Postdoc Presentations: Feb 15, Feb. 29, & March 21

[Dana Bresee Keeth]

**Dear MIT Postdocs, please see information below about the next talks 
in our Professional Development Presentation series.
These are also posted at http://web.mit.edu/mitpostdocs/seminars.html
Any notes from presentations are also posted after each one 
(http://web.mit.edu/mitpostdocs/resources.html).
We apologize to those for whom Wednesdays at this time slot are not 
convenient. Currently, changing the schedule (or recording the event) 
poses challenges, but we will try for some variation in the future.

Regards,
Dana

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The Art of Behavioral Interviewing
Speaker: Robert Dolan, MIT
Wednesday, February 15th in 76-156 (Koch Institute Building) from 3:00 
to 4:30 PM*

*Registration required (no fee)* [ Register Now 
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]

Interviewing is not a science, it's an art...and no two interviews will 
be the same. How you adapt during the interview process will enhance 
your ability to be successful. Technical skills will get you the 
interview; behavioral attributes will get you the job. This session will 
highlight preparation and strategies for a successful interview, and 
sample interview questions will be provided along with tips on how to 
answer those challenging questions.

Bob Dolan provides career counseling and professional development 
workshops for graduate, alumni, and professional education programs at 
MIT. He has held both full-time and consulting roles at MIT since 2005. 
Bob is a Certified Job Search and Career Transition Consultant with 
experience in the field of Career Management since 2001, and is 
certified to administer both the MBTI and Strong Interest Inventory 
assessment instruments. He has 20+ years of management experience in 
industry.


Sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research and the MIT 
Postdoctoral Association for the MIT community.

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*How to Speak
Speaker: Professor Patrick Winston, MIT
Wednesday, February 29th in 76-156 (Koch Institute Building) from 3:00 
to 4:30 PM *

*Registration required (no fee) *[ Register Now 
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]

You can improve your speaking ability by observing a dozen or so 
heuristic rules. Professor Winston presents a collection of rules along 
with some observations about their application in lectures, job talks, 
and conferences.

Professor Winston joined the faculty of the EE/CS Department in 1970 and 
is Ford Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science at MIT 
Laboratory (CSAIL). He served as Director of the MIT Artificial 
Intelligence Laboratory, a predecessor of CSAIL, from 1972 to 1997. His 
Genesis Group studies how vision, language, and motor faculties account 
for intelligence, integrating work from several allied fields, including 
not only Artificial Intelligence, but also Computer Science, Systems 
Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, and Linguistics.

Sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research and the MIT 
Postdoctoral Association for the MIT community.

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*Strategies of Grant-Writing
Speaker: Dr. Jagesh Shah (HST and Brigham and Women's Hospital)
Wednesday, March 21 in 76-156 (Koch Institute Building) from 3:00 to 
4:30 PM*

*Registration required (no fee)* **[ Register Now 
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]

Dr Shah will discuss why, when, and how to apply for grant money, the 
types of funding agencies that you can apply to, how to maximize your 
chances of procuring funds from them, and what reviewers look for in 
choosing winning proposals.

Dr. Jagesh V. Shah is Associate Professor of Systems Biology at Harvard 
Medical School and is HST Affiliated Faculty, Harvard-MIT Division of 
Health Sciences & Technology. He is also Associate Professor of Medicine 
(Renal Division) at Brigham and Women's Hospital. He has extensive 
experience in procuring grant funding for his research.

Sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research and the MIT 
Postdoctoral Association for the MIT community.

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