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Career Services (Penn)

“Harnessing the Power of LinkedIn in your Job [re]Search”

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This information session is part of Career Services’ “Job Search Series,” of workshops for graduate students and postdocs. It will provide an overview of LinkedIn as a research tool for career exploration. Topics of discussion will include:

  • How to do more than just “have” a profile on LinkedIn.
  • How to identify manageable networking goals using LinkedIn.
  • Why research on LinkedIn can help to demonstrate interest in employers and career fields.
  • What you can do to stay informed and keep your profile active.
  • How researching successful professionals in the career fields that interest you can help you to project your own skills and experiences more confidently. (Via Handshake)

When: Tuesday, November 6, 2018. 12:00 – 1:30 PM

Where: McNeil Building, Conference Room 97, 3718 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

“Learn How to Negotiate, When, and for What!”

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This Career Services workshop is open to all graduate students and postdocs. The workshop will address:

  • The basic principles of successful negotiation
  • What can be negotiated
  • How should you respond when offered a position
  • This workshop will focus on opportunities in the business, non-profit, and government sectors. (Via Handshake)

When: Thursday, November 15th 2018, 12:15 pm

Where: McNeil Building, Conference Room 97, 3718 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

BGS Professional Skills Series – “Networking”

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BGS invites you to attend the second workshop in this year’s Professional Skills Series for PhD students – “Networking: Developing Career-Focused Relationships.” The workshop will cover a variety of networking strategies. Light refreshments will be served. The workshop will be led by Career Services’ Associate Director, Dr. Joseph Barber.

When: Wednesday, November 14, 2018, 4:00-5:30 PM

Where: Smilow 08-146AB

Please register by November 9, 2018!

To register, click here or copy and paste the URL below into your internet browser:

https://goo.gl/forms/fOhtmN1tCburU2gs1

If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Lopez.

Penn Career Services Announces PhD/Postdoc Careers Page

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Penn Career Services has released a new Careers page, dedicated entirely to doctoral students and postdocs. The content-rich page features the following topics:

  • Making the Most of Your Ph.D./Postdoc
  • Searching, Applying, Interviewing, and Negotiating for Jobs
  • Taking Advantage of Career Services

Each of these sections features useful links, including preparing for postdocs & faculty careers, preparing for careers beyond academia, digital resources, and more.

Explore here.

IHE: “Uncovering the Secrets of the Cover Letter”

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Penn Career Services’ Associate Director, Joseph Barber, provides insights for job seekers looking for positions beyond faculty roles, specifically when writing a cover letter. Since it is less structured than a resume, the cover letter can easily become a source of confusion. In this Inside Higher Ed article, Barber provides a narrative format that can highlight one’s resume in an engaging way.

Read more here.

Interviewing for Faculty Jobs – STEM

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This Career Services program is open to doctoral students and postdocs as part of the Academic Job Search Series. The panel presentation will provide insight into navigating a campus visit, a crucial component of the faculty interviewing process. Candidates, whether applying for a visiting assistant professor position or a tenure track faculty position, should be prepared with questions, negotiation points, and an understanding of what the search committee is looking for.

Take this opportunity to learn about campus interviews from faculty members who have been through the process as candidates and members of search committees.

The panelists include:

• Dr. Jonathan Heckman, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania

• Dr. Rebecca Hubbard, Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

• Dr. Vinayak Mathur, GR’15, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Cabrini University

• Dr. Megan Matthews, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania

• Dr. Yvonne Paterson, Professor, Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania (Via Handshake)

When: Wednesday, October 17th 2018, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Where: Perelman Quad – Houston Hall, Golkin Room, 3417 Spruce St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States