How to Thrive at Your First In-Person Career Fair

Zoom Virtual, Cambridge, MA, United States

A career fair is the doorway to many opportunities and there are ample reasons why you should attend one. This session will help you target your efforts when networking with potential employers, learn about job opportunities in your industry, and implement key strategies when interacting with recruiters.

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MIT In-Person Fall Career Fair

Johnson Athletics Center 120 Vassar St, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

The Fall Career Fair (FCF) is the largest annual recruiting event, welcoming hundreds of employers from a wide range of industries offering diverse opportunities. Career Advising & Professional Development and a team of MIT student leaders organize the fair to support the career exploration and recruiting needs of MIT undergraduate students, master’s, PhDs, postdocs and...

MIT Virtual Fall Career Fair

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The Fall Career Fair (FCF) is the largest annual recruiting event, welcoming hundreds of employers from a wide range of industries offering diverse opportunities. Career Advising & Professional Development and a team of MIT student leaders organize the fair to support the career exploration and recruiting needs of MIT undergraduate students, master’s, PhDs, postdocs and...

Free

2023 Spring Lecture on Graduate Student and Postdoc Wellbeing

Zoom Virtual, Cambridge, MA, United States

Our speaker, Dr. J. Lloyd, will discuss issues of depression, anxiety and relational challenges inherent to the graduate student/postdoc experience from a developmental perspective. Dr. Lloyd will take a clinical approach to the topic, use examples and draw from his experience of working with graduate students at MIT. He will also discuss effective ways of...

Free

Building to a Purposeful Career (A Wellbeing Ambassador Community Meeting)

Bush Room (10-105) 222 Memorial Dr, 10-105, Cambridge, MA, United States

The Wellbeing Ambassadors Present: Building to a Purposeful Career featuring Erik Pavesic, CAPD Join the WAs for an interactive session with CAPD to clarify your sense of purpose using LEGO bricks. Whether you are starting with a lot of thoughts on your sense of purpose or starting from scratch, you are welcome. Allow this workshop...

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Managing Up: Setting Boundaries & Advocating for Yourself in the Lab and Beyond

Bush Room (10-105) 222 Memorial Dr, 10-105, Cambridge, MA, United States

Do you shy away from prickly conversations with your manager? Do you wish you could advocate better for yourself at work? Join CAPD, Radius, and Addir for a guided workshop on challenging conversations in the workplace. We will learn about boundary setting, practice with role playing, and end with reflection and discussion. Lunch provided. Graduate...

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Networking in the U.S. American Context

E19-202 E19-202 | 400 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

In this workshop, we’ll lay out the basics of networking, informational interviewing, and the US American work culture. You’ll learn why a strong basis is crucial for your career first steps and how to go about mastering the art of networking in the US. We recommend taking the GlobeSmart quiz in advance of this event:...

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The Sustainable Future of Computing: Companies at the Forefront

E19-202 E19-202 | 400 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

Are you struggling to reconcile the impact of computing on the climate with your future career in the field of computing? These companies are adapting their business practices and strategy here and now. Come network with reps from leading tech companies to learn how industry is meeting the climate crisis head on by changing their...

Free

C.H.A.O.S.: Career Planning for the Unknown

E19-202 - Ford Building (E19) Ford Building (E19) 400 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

Do you ever wonder what you are doing at MIT? Do you think about where you will go from here? As a graduate student, what does staying on track look like for you beyond the obvious requirements for your degree? Do these kinds of questions fill you with consternation and make your head hurt? Yes?...

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