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style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;color:black">Dear MIT Postdocs, <br>
</span></p>
<br>
There is lots happening in January! Please see the updated list
below of upcoming GECD offerings. There are many other MIT "IAP"
sessions - see <span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;color:black"></span><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;color:black"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""><big><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><a
href="http://web.mit.edu/iap/">http://web.mit.edu/iap/</a></b>
for the full catalog. For example, see the "MIT Can Talk"
series described below. </big></span></span><br>
<pre wrap=""><b>MIT Can Talk</b>, IAP 2015 - Visit <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mitcantalk.mit.edu">http://mitcantalk.mit.edu</a>
Many of the great thinkers of the past, the so called "Renaissance Men", excelled in both Engineering/Science and Exposition/Rhetoric/Oration. MIT engineers and scientists of today, the creative men and women who will be the leaders of tomorrow, can be excellent speakers as well. "MIT Can Talk" was organized to promote campus-wide awareness of good oral communication skills. It consists of: (1) a series of independent workshop sessions on public speaking/oral communication, followed by (2) a speaking competition [speaking competition for students only].
The workshops are open to anyone, are practical and hands-on, and address aspects of public speaking. Visit <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mitcantalk.mit.edu">http://mitcantalk.mit.edu</a> for more info.
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src="cid:part4.02030304.02070105@mit.edu" alt="GECD_logo"
height="70" width="248"><span
style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.75in"><b><span
style="color:#2F5496"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.75in"><b><span
style="color:#2F5496">UPCOMING EVENTS <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">To register for
events or for more information log in to <a
href="https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/Account/LogOn?ReturnUrl=%2fmit%2fstudent%2f">CareerBridge</a>.
<br>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">[Postdocs: See
also <a href="http://gecd.mit.edu/career/postdoc">MIT Services
and Policies for Postdocs</a> to schedule one on one
appointments for career-related guidance and for more
information. See also <br>
</p>
the GECD <a href="http://gecd.mit.edu/calendar">Calendar of
Events</a>.]
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif"></span><o:p></o:p>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Register NOW for the 2015 European Career
Fair<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> The 19th European Career Fair will take
place on Saturday, February 21, 2015 9am to 4pm on the campus
of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). This event
is open to college and university students and young
professionals interested in working or studying in Europe.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Candidates attending the fair will have the
opportunity to:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo1">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Submit their resumes
online prior to the Fair for employers to review.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo1">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Network with over 100
European employers at the fair.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo1">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Attend company
information sessions and events held February 21 - 23, 2015.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo1">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Interview with European
employers (if selected) on February 22or 23, 2015.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Registration: Students and young
professionals are strongly encouraged to register for the
European Career Fair in advance at htp://ecf.fairsey.com. Once
registered, candidates will have access to more event details
through the fair site and on-going email updates.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<o:p></o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Leadership 101<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Monday, January 12, 1:00-2:00pm, 4-257<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">With the increasing demand of accountability
in the work force, articulating leadership skills has become a
crucial aspect of one’s interviewing process. However, how often
do you assess your leadership skills? Weekly? Monthly? Never?
This session will focus on leadership through a self-exploration
lens to prepare students for the nerve-racking interview
process! . This workshop is open to undergraduates, graduate
students, postdocs and alumni. Advanced registration requested
via CareerBridge:
<a href="https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student">https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student</a><span
class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p><span
style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Does Your Resume Communicate the Right
Message?<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Tuesday, January 13, 2:00-3:30pm, 4-237<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This workshop presented by Bob Dolan will
discuss the many ways of creating a resume that effectively
targets the Hiring Manager. Can your resume survive a 15 second
scan and still get into the YES pile? Discussions will surround
the strategies of effective messaging and how to be "on-point"
with your written communication. Your resume is not an
autobiography, but rather a list of relevant accomplishments
that links your skills to the needs of the company. You’ll use
these techniques in your lifelong career strategies. All GECD
events are open to MIT undergraduates, graduate students,
postdocs, and alumni. Advanced registration requested via
CareerBridge:
<a href="https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student">https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Negotiating for Women<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Tuesday, January 13, 4:00-5:00pm, 4-257<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">MIT women, have you thought about salary
negotiation but aren’t sure how you can be effective? Do you
know the costs of avoiding a negotiating a job offer? Are you
just not sure where to start? Despite the fact that women have
achieved greater equality in the workplace, we still negotiate
much less often than men, and this is one of the factors that
contributes to a 33% wage gap for women! This workshop provides
strategies to successfully negotiate salary, as well as engage
in other work-place negotiations. This workshop is open to
undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs and alumni.
Advanced registration requested via CareerBridge:
<a href="https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student">https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Unlocking the Secrets to Company Databases
<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Wednesday, January 14, 2:00-3:00pm, 4-257<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Have you ever wanted to know all the
companies that do what you think you want to do after MIT, or
this coming summer? Have you ever wished there was just a list
of companies you might be interested in, including vital
statistics about the company? Do you want to work in a specific
part of the world? Come learn how to use the library and
article databases, and uncover the companies that are missing
from your job search. Participants are asked to bring their own
laptop or tablet as Career Services, in collaboration with the
MIT Libraries, will go step-by-step and teach how these
effective tools will provide information that could be your key
to finding the right company for you. This workshop is open to
undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs and alumni.
Advanced registration requested via CareerBridge: <a
href="https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student">
https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Use Improv to Improve Interview and
Communication Skills<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Thursday, January 15, 3:00-4:30pm, 4-153<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Learn improv comedy skills to increase your
comfort responding to interview questions and enhance
communication and team work skills. This will be a fun and
interactive session with Improv Boston, a local Boston improv
company. This workshop is especially helpful for those who feel
uncomfortable while interviewing or speaking in public. This
workshop is open to undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs
and alumni. Advanced registration requested via CareerBridge:
<a href="https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student">https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Greek Life and Networking<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Thursday, January 15, 6:00-7:00pm, 4-257<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Are you a member of a Greek Fraternity or
Sorority at MIT? If so, networking with your community’s alumni
base is especially important! Please Join GECD and FSILG for a
workshop on the best ways to reach out and utilize your alumni
as students and as new professionals. All GECD events are open
to MIT undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and alumni.
Advanced registration requested via CareerBridge:
<a href="https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student">https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Making the Most of Your Presentation,
featuring Jean-luc Doumont
</b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Tuesday, January 20, 2:00-4:00pm, 10-250<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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 Trees, maps, and theorems
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. Advanced registration requested via
CareerBridge:
<a href="https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student">https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Persuading Others, featuring Jean-luc
Doumont<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Thursday, January 22, 2:00-4:00pm, 10-250<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Persuasion skills are a critical asset for
any career: We must convince employers to hire us, get the boss
to let us start a project, or get coworkers to help out.
Persuading others offers a rational approach to it: it covers
how to use personal/organizational power, how to deploy tactics
on four different human planes, and how to harness basic social
influences to get other people to accede more easily to our
requests. Advanced registration requested via CareerBridge:
<a href="https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student">https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student</a><br>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Converting Your CV to a Resume
for Industry Tue Jan 29, 2015 3:00-4:30pm 3-133<o:p></o:p></span></b>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">If you are
considering exploring Industry positions, you will need to
have a resume that effectively positions you for this path.
This workshop presented by Bob Dolan will discuss the process
of converting your 4-6 page CV into a 2-page resume for
industry, and creating a document that effectively targets the
Hiring Manager. Can your resume survive a 15 second scan and
still get into the YES pile? Discussions will surround the
strategies of effective messaging and how to be "on-point"
with your written communication. Actual MIT PhD/Postdoc
resumes will be provided as handouts.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">All GECD
events are open to MIT undergraduates, graduate students,
postdocs, and alumni.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Advanced
registration requested via CareerBridge:
<a href="https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student">https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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