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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Please join us for complimentary dinner and discussion with Educational and Outreach Communications Manager, Dr. Michael Laughter, who will provide tips for interviewing and answer any questions you might have regarding resume and interview preparation.
Dr. Laughter is the Educational and Outreach Communications Manager in the Center for Career Discovery and Development. He has an MA in Technical and Expository Writing from the University of Arkansas and an MFA in poetry from the University of New Orleans.
He began at Georgia Tech in 2001, teaching technical communications in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture, and later, in Electrical and Computer Engineering, where he taught the communications components to junior-level labs and senior design. At every level of instruction at Tech, he incorporated career preparation, work shopping resume and cover-letter crafting, as well as interview tips, and targeting job openings based on an acquired skill or skill sets. Laughter authored the chapters in the GT 1000 freshman introduction class textbook on resume and cover letter-crafting, and has served as guest lecturer in numerous departments across campus on all aspects of career acquisition and preparation.
