Advanced Degree Event Spotlights:
Advanced Degree Event Spotlights:
A virtual resource and event series that helps equip the Class of ‘21 to connect to opportunities, articulate their strengths, and adapt to the current career landscape.
Finding the Hidden Job Market
Tuesday, May 25, 4-5:30PM
Does applying to jobs feel like sending resumes and cover letters into the void? In this workshop, graduate students will learn the advantage of accessing the hidden job market, how it differs from the open job market, and how to develop communication skills necessary to tap into the hidden job market. Students will consider their professional identity and strengths and how to communicate them to employers, activate their network and intentionally grow it within their target job families by drafting outreach messages, and learn how to get inside information about job opportunities and organizations to distinguish their application.
Evaluating Offer Letters as an International Graduate Student
Wednesday, May 26, 12-1PM
During this one-hour workshop participants will be introduced to what international candidates need to consider when evaluating offer letters and how to approach that conversation with the hiring manager. This session will provide a casual, low stakes environment, with fellow international graduate students, to ask more specific questions about evaluating offers and navigating topics such as immigration, visa, and sponsorship.
Landing a Higher Ed Job in Today’s Climate for Graduate Students
Thursday, May 27, 5-6:30PM
Learn from recent graduate student alumni about how they landed a job in higher education as faculty, lecturers, researchers, and administrators in our current landscape. Panelists will demystify the current academic hiring landscape and offer clarity on “hiring freezes” as well as their approaches to getting the job, onboarding, and relocating. Students learn how to see the hiring process from the committee’s perspective and speak to institutional priorities, such as the importance of diversity, in their job documents and during the interview process.
