Graduate Student Career Event Spotlights:

 

Communicating Fit with the Cover Letter

Tuesday, February 16, 12-1pm

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During this interactive session, participants will practice analyzing a job description and persuasively communicating their fit with the job through the cover letter thesis statement and 1-2 detailed examples. Prior to the session, participants will be provided with a slide deck and videos to learn cover letter fundamentals, how to analyze a job description to identify key desired qualifications, and tailoring the cover letter to the job description through a thesis statement and 1-2 detailed examples. This session will provide a casual, low stakes environment with fellow graduate students to ask more specific questions about cover letter writing and practice tailoring a cover letter to a job description.

 

Maximizing Your Mentoring Relationships for Academic Success

Thursday, February 18, 4-5pm

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Mentorship is a critical component for academic success and professional growth, but it is often viewed only as a dyadic relationship (an interaction between one mentor and one mentee). This workshop will help you identify and build a mentorship network, with different types of mentors in different roles. We will also discuss ways to maximize your mentoring relationships and how to get the most from mentoring in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Speaker: Marcus Lambert, PhD

 

You Are Not Alone: Building “Our” Community of Support for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color

Wednesday, February 24, 12-1pm

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I’m the only _______ in my department.” Many of us who are in or have gone through graduate programs have had to experience the emotional labor of being the only Black, Indigenous, or other students of color. Many of us have been frequently asked to participate in conversations where the expectation is that your opinion speaks for all voices from your community because no one around you can relate from personal experience. Advocacy is important, but It can also be exhausting, and finding graduate-specific support and mentorship is crucial to our future success.

Speaker: John Vasquez, PhD

 

American Interview Culture

Thursday, February 25th at 12-1pm

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Live Session Description: During the workshop participants will learn the hidden expectations of interviewing in the US. In this interactive session we will practice articulating and leveraging your international experience in an interview environment.

 

The Equity & Inclusion Challenge

Wednesday, March 3rd, 12:00-1:00 PM

Access useful tools and a safe online learning community to spread awareness of, and deepen the commitment to equity and inclusion in all professional fields. Part 1 of 4 will: • Define equality, equity, diversity, and inclusion • Describe the distinction between equity vs. equality and inclusion vs. diversity • Explain why these distinctions are important to career and professional development Link to receive weekly email prompts: bit.ly/ei-subscribe Link to join the slack channel: bit.ly/ei-slack

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Beyond Two Suitcases: Navigating Life as an International Trainee at Work and in Learning Spaces

Tuesday, March 9th at 12pm – 1pm

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International trainees face many professional challenges when navigating a new learning, education, and/or work culture. Some of these challenges are expected whereas others are new and unexpected. In this workshop, aimed at empowering international students and postdocs, we will discuss these recurring challenges and learn how to:

  1. balance humility with self-promotion to succeed
  2. maintain identity in the workplace and how to help others embrace it
  3. handle biases such as stereotyping and microaggressions