[bioundgrd] Fwd: Career Exploration Series

[Janice Chang]

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From: Lily Zhang <lilyz at MIT.EDU<mailto:lilyz at MIT.EDU>>
Date: February 25, 2014 12:56:14 PM EST
Subject: Career Exploration Series - Please forward


GECD is hosting a Career Exploration Series from March 4-13 featuring top employers from five different industries! P

GECD CAREER SERVICES – CAREER EXPLORATION SERIES
Register for events on CareerBridge<https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/Account/LogOn?ReturnUrl=%2fmit%2fstudent%2f>. Space is limited! For more information go to gecd.mit.edu<https://gecd.mit.edu/> or like us on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/MITCareers>.

Exploring Careers in Consulting
Tuesday, March 4, 5:30-7:00pm, 4-231
Featuring panelists from BCG, McKinsey, Stroud International, and PA Consulting
Organizations of all kinds – for-profit, non-profit, and government agencies – do not always have the expertise, time, or resources to address some of the challenges that they face.  When this occurs, many organizations will hire a consulting firm to help them solve a problem or facilitate an organizational change. Are you considering a career in consulting, but you’re not exactly sure what that entails? Come to this panel to hear from MIT alumni working at some of the top consulting firms on how they got their start, what daily life is like, and recommendations for your job search.

Exploring Careers in Product Design and Development
Wednesday, March 5, 6:00-7:30pm, 2-105
Featuring panelists from Bose, Corning, and MANTA Product Development
Are you interested in using your skills and abilities to develop and design today’s most innovative products? Come learn from MIT alumni working in Product Design and Development. Panelist will share their own unique career trajectory, highlights about the different ways of getting into the industry, and tips on what skills and experience the industry is seeking.

Exploring Careers in Public Service
Tuesday, March 11, 5:30-6:30pm, 4-231
Featuring panelists from City Year, Design that Matters, Science from Scientists, and the State Department
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.

Exploring Careers in Finance
Wednesday, March 12, 5:00-6:30pm, 2-105
Featuring panelists from Bridgewater, Goldman Sachs, Peak6, State Street, and Wellington
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.

Exploring Careers in Big Data
Thursday, March 13, 7:00-8:30pm, 2-105
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.



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