<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><br><div><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Nyasha Toyloy <<a href="mailto:nytoyloy@mit.edu">nytoyloy@mit.edu</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>Career Events 1/16 - 1/20</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">January 12, 2017 at 4:06:11 PM EST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><br></div><div><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0in 0.75in 0.0001pt 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(47, 84, 150);">GECD CAREER SERVICES EVENTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0.75in 0.0001pt 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Follow us on Twitter<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/MITCareers" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">@MITCareers</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to stay up to date on Career Services events.<b><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0.75in 0.0001pt 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(47, 84, 150);">GECD NEWS FLASH<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0.75in 0.0001pt 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Career Fairs<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><h3 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="http://xfair.mit.edu/" target="_blank" title="xfair.mit.edu" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">xFair </a>- Monday, February 6<sup>th</sup>, 2017, 10am-4pm<o:p></o:p></span></h3><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><em><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Organized by: TechX and The MIT Chapter of Tau Beta Pi. </span></em><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">xFair (which joins Techfair and TBP's career fair) is a career fair and expo combined--companies can showcase their products and services to thousands of MIT students in order to build their brand at MIT and give students a better idea of what they could work on during a potential internship or job.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></div><h3 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://ecf.fairsey.com/#!/" target="_blank" title="www.euro-career.com" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">European Career Fair</a> - Saturday, February 25<sup>th</sup>, 2017, 9am-4pm<o:p></o:p></span></h3><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><em><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Organized by: The MIT European Club. </span></em><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Connects employers from Europe with candidates who are looking for employment outside of the United States.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Find out more information about other<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://gecd.mit.edu/jobs-and-internships/finding-jobs-and-internships/career-fairs-mit-students" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">career fairs</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>here at MIT.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0.75in 0.0001pt 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 13pt; color: rgb(46, 117, 182);">Career Service<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Drop-ins Monday – Friday, 12 p.m. – 4 p.m., E17-294<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0.75in 0.0001pt 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(155, 190, 59);">Global Education</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 13pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Drop-ins: Wednesdays & Fridays 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., E17-294</b></span><b><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(241, 89, 34);">Prehealth</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 13pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Drop-ins: Tuesdays, 11 a.m. – 12p.m., E17-294<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>Academic Job Search<o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>Tuesday, January 17<sup>th</sup>, 1:30pm – 3:00pm, 4-270<o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Wondering how to mount a successful job search in this highly competitive academic job market? This workshop presented by Bob Dolan will discuss important elements of preparing a strong application package which includes a CV, Cover Letter, Research Statement, Teaching Statement, and Diversity Statement. This program is targeted towards all PhD students and Postdocs who may prepare for the faculty search now and in the future. In addition, actual academic hiring committee interview questions from 20 US and international universities will be provided. Pre-registration requested via<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">CareerBridge</a>.<b><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>LinkedIn Lab<o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>Wednesday, January 18<sup>th</sup>, 3:00 pm – 4:00pm, E19-202<o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Bring your laptop to explore the many ways LinkedIn can help you in your career exploration and job or internship search. We will begin with an overview of LinkedIn and some of the key areas of a complete LinkedIn profile. We’ll also cover some ways LinkedIn can be used as job search tool. This will be followed by individual work on your profile, with Career Services staff available to answer your questions. Pre-registration requested via<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">CareerBridge</a>.<b><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>Making the Most of Your Presentation<o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>Thursday, January 19<sup>th</sup>, 2:00pm – 4:00pm, 10-250<o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="">Strong oral presentation skills are a key to success for engineers, scientists, and other professionals, yet many speakers are at a loss to tackle the task. Systematic as they otherwise can be in their work, they go at it intuitively, sometimes haphazardly, with much good will but seldom good results. Based on Dr Doumont’s book<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Trees, maps, and theorems,</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>about “effective communication for rational minds” this lecture proposes a systematic way to prepare and deliver presentations. Among others, it covers structure, slides, and delivery, as well as stage fright.</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Dr. Doumont holds an engineering degree from the Louvain School of Engineering and a PhD in applied physics from Stanford.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">He<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>specializes in professional speaking, writing, and graphing, and incorporates a unique engineering perspective. M<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">ore</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>at <a href="http://www.principiae.be/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">www.principiae.be</a>.<b><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Pre-registration requested via<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">CareerBridge</a>.<b><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>Using Improv to Improve Confidence<o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>Friday, January 20<sup>th</sup>, 2:00pm – 3:30pm, E25-117</b><b><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="">Participants will engage in improv activities with others. This session will focus on how doing improv can improve one’s confidence, especially regarding communication skills and meeting new people.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Registration limit:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>20.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Pre-registration requested via<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">CareerBridge</a>.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">To learn more about<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://gecd.mit.edu/grad-and-med-school/prepare-medical-school" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">careers in medicine</a>, you can speak to a Prehealth Advisor by calling 617-715-5328.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Find out more about<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://gecd.mit.edu/go-abroad" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">opportunities to go abroad</a>.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">___________________________________________________<br>Nyasha Toyloy<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Events Assistant<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>MIT Global Education & Career Development (GECD)<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">77 Massachusetts Avenue, Building E39-305<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Cambridge, MA 02139<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><span style="color: gray;">| T:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b>617-715-5329<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:nytoyloy@mit.edu" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">nytoyloy@mit.edu</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><span style="color: gray;">|<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><a href="http://gecd.mit.edu/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">http://gecd.mit.edu</span></a></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>