From August 7-18, the Graduate Center’s Teaching and Learning Center will be hosting the first Teach@CUNY Summer Institute, a comprehensive, hybrid course-preparation seminar for Graduate Center Teaching Fellows.

Participants will have the opportunity to work with TLC staff and each other to build community and discuss a wide range of issues related to teaching in the CUNY undergraduate classroom. The Institute’s design and format will accommodate both the summer schedules and varying degrees of time commitment possible among Graduate Center students, and will help those preparing their courses for the Fall 2017 semester to hit the ground running. Continue reading Teach@CUNY Summer Institute, August 7-18 →

Thursday,  06/15/2017
4:00 p.m., Graduate Center, Room C415A

Richard Montauk, author of How to Get Into the Top MBA Programs and noted career consultant, will lead a resume writing session designed to help graduate students and alumni be strategic in their pursuit of employment in the non-profit or for-profit world. Writing a strong resume is not merely a matter of converting a CV into a resume. Nor is it simply a matter of choosing amongst chronological, functional, or combination format–or deciding between one and multi-page formats. The advent of applicant tracking systems (ATS, in the jargon) requires a completely different approach to resume-writing for many jobs. We’ll explore each of these formats–when to use which, and how to get the most out of whichever one you choose. Please register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe2GF4vnpe7-brtWxQyrj3PJwuUeguHAfw2x8uTu_op4Ex8kQ/viewform ​

Richard will also offer follow up 15-minute career advising sessions on Friday, June 16th, between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. To sign up for an advising session, please email careerplan@gc.cuny.edu.

Thursday, 06/08/2017
3:00 p.m., CUNY Graduate Center, room 9204

As a graduate student or postdoctoral scholar, you have a knowledge base and skill set that makes you an attractive candidate to prospective employers in industry, government, and nonprofit sectors. In this seminar, you will learn how to inventory your transferable skills and market yourself to prospective employers. We’ll show you:

• The similarities and differences between the academic and postacademic job markets
• Top applied career fields for graduates of STEM, social science and humanities programs, as applicable to the audience
• The transferable skills and leadership competencies you need to compete for jobs in both academic and applied careers
• The job application materials and online presentation you need to apply for jobs and to stand out in a competitive marketplace

Continue reading June 8 | Discover Your Options with Fatimah Williams Castro →

Preparing for Careers Outside of Academia (IBM Session)

Date/Time
Date(s) – 05/09/2017
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Location
CUNY Graduate Center, room 9205

Ben Zweig and Jonathan DeBusk, GC alums from Economics and Sociology and current strategy consultants in the IBM Chief Analytics Office (CAO), will speak about their experience in searching for, interviewing and transitioning to careers outside of academia, as well as answer your questions. They will also talk about part-time opportunities that are currently available in the IBM CAO and will collect one-page CVs after the discussion. You can see a sample one-page CV here.

Please sign up to attend here.

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm, CUNY Graduate Center, room 9205

Ben Zweig and Jonathan DeBusk, GC alums from Economics and Sociology and current strategy consultants in the IBM Chief Analytics Office (CAO), will speak about their experience in searching for, interviewing and transitioning to careers outside of academia, as well as answer your questions. They will also talk about part-time opportunities that are currently available in the IBM CAO and will collect one-page CVs after the discussion. You can see a sample one-page CV here: https://careerplan.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/2368/files/2016/01/Resume-nonacademic-internship-IBM.pdf
Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe2GF4vnpe7-brtWxQyrj3PJwuUeguHAfw2x8uTu_op4Ex8kQ/viewform

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