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Graduate Students preparing for a career? Need advice? Want to confirm your career path? What do employers think about internships?
Learn valuable career and job search tips from GT alumni and recruiters.
Attend the first session at 9:30 learn the how to make professional connections at conferences, professional meeting and in social settings. Practice how to interact, feel comfortable and creating long-term professional connections and practice the skills in each session following.
Second Session Round Table Discussion 10:45 – noon: Meet with alumni one-on-one to hear about specific jobs, the importance of mentoring, and how to integrate in to a new job or lab and many other topics
12:20-4:30: Select from nine panels focusing on early, advanced students seeking industry, government, or academic positions. Hear from successful alumni and hiring managers. Get inside tips on selecting a career path, utilizing transferable skills and what matters in the job search.
Register on Grad Student Government website.
Panel Descriptions, numbers and times (panels not listed are
Academic panels)
Job Options-Keeping Options Open (12:20-1:25) Panel 1
Panel members: Alums/grad students who changed directions and or
followed the original path-advice about discovering or selecting
a career path.
Target audience-Early graduate students 1st-3rd year.)
Advice: What can you do with a graduate degree besides work at a
research institution?
Academic Job Search (12:20-1:25) Panel 2
All aspects of the Academic Job Search-Teaching Research
Target Audience-All seeking careers with Colleges and
Universities
Advice: When and how to begin the job search. Hiring cycles
Choosing a Career Path (12:20-1:25) Panel 3
Panel members: Alums in all areas who can discuss how they made
their career choice-traditional or non-traditional path
Target Audience Advanced Students- PhD’s 1-2 years from
completion, Masters students
Advice: Degree completion is near, so many career options! How
are GT graduates utilizing education, transferable skills,
interest, and strengths on the job?
Making the Right Impression and Details Matter? (1:35-2:45) Panel
4
Panel members: Recruiters, managers’ decision makers discuss
what details matter.
Target audience: Early graduate students 1st-3rd year
Advice: Do you think about the details of your interactions with
potential employers? What do employers notice during interactions
at company info sessions, career fairs, conferences, or while
candidates wait in the lobby for the interview?
Preparing for Success-Transition from Student to
Professional-First Year on the Job-(1:35-2:45) Panel 5
Panel members: Alums with 1+ years’ experiencing success
provide advice and HR professionals
Target Audience Advanced Students-1-2 years from completion
Advice: What can you do now to help you succeed in your first
job? How to should you prepare to be part of an established
group/team? What should you expect in terms of work place
politics?
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Little Things Matter-What Matters in the Academic Job Search
(1:35-2:45) Panel 6
Panel members: Academics with Hiring Committee Experience
Target Audience Advanced Students-1-2 years from completion
Advice: Degree completion is near, so many career options! How
are GT graduates utilizing education, transferable skills,
interest, and strengths on the job? How did they find the job and
how did they determine it was the “right” career path?
Start-up Challenges-Common Misconceptions (3:00-4:25) Panel 7
Panel member’s entrepreneurs, GT alums with within the first 5
years of Start-up
Target Audience Future Entrepreneurs
Advice: What do first time entrepreneurs typically overlook when
starting a business?
Negotiation the Industry Offer-What is Negotiable? (3:00-4:25)
Panel 8
Panel members: Recruiters Human Resources and Hiring Managers
Target Audience-All students
Advice: What can you negotiate in a non-academic job? How does
the negotiation process work? Can an organization be rescind an
offer? Do employers expect graduate students to negotiate?
Negotiating in Academic Setting (3:00-3:45) Panel 9
Panel members: Faculty who negotiated packages and or Academic
negotiators
Target Audience Advanced Students-1-2 years from completion,
Advice: What is negotiable? Resources for determining salary. How
to find request Research Assistants, Lab, Graduate, and
Undergraduate Assistants, Course Load etc.
