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Dear Graduate Student,
The best time to work on your career development is long before you need to apply to an opportunity. The Center for Career Development offers career preparation programs throughout the fall,
opportunities to connect with employers, and resources to explore a range of career options.
Graduate Student Intern of the Year Award
The Center for Career Development is accepting nominations for the University of Connecticut’s 2016
Graduate Student Intern of the Year. This award is granted to a current graduate student who is recognized by both his or her internship organization and the University of Connecticut for displaying exceptional qualities and making significant contributions
during the internship. There may be multiple semi-finalists and one 2016 UConn Graduate Student Intern of the Year will be chosen.
Review the application and apply /Deadline – 11:59PM on Friday, October 14, 2016
Academic Job Search Boot Camp – Registration Details
Saturday, September 17, 9:00AM – 12:30PM
Pharmacy Biology Building (PBB) Room 129
This session is designed to review key aspects of the academic job search and provide tips and strategies for navigating and launching an academic job search. Feel free to bring your own technology
to take notes or revise existing job-related documents.
Please register at:
HuskyCareerLink (make an account if you do not have one)/Postdocs need to contact
[log in to unmask] directly to register
In HuskyCareerLink go to My Events and select
Academic Job Search Boot Camp
Presented by: Kay Kimball Gruder, Assistant Director, Graduate Student Career Programs and Services, Center for Career Development
Career Focused Fridays – Registration Details
Location: Homer Babbidge Library, Class of 1947 Room
Come to as many sessions as you desire and stay for all or part.
Friday, Sept. 16
Friday, Oct. 7 & 21* (NOTE: * Oct. 21 will be held in the School of Business, Room 215)
Friday, Nov. 4 & 18
Friday, Dec. 2 & 16
Join your graduate student peers and postdoc colleagues to enhance your career preparation and/or launch a job search.
Topics will be voted on each week and the most popular topic will be discussed.
12:10PM - 12:30PM – Career Tips in Twenty Minutes
12:30pm - 1:30PM – Designated time for you to work on your career preparation or job search.
Please register at:
HuskyCareerLink (make an account if you do not have one)/Postdocs need to contact
[log in to unmask] directly to register
In HuskyCareerLink go to My Events and select
Career Focus Friday and the dates you wish to attend.
Facilitated by: Kay Kimball Gruder, Assistant Director, Graduate Student Career Programs and Services, Center for Career Development
Subscribe to Versatile PhD – Free
Graduate students go many places -- and
you likely have more career options than you might think. Versatile PhD (VPhD) is your resource to learn about an array of career options for doctoral and master’s students.
(UConn’s subscription is co-funded by The Graduate School and the Center for Career Development)
Start
here and select Versatile PhD to subscribe. You will be asked for your NetID and Password and then directed to the VPhD login page. Create a member account if it’s your first visit. If you already have an account, sign in as usual.
VPhD gives you:
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Monthly career panel series
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Fall 2016 Panel Discussions – FREE
Attend one or more of the VIRTUAL panels offered this fall by Versatile PhD. These are asynchronous events throughout each designated week.
September 19-23:
“PhDs in Translation,” Humanities/Social Science Forum
October 17-21:
“PhDs in Medical Writing,” STEM Forum
November 14-18: “PhDs in Cultural Resource Management,” Humanities/Social Science Forum
REGISTRATION INFORMATION: Subscribe to Versatile PhD (see entry above).
Employers Seek to Connect With Graduate Students
Employers seek to connect with graduate students at The Center for Career Development’s 2016 Fall Career Fairs on Oct. 5th and 6th. View workshops
leading up to the Career Fairs and see which employers are most interested in connecting with graduate students by going to the App/Google Play Stores and downloading UConn Career Fair Plus. Consider attending Navigating the Career Fair Panel or Networking
101. Just look at the List of Events on the UConn Career Fair Plus app.
Your partner in all things career,
-Kay
Kay Kimball Gruder
Assistant Director – Graduate Student Career Programs and Services
She/her/hers
Center for Career Development
Wilbur Cross Building, Rm 202
233 Glenbrook Road, Unit 4051
Storrs, CT 06269-4051
p. 860.486.3013 f. 860-486-6450
http://career.uconn.edu/graduate-students/
   
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