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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From:
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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date:
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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject:
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For students still exploring what they might want to do this summer or after MIT, GECD has several events coming up that will be of interest to them. Please forward the following events to your students. Thank you!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lily<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>GECD CAREER SERVICES – UPCOMING EVENTS<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Register for events on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/Account/LogOn?ReturnUrl=%2fmit%2fstudent%2f" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">CareerBridge</a>. For more information go to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://gecd.mit.edu/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">gecd.mit.edu</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>or
like us on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/MITCareers" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Facebook</a>.<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Effective Presentation Skills<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Tuesday, March 11, 3:00-4:30pm, 24-121<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Do you present your work to your lab, at conferences, or to a faculty or industry hiring committee? If so, this workshop is designed to provide you with tips and strategies for delivering an effective presentation. The more prepared you are, the more confident
you will be. Discussions will include room set-up, proper dress, room management, and actual professional delivery to your audience.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Exploring Careers in Public Service<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Tuesday, March 11, 5:30-6:30pm, 4-231<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span style="color: red; ">Featuring panelists from City Year, Design that Matters, Science from Scientists, and the State Department<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Do you want to have an interesting job while also working for the common good? Is public service something you’ve been drawn to but aren’t sure how to translate that into a career? Come to this panel to hear directly from professionals on how they got their
start, what their day to day work is like, and the advantages and disadvantages of working in a public service career. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Exploring Careers in Finance<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Wednesday, March 12, 5:00-6:30pm, 2-105<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span style="color: red; ">Featuring panelists from Bridgewater, Goldman Sachs, Peak6, State Street, and Wellington<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Are you curious to learn more about what it means to work in finance? Come to this career exploration panel to hear from employers on what their companies do in the broad field of finance, highlights about the different ways of getting into the industry, and
tips on what skills and experience the industry is seeking. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Quantitative Risk Management: Financial Services & Industrial Sectors<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Thursday, March 13, 3:30-4:30pm, 3-333<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Quantitative Risk Management has long been a core competency for financial institutions. This talk by Mark Grabb, Technology Leader of Analytics at GE Global Research, will explore how today’s industrial giants are investing in quantitative risk management
competencies, in parallel with the financial services industry, and the opportunities this creates for MIT graduates. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Exploring Careers in Big Data<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Thursday, March 13, 7:00-8:30pm, 2-105<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span style="color: red; ">Featuring panelists from GE, Johnson Controls, and Vertica<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Big Data has been described as “techniques for organizing and making sense of the huge amounts of information generated by Web users and networked sensors” (MIT News, 5/31/12). At our GECD Big Data Careers panel, alumni and representatives from different industries
will talk about the way their company is using big data techniques, and the career paths opening up in this burgeoning field. <o:p></o:p></div>
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