MIT Career Events - October+

Thu Sep 29 16:38:45 EDT 2016

**Dear MIT Postdocs,

We hope you enjoyed National Postdoc Appreciation week and events that 
continued this week! See below for upcoming career-related events. See 
also:*
*

*Employee Presentations at MIT*– http://cblink.mit.edu/events/ (MIT ID 
required to attend events.)

*Career Events and Services for Postdocs*– 
https://gecd.mit.edu/explore-careers/services-alumni-and-postdocs
*MIT Work-Life **Fall 2016 Seminar Series* 
<http://hrweb.mit.edu/worklife/seminars>
*Spouses&Partners Connect*- http://spouses.mit.edu/
*MIT Postdoctoral Association*:  https://pda.mit.edu/

Best wishes,
Dana

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*_Announcements from GECD (MIT Global Education and Career Development):_*

·*Wolf Greenfield Tech Talk*

*Monday, October 3^rd **,12:00-1:00 pm, 32-144*

Join us for lunch and find out how you can use your science or 
engineering background as a Technology Specialist at Wolf Greenfield and 
help assist these companies and institutions with their IP portfolios. 
It might change your life!

*Evaluating, Negotiating & Accepting Internship and Job Offers*

*Monday, October 3^rd , 5:00pm – 6:30pm, 2-190*

Sometimes making a decision and committing to an internship or job 
opportunity is hard. How can you be sure the offer is the best one for 
you? How can you convey an interest in the position and ask for more 
time? How do you balance multiple interview processes and offer 
deadlines that do no align? In this session we will cover:
-          Recruiting expectations for students and employers.
-          How to effectively communicate with employers if you have 
questions or  need more time to make a decision.
-          Evaluating offers and the decision making process.
-          Making a commitment and what is expected.
Participants are encouraged to send their specific questions in advance 
to Tamara Menghi at trmenghi at mit.edu <mailto:trmenghi at mit.edu> to be 
incorporated in this workshop content and activities. Advanced 
registration requested via CareerBridge 
<http://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student>.

    Cisco Systems - Info Session & Networking Night

*Monday, October **3^rd **,**6:00 ****-****7:30 pm, ****4-163***

Be Considered FIRST! Spark Your Future!

-Join us to learn about Cisco's New Grad & Intern Opportunities

-Q&A / Networking with Employees

-BRING YOUR RESUME!!

-Food and Drink provided. For more information, 
visitcisco.com/go/university 
<http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/careers/university.html>.

***Quant Research Opportunity - *PDT Partners Info Session and Q & A 
Oct. 3, and on-campus interviews Oct 4: See further below***

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*Exponent Engineering and Scientific Consulting - Info Session at MIT*

*Tues, Oct. 4th, 6:00 - 7:30 pm. Location: 3-270. *Register here: 
https://exp2110.exponent.com/Recruit/Register/2460

*
*Learn about technical consulting*. Speakers: *Maureen Reitman, 
Sc.D.Corporate VP, Principal Engineer & Practice Director

and Lindsey Gilman, Ph.D. Senior Associate. Solve detective-like 
problems using your engineering and scientific training. Develop your 
social and business skills while working with clients ranging from 
attorneys to executives to technical staff. Work alongside hundreds of 
bright, like-minded engineers and scientists from around the world. Help 
answer a wide variety of engineering and science problems that vary 
day-by-day and cross over a multitude of disciplines. These are only a 
few of the everyday experiences you will encounter as a Technical 
Consultant at Exponent. Learn more about how your background can fit 
into this exciting world. Examples of engineering failure analysis and 
proactive engineering projects will be discussed. Dinner will be provided!

*
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*Effective CVs for the Academic Job Search*

*Thursday, October 6, 2:00pm – 3:00pm, 35-225*

The CV is used for the academic job search and in some cases for PhD's 
seeking a research position in other settings.  This workshop will cover 
the important elements of a CV, including strategies for how to showcase 
your particular knowledge and experiences effectively.  We will also 
discuss some aspects of the academic job search – such as obtaining 
letters of recommendation.  It’s helpful to bring a copy of your CV or a 
draft with you to refer to as we go through the material in the 
workshop. Advanced registration requested via CareerBridge 
<http://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student>.

*_Future listings from GECD - See details at and register through 
CareerBridge_**_:
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*Wed. Oct. 12 - Behavioral Interviewing* 101; 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm. 
Location: 4-231

*Thurs. Oct. 13 - Does your Resume Communicate the Right Message?*  1:30 
pm - 3:00 pm. Location: E39-040

*Wed. Oct 19 - Crafting the Cover Letter*; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm. Location: 
E39-040

*Thurs. Oct 20 -  Academic Job Search*; 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm.  Location: 35-225
  This event will help PhD students and postdocs prepare for the faculty 
search. Topics include effective job search strategies and preparation 
of documents (including overviews of the CV, teaching, research and 
diversity statements). This event will use mostly lecture-based 
approaches with some activities. Advanced registration requested via 
CareerBridge. Presenters are: Bob Dolan, Assistant Director of 
Postdoctoral Scholars Career Services at MIT Jake Livengood, Senior 
Assistant Director, Graduate Student Career Services at MIT

*Wed. Oct 26 - Networking*; 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm. Location: 35-225

*Thurs. Oct 27 - Presentation Skills*; 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm. Location: 35-225

*Thurs. Nov 3 - Negotiating Job Offers*; 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm. Location: 
E39-040

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**Quant Research Opportunity for PhDs – PDT Partners*

MIT GECD forwarded this message fromLottie Sivick, Talent & Culture 
(<lottie at pdtpartners.com <mailto:lottie at pdtpartners.com>>)

Do you love thorough and meticulous research, deep dives into complex 
datasets, and are curious about finance? We combine the best parts of 
academia without many of the more mundane aspects, and are looking for 
recent PhDs and Postdocs to join our research team.

At PDT <http://pdtpartners.com/>we take a data-driven, 
scientifically-rigorous approach to understanding financial markets. We 
are a New York City-based quantitative hedge fund specializing in 
algorithmic trading. PDT’s researchers enjoy a highly collaborative 
environment that resembles a top academic research department — /this is 
not a typical finance job./

We have a long history of hiring, training, and retaining quantitative 
researchers from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds including CS, 
EE, statistics, mathematics and physics from MIT, Harvard, Stanford, 
Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon, Princeton, Yale, and the University of 
Chicago.We’d welcome a chance to get to know you, and to chat about 
opportunities with our team — please stop by:

*PDT Partners Casual Information Session / Q&A*

*Date:**Monday, October 3*

*Time:*6:00-7:30pm

*Location:*The Charles Hotel (1 Bennett Street, Cambridge): Rogers 
Stratton Room

*Food:*Yes!

*RSVP:*careers at pdtpartners.com <mailto:careers at pdtpartners.com>

*Bring a friend:*If you know other PhD candidates or Postdocs who are 
interested in learning about quantitative research and trading, feel 
free to pass along our invitation.

**

*AND On-Campus Interviews**on Tuesday, October 4**. Time:*By 
Invitation*. Apply Online:*http://grnh.se/k16pew / 
<http://grnh.se/k16pew%20/> CareerBridge Job ID: 35153

**

_*Off-Campus Events:*_

*Grant Training Center - Seminars at Tufts University*

Writing/Designing NSF Proposals - Oct 31- ($375): See details at 
https://granttrainingcenter.com/workshop_description/1159?utm_source=1159&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ol 

Writing/Designing NIH Proposals - Nov. 1 ($395)

Also online workshops. For more information, visit the website 
www.granttrainingcenter.com
or call: /1-866-704-7268 or email Ashley Williams 
<awilliams at granttrainingclasses.org>
/

**
*Futures in Life Science Series -* Sponsored by Propel Careers, MassBio, 
and MassBioEd. See details at https://www.propelcareers.com/#/pages/fils
Oct 18: Overview of Life Sciences Commercial Career Paths in 
Reimbursement, Pharmacoeconomics, Patient Advocacy, and Market Access 
FILS Event
Nov. 15: Career Paths in Research and Development II (Preclinical 
Research, Clinical Biomarker Development, Research Operations / Finance, 
Project Management) FILS Event
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-- 
Dana Bresee Keeth
Director of Postdoctoral Services
Office of the Vice President for Research
MIT, 10-237
tel. 617-715-4671
https://postdocs.mit.edu/

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