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<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>
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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">October 19, 2017 at 9:52:05 AM EDT<br>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(47, 84, 150);">GECD CAREER SERVICES EVENTS</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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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
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(47, 84, 150);">GECD NEWS FLASH</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><a href="https://ocs.fas.harvard.edu/engboutique" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">Engineering Career Fair Collaborative </a><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Wednesday, November 15, 3:30 – 6:00pm,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sheraton+Commander+Hotel/@42.3772651,-71.1254988,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89e377698f3b496d:0x6c71d928c9feeaee!8m2!3d42.3772651!4d-71.1233101?hl=en" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: windowtext;">Sheraton
Commander Hotel</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(16 Garden Street)<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<i>Sponsored by the career offices of Harvard University, Boston University College of Engineering, Olin College, Tufts University, and MIT. </i><br>
Meet representatives from small engineering firms across the area seeking engineering students for full-time and internship opportunities in innovative fields including robotics, energy, medical devices, and civil/environmental design. All levels of engineering
students from the five sponsoring institutions are invited to attend. Registration is required as attendance is capped for each participating university.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Find out more information about other<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></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;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">career
fairs</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>here at MIT.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Designing Your Life<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Monday, October 23<sup>rd</sup>, 10:00am – 11:30am, E19-202<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Careers are ill-defined, "wicked" problems. Learn how proven design thinking mindsets like curiosity, bias to action, reframing, and collaboration can help you help you design and build your career in the face of all the unknowns. Practice and take home valuable
tools and questions to explore and develop a career that works for<i>you</i>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://designingyour.life/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">Designing Your Life</a> (DYL)
is a career exploration approach pioneered by Stanford design faculty, recently publicized in the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Designing-Your-Life-Well-Lived-Joyful/dp/1101875321/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1503069924&sr=1-1&keywords=designing+your+life" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">best-selling
book</a> by professors Bill Burnett and Dave Evans. This workshop will be led by MIT staff, who attended the first-ever DYL training at Stanford. This specific workshop is for PhD students. If you are interested in having a similar workshop with your department
or student group, please email Jake Livengood at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:livngood@mit.edu" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">livngood@mit.edu</a>. Pre-registration is requested so we have enough
materials for everyone. Space is limited to 30 attendees. Pre-registration requested on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://candidate.gradleaders.com/MITGECD/Candidates/Login.aspx?pid=3624&workshopID=57758" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">Careerbridge</a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Infinite Careers Alumni Speaker Series: Kerry Bowie ‘94 (Course 1, MBA)<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Monday, October 23<sup>rd</sup>, 12:30pm – 1:30pm, 66-168<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Want to network but don’t have the time to send countless emails or travel off campus for informational interviews? Good news! GECD and the Alumni Association are bringing the networking TO YOU through the Infinite Careers alumni speaker series! Come chat with
alumni over a meal (no pizza or sandwiches) and connect over your majors, professional interests, and hobbies. Freshmen through seniors and graduate students are all welcome.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The speaker for this event is Kerry Bowie. Kerry holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in environmental engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of Michigan, respectively, as well as an MBA from the MIT Sloan School
of Management. He is Co-founder of Msaada Partners, a consulting firm that helps organizations tackle social, economic, and environmental problems with a focus on strategy, management, operations, and design.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Space is limited to 15 attendees. Lunch will be served. Pre-registration required on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://candidate.gradleaders.com/MITGECD/Candidates/Login.aspx?pid=3624&workshopID=58895" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">Careerbridge</a>.
Please contact<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:transom@mit.edu?subject=Infinite%20Careers:%20Kerry%20Bowie%20-%20Dietary%20Restrictions" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">Tianna</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>at
with any dietary restrictions.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Skills for PhDs and Postdocs<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Tuesday, October 24<sup>th</sup>, 2:00pm – 3:00pm, E19-202<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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You will have the opportunity to learn more about the skills you have gained in your PhD and/or postdoc. This session will feature activities to help you identify skills. It will also discuss research that has been done to identify skills you have learned that
employers desire in various industries. Pre-registration requested on<a href="https://candidate.gradleaders.com/MITGECD/Candidates/Login.aspx?pid=3624&workshopID=57759" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">Careerbridge</a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Infinite Careers Alumni Speaker Series: Kevin Cedrone (MechE SM ’10, PhD ‘13)<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Tuesday, October 24<sup>th</sup>, 6:00pm – 7:00pm, 66-168<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Want to network but don’t have the time to send countless emails or travel off campus for informational interviews? Good news! GECD and the Alumni Association are bringing the networking TO YOU through the Infinite Careers alumni speaker series! Come chat with
alumni over a meal (no pizza or sandwiches) and connect over your majors, professional interests, and hobbies. Freshmen through seniors and graduate students are all welcome.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The speaker for this event is Kevin Cedrone. Kevin holds a master’s degree and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from MIT. He is Co-founder/CEO of EB Innovations LLC. Previous positions include working as a R&D Engineer at Formlabs and Research Assistant at MIT.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Space is limited to 15 attendees. Lunch will be served. Pre-registration required on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://candidate.gradleaders.com/MITGECD/Candidates/Login.aspx?pid=3624&workshopID=58927" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">Careerbridge</a>.
Please contact<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:transom@mit.edu?subject=Infinite%20Careers:%20Kevin%20Cedrone%20-%20Dietary%20Restrictions" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">Tianna</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>at
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<b>Evaluating, Negotiating and Accepting Job Offers<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Wednesday, October 25<sup>th</sup>, 7:15pm – 8:15pm, E19-202<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Sometimes making a decision and committing to an internship or job opportunity is hard. How can you be sure the offer is the best one for you? How can you convey an interest in the position and ask for more time? How do you balance multiple interview processes
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- How to effectively communicate with employers if you have questions or need more time to make a decision. - Evaluating offers and the decision making process.<o:p></o:p></div>
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- Making a commitment and what is expected.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Participants are encouraged to send their specific questions in advance to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:trmenghi@mit.edu?subject=Questions%20for%20Evaluating,%20Negotiating%20and%20Accepting%20Job%20Offers%20Workshop" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">Tamara
Menghi</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to be incorporated in this workshop content and activities. Pre-registration requested on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://candidate.gradleaders.com/MITGECD/Candidates/Login.aspx?pid=3624&workshopID=57775" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">Careerbridge</a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Effective Presentation Skills<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Thursday, October 26<sup>th</sup>, 1:00pm – 2:30pm, E19-202<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. All GECD events are open to MIT undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and alumni. Advanced registration requested via<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://candidate.gradleaders.com/MITGECD/Candidates/Login.aspx?pid=3624&workshopID=57776" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">CareerBridge</a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Friday, October 27<sup>th</sup>, 2:00pm – 3:00pm, E19-202<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Are you contemplating applying to graduate school? Have you considered the pros and cons? We will discuss what graduate school entails and outline what it takes to get in. Advanced registration requested via<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://candidate.gradleaders.com/MITGECD/Candidates/Login.aspx?pid=3624&workshopID=57777" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;">Careerbridge</a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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