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Faculty Job Search Series & more graduate careers and professional development updates

CAPD

CAPD’s team devoted to graduate student career and professional development has been busy this semester. In other news In recent months, we delightedly welcomed many graduate students to CAPD via virtual and in-person events like the PhD and Postdoc Career Night and 1:1 advising meetings. Also this semester, Sr.

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Sophomore Event Series: Fall 2023 events for MIT sophomores

CAPD

Join your classmates for this year’s series of events from Career Advising & Professional Development tailored to sophomores, a collection of events that will help you make strategic career moves this fall. Learn more and register for events individually at the Handshake links below. Lunch will be served.

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Me in the Future (MIT Future): Fall 2023 events series for first years

CAPD

Join your classmates for this year’s MIT Future series, a collection of events tailored to your needs as a first year undergraduate student at MIT. Learn more and register for events individually at the Handshake links below. For all CAPD events, go to the CAPD events calendar.

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Panelists Debate Solutions for Nigerian Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The discussions made up the bulk of the 2023 Nigeria Higher Education Forum, a morning-long event put on by the Nigeria Higher Education Forum (NHEF). Macarthur Foundation in 2004, focuses on developing the capacity of higher education institutions in the West African nation. The NHEF, founded by the John D. and Catherine T.

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PhD & Postdoc Career Night draws over 200 participants

CAPD

On March 16, Career Advising and Professional Development hosted our first PhD & Postdoc Career Night. Our planning team conceptualized this event consisting of four PhD/postdoc alumni panels in the afternoon alongside an evening networking session featuring employers from a variety of different fields and organizations.

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What next for career planning for researchers?

University Business

And in some cases, an academic career might be the least likely of these potential outcomes, as researchers go on to deploy their skills in broader education and industry settings. The stereotype of the monk-like researcher whose sole focus is an academic career is perhaps not so prevalent today as a result.

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Supporting Your Social Media Manager in an Impossible Job

Campus Sonar

On the flip side, they also have moments of pure joy when they make a valuable connection with their audience through content or conversation, when they can tie their work to an enrolled student or fundraising goal met, and when they gather with industry colleagues at professional events. on a normal day and 4.15

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