[bioundgrd] Fwd: Career Services Events - 10/10 - 10/14

[Janice Chang]

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From: Nyasha Toyloy <nytoyloy at mit.edu<mailto:nytoyloy at mit.edu>>
Subject: Career Services Events - 10/10 - 10/14
Date: October 6, 2016 at 9:28:54 AM EDT

GECD CAREER SERVICES EVENTS
Follow us on Twitter @MITCareers<https://twitter.com/MITCareers> to stay up to date on Career Services events.

GECD NEWS FLASH
Freshmen Friendly Employer Meet Up
Tuesday, November 1, 6:00 - 7:30pm, Bush Room  (10-105)
Join GECD and local employers for the Freshmen Friendly Employer Meet Up where you'll have the chance to meet local employers interested in meeting you! This is a casual and informational event exclusively for freshmen to gain experience networking with professionals and learn about GECD's Freshmen/Alumni Summer Internship Program (F/ASIP).<http://gecd.mit.edu/jobs-and-internships/fasip> Have questions about “industry”? Opportunities or internships? What employers are looking for in general? Come ask them!
Advanced registration required via CareerBridge<http://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student>.

Engineering Career Fair Collaborative<http://employers.ocs.fas.harvard.edu/engboutique>
Wednesday, November 16th, 3:30 – 6:30pm, Sheraton Commander Hotel (16 Garden Street)
Sponsored by the career offices of Harvard University, Boston University College of Engineering, Olin College, Tufts University, and MIT. 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.  MIT Students, to register you will need to log in CareerBridge<http://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student>, Select Career Fair/Events Tab and Search for Event.


GECD Express is open Monday through Friday, 12:00am to 4:00pm in Building 5, Room 118. Visit during these hours for answers to quick questions about jobs and internships, planning your career, resume and cover letters and graduate school.

Career Service Drop-ins 12 p.m. – 4 p.m., Monday – Friday

Behavioral Interviewing 101
Wednesday, October 12, 2:00pm – 3:00pm, 4-231
While your technical skills will get you the interview, it is your behavioral attributes that will get you the job.  This session will discuss preparation and strategies for a successful interview. Advanced registration requested viaCareerBridge<http://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student>.

Queer Career Meet Up
Wednesday, October 12, 4:00pm-6:00pm, Bush Room (10-105)
This is a casual and informational event exclusively for the LGBTQ community to gain experience networking with professionals and learn about employers.  We will discuss each companies' LBGTQ-related policies and procedures, benefits, and resource groups for LGBTQ employees. Students and employers will have the opportunity to meet and network throughout the evening. Companies registered to attend include Studio G Architects, Zapotec Energy, Wicked Escapes, LeadLabs, MIT Lincoln Lab, Microsoft, Covered Security, Everquote and Athena Health. Advanced registration requested via CareerBridge<http://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student>.

Broad Info Session
Wednesday, October 12, 5:30pm,  Olympus Room (Adjoining Lobby), Broad Institute, 415 Main Street, Cambridge
The Broad Institute, a non-profit, independent research institute, is empowering a revolution in biomedicine to accelerate the pace at which the world conquers disease. This session will include a short overview of the Broad, followed by a workshop led by one of our Broad Communications Fellows (Rita Sulahian, Research Scientist II in Cancer Genomics). Come learn how to better explain your own research to others, and learn a bit about Broad while you're at it.

Recruiters will be available to answer questions about working at the Broad at the end of the session. Advanced registration required<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdiCkFK2ehEVtn-wwuWBWGwOnu1oNhlubrBPLw0gwJODw9h-w/viewform>.

Does Your Resume Communicate the Right Message?
Thursday, October 13, 1:30pm – 3:00pm, E39-040
Learn about 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. Advanced registration requested via CareerBridge<http://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student>.

To learn more about careers in medicine<http://gecd.mit.edu/grad-and-med-school/prepare-medical-school>, you can speak to a Prehealth Advisor by calling 617-715-5328.

Find out more about opportunities to go abroad<http://gecd.mit.edu/go-abroad>.


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Nyasha Toyloy
Events Assistant
MIT Global Education & Career Development (GECD)
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Building E39-305
Cambridge, MA 02139 | T: 617-715-5329
nytoyloy at mit.edu<mailto:nytoyloy at mit.edu> | http://gecd.mit.edu<http://gecd.mit.edu/>

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