[bioundgrd] Fwd: GECD Events: Presentation Skills & Careers in Public Service, Finance & Big Data

[Janice Chang]

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From: Lily Zhang <lilyz at MIT.EDU<mailto:lilyz at MIT.EDU>>
Date: March 6, 2014 1:49:50 PM EST
Subject: GECD Events: Presentation Skills & Careers in Public Service, Finance & Big Data

Hello,

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!

Best,
Lily
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GECD CAREER SERVICES – UPCOMING EVENTS
Register for events on CareerBridge<https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/Account/LogOn?ReturnUrl=%2fmit%2fstudent%2f>. For more information go to gecd.mit.edu<https://gecd.mit.edu/> or like us on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/MITCareers>.

Effective Presentation Skills
Tuesday, March 11, 3:00-4:30pm, 24-121
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.

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.

Quantitative Risk Management: Financial Services & Industrial Sectors
Thursday, March 13, 3:30-4:30pm, 3-333
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.

Exploring Careers in Big Data
Thursday, March 13, 7:00-8:30pm, 2-105
Featuring panelists from GE, Johnson Controls, and Vertica
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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