Single session event
Prereq: None
Strategies and tips on finding an internship. Workshop will cover where to look, how to network, proposal writing, and resources. Please signup on the OCSPA website
Web: http://web.mit.edu/career/www/calendar.html
Contact: sign up on web site
Sponsor: Career Services & Preprofessional Advising
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For Graduate Students: Smart Resumes, CVs and Cover Letters
Hannah Bernstein
Wed Jan 20, 10-11:30am, 56-154
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 25 students.
Single session event
Prereq: None
Session Description: This session will address issues that may be of concern to graduate students. We will examine: the difference between a resume and a CV; how these two documents are used; sample formats for resumes; strategies for enhancing a resume; and, how to write an effective cover letter. Please sign up at the OCSPA website.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/career/www/calendar.html
Contact: Sign up at the OCSPA website
Sponsor: Career Services & Preprofessional Advising
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HST Biomedical Engineering Doctoral Programs II: Speech and Hearing Sciences (SHS)
Louis D. Braida , Susan Voss, Joseph Perkell, Students
Thu Jan 7, 02-04:00pm, E25-119
The objective of this multidisciplinary educational program is to develop research scientist, rather than clinical practitioners, by introducing the physical and biological bases of speech and hearing mechanisms through quantitative analyses of the underlying mechanisms involved in communication processes. Students in the Speech and Hearing Sciences Program have the opportunity to choose from a wide variety of research topics in laboratories at MIT, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School and its other affiliated hospitals. Several SHS faculty members and current students will demonstrate unique features of the HST Speech and Hearing Sciences Doctoral Program, and will answer any questions students might have.
Contact: Keiko Fujiwara (Oh), E25-518, x3-3609, keiko@wccf.mit.edu
Sponsor: Health Sciences & Technology
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How to Build Core Competencies and Understand Why They Are So Valued in the Workplace
Deborah Rosencrans
Fri Jan 22, 12-02:00pm
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 20 students.
Single session event
In this workshop, you will be introduced to the concept of competencies. You will also learn how to identify, utilize and build your competencies and last, how organizations are using competencies to help you to be successful in your career.
Web: http:web.mit.edu/career/www/calendar.html
Contact: Please sign up in advance on the OCSPA website
Sponsor: Career Services & Preprofessional Advising
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How to Evaluate and Negotiate Job Offers
Marianne Wisheart , Deborah Rosencrans
Mon Jan 25, 02-03:30pm, 1-390
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: None
Session Description:This session will demonstrate how to be best prepared when it comes to negotiating that job offer and how to evaluate and differentiate between employers. There will be role - playing on how to negotiate offered deadlines and comparisons of the different benefits employers offer.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/career/www/calendar.html
Contact: career-www@mit.edu
Sponsor: Career Services & Preprofessional Advising
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Leadership Seminar for Undergraduates
James Wolters , Tony Cho
Thu Jan 28, Fri Jan 29, 08:30am-03:30pm, Unknown
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 30 students.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: None
Seminar to introduce undergraduate students to the fundamentals of leadership in their careers. Activities include talks by industry executives, self evaluations, team activities, and discussions with emphasis on demonstrating the many facets of leadership. Sponsored by Sloan/Leaders for Manufacturing Program and MIT ROTC program.
Contact: Chip Zaenglein, E40-422, chip@mit.edu
Sponsor: Leaders for Manufacturing
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Life After MIT: A Woman's Perspective
AMITA
Thu Jan 28, 07-09:00pm, Bush Room, Rm.10-105
No limit but advance sign up required
Single session event
Signup by: 26-JAN-99
This event will feature a panel of alumnae with a variety of career experiences including: engineering, science, entrepreneurship, and consulting. A presentation by the panel will be followed by a group of informal roundtable discussions. Each table discussion will be led by an MIT alumna and a variety of issues will be addressed, such as: balancing a career and a family, women in the workplace, alternative career paths, attending grad school and financial planning. The goal of the seminar is to give current MIT students the chance to learn about women's experiences after graduation from alumnae who have faced the challenges that are waiting in the "real world." This program is sponsored by AMITA, the Association of MIT Alumnae.
This event is open to all undergraduate and graduate students.
To signup, please contact: Amy Fienup, (617) 253-6144 x133 (w); (617) 491-3066 (h); ajfienup@alum.mit.edu
Contact: Amy Fienup, ajfienup@alum.mit.edu
Sponsor: Alumni Association
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MIT Lincoln Laboratory Tour
Linda Hampson , Anne McSweeney
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 30 students.
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
We are again offering the opportunity for students to come out to Lincoln Laboratory to tour some of our laboratores, meet some of our staff members, and experience first-hand what it means to be on the cutting edge of technology. Each group will be limited to 30 students. For each tour, the deadline for sign up is the day before. Contact Linda Hampson (hampson@ll.mit.edu) or Anne McSweeney (mcsweeney@ll.mit.edu). Continental breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snack will be provided. Transportation will also be provided.
Contact: Linda Hampson, (781) 981-7058, hampson@ll.mit.edu
Sponsor: Lincoln Lab
MIT Lincoln Laboratory Tour
Linda Hampson , Anne McSweeney
Please sign up by Tuesday, January 19 to Linda Hampson (hampson@ll.mit.edu) or call 781-981-7058. Transportation provided, as well as continental breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snack.
Wed Jan 20, 10am-04:00pm, Lincoln Labs, Please sign up by 1/19
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Medical School at MIT?
Daniel C. Shannon
Thu Jan 14, 11:30am-02:00pm, E25-119
YES... MIT joined with Harvard University and Harvard Medical School in 1970 to form the "Health Sciences and Technology" (HST) Program. HST's Medical Sciences curriculum leads to an M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School. Students in this program are registered as graduate students at MIT as well as at Harvard Medical School. Classes are given both at MIT and at Harvard. This program is oriented toward students with strong interests in a career in biomedical research. Typically half of those student who matriculate majored in biological sciences and half in physical sciences. Several HST faculty members and current MDs, as well as M.D.-Ph.D., students will present and discuss all aspects of the M.D. program.
Contact: H. Frederick Bowman, E25-518, x3-7426, hfbowman@mit.edu
Sponsor: Health Sciences & Technology
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Mock Interviewing Workshop
Deborah Rosencrans
Wed Jan 20, 02-04:00pm
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 50 students.
Single session event
Prereq: None
Improve your interviewing skills through practice group interviewing. There will be an opportunity to role play. Employers and members of the career services staff will facilitate.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/career/www/calendar.html
Contact: Please sign up at OCSPA website
Sponsor: Career Services & Preprofessional Advising
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Mock Interviewing Workshops
Leader: TBD
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 50 students.
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: None
There will be two separate workshops.
Improve your interviewing skills through practice group interviewing. There will be an opportunity to role play. Employers and members of the career services staff will facilitate. Please sign up at the OCSPA website
Web: http://web.mit.edu/career/www/calendar.html
Contact: Sign up at the OCSPA website
Sponsor: Career Services & Preprofessional Advising
Mock Interviewing Workshop I
Hannah Bernstein
Please sign up on the OCSPA website.
Fri Jan 15, 02-04:00pm
Mock Interviewing Workshop II
Deborah Rosencrans
Please sign up on the OCSPA website
Wed Jan 20, 02-04:00pm
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Non-Traditional Careers for Science Majors - Panel Discussion
Kori Wyshak
Wed Jan 27, 06-08:00pm, 56-154
No limit but advance sign up required
Single session event
Prereq: None
Session Description:Would you like to learn creative ways to use your science degree? Hear testimonials from science graduates who took the non-traditional route. Learn how to market your degree, what skills needed to succeed, and much more. Check the OCSPA web page for panel information.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/career/www/calendar.html
Contact: Please sing up at the OCSPA website
Sponsor: Career Services & Preprofessional Advising
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Smart Resumes and Cover Letters
TBA
Fri Jan 22, 12-02:00pm, 66-144
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 25 students.
Single session event
Prereq: None
Session Description: Learn the fundamentals of creating strategic resumes and cover letters. Please bring three copies of your resume or cover letter.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/career/www/calendar.html
Contact: Please sign up at the OCSPA website
Sponsor: Career Services & Preprofessional Advising
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So, You Want to Write a Personal Statement:Advice for Premed and Prelaw Students
Anne DiZio
Fri Jan 29, 04-06:00pm, 24-121
No limit but advance sign up required
Single session event
Prereq: None
Do you want to create something distinctive that really communicates who you are? We will help you combine self-assessment with the mechanics of writing your statement. Please bring your resume or a list of your accomplishments, hobbies, etc. Come on in and take the plunge!
Web: http://web.mit.edu/career/www/calendar.html
Contact: Please sign up on the OCSPA website
Sponsor: Career Services & Preprofessional Advising
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Summer Jobs for Freshmen
Arthur Steinberg , Marshall Hughes, Sarah Wu
Wed Jan 27, 02-04:00pm, 54-100
No limit but advance sign up required
Prereq: open to all freshman
Come learn more about the Freshman/Alumni Summer Internship Program. This non-credit seminar will give you an overview of the program, as well as what is expected and required of participants during the spring and while they are working over the summer. Planning for several sessions during the spring semester which will include tips on resume writing and interviews, and prepare you for the other projects to be done while on the internships. Intern job placement is limited to positions open. Contact Marshall Hughes and Sarah Wu at: fasip@mit.edu.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/fasip/
Contact: Marshall Hughes, 26-157, x3-8045, devil@mit.edu
Sponsor: Freshman Alumni Summer Internship Program
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The Consulting Business
C M Mohr
Thu Jan 7, 02-04:00pm, 66-110
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: None
Selling consulting services is a significant business. The consulting business will be described, both joys and problems. Bring your questions.
Contact: C M Mohr, 66-305, x3-2015, cmmohr@mit.edu
Sponsor: C M Mohr, 66 305, x3-2015, cmmohr@mit.edu
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The Practice of Operations Research and Management Science
Stanley B Gershwin , Marina Zaretsky, John Bossert, Paulette Mosley
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Operations Research and Management Science involve modeling and decision making. How is it done? What are careers in OR/MS like? Come hear practitioners in industry discuss their work and today's challenges.
Contact: John Bossert, E40-130, 253-7412, bossert@mit.edu
Sponsor: Operations Research
Operations Research and Manufacturing
Stanley B Gershwin , Marina Zaretsky, John Bossert, Paulette Mosley
Tim Kniker, Analytics Inc.
Tue Jan 5, 12-01:30pm, E40-106
Operations Research and Transportation
Stanley B Gershwin , Marina Zaretsky, John Bossert, Paulette Mosley
The SABRE Group
Tue Jan 12, 12-01:30pm, E40-106
Operations Research and Telecommunications
Stanley B Gershwin , Marina Zaretsky, John Bossert, Paulette Mosley
Rita Vachani, GTE
Tue Jan 19, 12-01:30pm, E40-106
Operations Research and Finance
Stanley B Gershwin , Marina Zaretsky, John Bossert, Paulette Mosley
Mauricio Karchmer, ITG Inc.
Tue Jan 26, 12-01:30pm, E40-106
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Undergraduate Study Abroad - Questions and Answers
Hannah Bernstein
Thu Jan 28, 01-02:30pm, 24-121
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: None
Come and learn how MIT undergraduates may study abroad. Several MIT students who have recently studied abroad will be invited to share their experiences. A representative of the Office of Career Services will provide an overview of the steps for planning study abroad.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/career/www/study.html
Contact: Hannah Bernstein, 12-170, hannab@mit.edu
Sponsor: Career Services & Preprofessional Advising
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Understanding Competencies in The Consulting, Engineering and Science Workplace - Panel Discussion
Deborah Rosencrans
Thu Jan 21, 04-06:00pm, 3-270
No limit but advance sign up required
Single session event
Prereq: None
Competencies in the consulting, engineering and science workplace panel will be comprised of company representatives from BMC, GlaxoWellcome and Anderson Consulting. They will discuss various skills and competencies necessary to help you compete and learn how to be successful in the workplace and globally. location TBD.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/career/www/calendar.html
Contact: Please sign up at the OCSPA website
Sponsor: Career Services & Preprofessional Advising
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