IAP Series "Opportunities for PhD's Outside the Lab"

[Janet Fischer]

Opportunities Outside the Laboratory for PhD's
Various alumni panelists. No enrollment limit, NO advance sign up for 
this series. Participants welcome at individual sessions (in the 
series).
This series of talks by MIT alumni will demonstrate a range of 
satisfying professional roles in which PhDs may use their training.
These are NOT recruiting events but rather career education event, to 
help you learn about these fields.
  All talks in series are 3-4:30 PM

Finance
Moderator: Andrew Lo, Harris S& Harris  Group Professor
  Jay Damask, Quantitative Analyst, BNP Paribas
Paul Mende*, Director of Research, Fort Hill Capital Management
Hai-Yun Helen Xing, Quantitative Trading, Credit Suisse Group
Tues., Jan 10, 3-4:30pm, 10-250
<http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=10&Buildings=go> 
http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=10&Buildings=go
Event Co-Sponsored by FTO
Followed by a Reception sponsored by MIT Financial Technology Option

Management Consulting
Why Do Management Consulting Firms Hire Phds? Is This the Right Next 
Step for You?
Mel Wolfgang, Vice President and Director, Boston Consulting Group
Fri., Jan. 13, 3-4:30pm, 10-250
<http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=10&Buildings=go> 
http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=10&Buildings=go

Patent Law
Sam Pasternack, JD, Attorney at Law, Choate, Hall & Stewart
Timothy J. Oyer, JD, Attorney at Law, Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC
Weds., Jan 18, 3-4:30pm, 2-105
<http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=2&Buildings=go> 
http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=2&Buildings=go

Policy Analysis
Bhavya Lal, Core Staff Member, Science and Technology Policy Institute
Oren Grad, Independent Consultant
Fri Jan 20, 3-4:30pm, 3-270
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http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=3&Buildings=go

Environmental Consulting
Edward Bullister, President, Cambridge Technology Development
Igor Linkov*, Sr. Scientist, Cambridge Environmental Consulting
Tues.,  Jan 24, 3-4:30pm, 4-270
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http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=4&Buildings=go

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The following event is co-sponsored by
The AAAS, MIT Postdoctoral Advisory Council, MIT Graduate Student 
Council, & MIT Careers Office
REGISTER AT 
<http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/meetings/archive/interviewing_skills_for_scientists_and_technical_professionals>http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/meetings/archive/interviewing_skills_for_scientists_and_technical_professionals

Interview Skills  for Scientists and Technical Professsionals 
Entering Careers in Industry
Mon. Jan. 30 3-4:30pm,10-250 (check-in 2:30-3:00pm)
Reception Sponsored by AAAS, 4:30-5pm

This presentation will feature a mock interview, critiqued by a panel 
of experts from industry (biopharm and high tech). Come and learn 
about how to best interview with an employer from industry. Target 
Audience: Graduate students and Postdocs, open to all students and 
Postdocs, MIT, Harvard, Tufts and BU.

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Hannah Bernstein
Assistant Director
PhD and Postdoctoral Career Services
MIT Careers Office
12-170
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617)253-4733
Fax (617)253-8457
  http://web.mit.edu/career/www/
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