This Semester's Programs - Spring 2008
For Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows

 

For the most current program announcements, as well as job, internship, and fellowship announcements, subscribe to one of our graduate career distribution lists.  Check this page periodically as we will add more programs throughout the semester.

Archived presentations of some of our workshops and programs are now available! Visit our Program Archives to download program notes, Power Point presentations and even MP3 recordings of our guest speakers. Get the valuable information you may have missed! Click on the folder icon on the current calendar to be taken directly to that program's archive materials.

Click on programs with BLUE titles to get a detailed description of the event!

JANUARY

22	Tuesday	Faculty Conversations: Preparing for Campus Interviews and Negotiating a Job Offer (Social Sciences and Humanities)	4-5:30 PM	Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall
23	Wednesday	Faculty Conversations: Preparing for Campus Interviews and Negotiating a Job Offer (Science, Mathematics, and Engineering)	4-5:30 PM	Amado Recital Room, Irvine Auditorium
25	Friday	PennDesign Resume Writing Workshop and Resume Critiques	4-5:30 PM	Meyerson Hall (B4)
30	Wednesday	PennDesign Walk-Ins and Demonstrations of Uploading Resumes in PennLink	9AM-12PM (B5) 12PM-3PM (B7)	Meyerson Hall

Anyone Interested in a tour of the Career Library, please contact Mylene Kerschner at
(215)898-7402 or email mylene@pobox.upenn.edu

 

FEBRUARY

5	Tuesday	Interviewing Workshop: Business and Professional Jobs and Internships	12-1 PM	McNeil 97
6	Wednesday	Women in Science: An Academic Career Track at a 4-Year College	4:30-5:30 PM	Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research  Building
8	Friday	Deadline Extended -- PennDesign Resume Books	5 PM	PennLink
12	Tuesday	U.S. Job Search for International Students and Postdocs	12-1:15 PM	Graduate Student Center, Room 305
12	Tuesday	Women in Design and Planning	12-1 PM	Meyerson Hall, Room B2
19	Tuesday	Faculty Conversations: Understanding Tenure	4-5:30 PM	Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall
21	Thursday	Negotiating Job Offers	12-1 PM	Graduate Student Center, Room 305
21	Thursday	Careers in International Policy (Speaker Series): Working as a US Delegate to the UN	4:30-5:30 PM	Irvine 16
26	Tuesday	Women in Design and Planning	12-1 PM	Meyerson Hall, Room B2
29	Friday	Voices in Planning	4-5 PM	The Apse (4th Floor, Fine Arts Library)

MARCH

4	Tuesday	Converting Your CV to a Resume	12-1 PM	McNeil 97
6	Thursday	Postdoc Workshop	1-2 PM	TBA
18	Tuesday	Using Creativity in Your Job Search	12-1:15 PM	McNeil 97
19	Wednesday	U.S. Job Search for International Students and Postdocs	12-1:15 PM	Graduate Student Center, Room 305
20	Thursday	Women in Science: A Career in Industrial Research	12-1 PM	Biomedical Research Building II (14th floor)
20	Thursday	Women in Academe - Humanities, Social Sciences, and Business	4:15-5:15 PM	Graduate Student Center, Room 305
24	Monday	PennDesign Virtual Career Fair Begins Today!	Fair ends April 4, 2008
25	Monday	Careers in Architecture: Making the Transition from Student to Employee	6-7 PM	Meyerson, B2
28	Friday	PennDesign Career Connection Day	1:30-4 PM	Meyerson Hall

APRIL

1	Tuesday	Careers in Architecture: Advice from Those Who Hire	6-7 PM	Meyerson, B3
4	Friday	Voices in Planning	4-5P M	The Apse (4th floor, Fine Arts Library)
8	Tuesday	Getting Ready to Start Your New Job	12-1 PM	McNeil 97
11	Friday	Balancing Work and Life in Academe	12-1:15 PM	Graduate Student Center, Room 305
11	Friday	PennDesign Virtual Career Fair Ends Today!	Fair began March 24, 2008
24	Thursday	Preparing for Your Business Job Search	12-1 PM	McNeil 97
29	Tuesday	Preparing for Your First Year in a New Faculty Position	12-1:15 PM	McNeil 97
29	Tuesday	U.S. Job Search for International Students and Postdocs	4 PM	Graduate Student Center, Room 305

MAY

13	Tuesday	Preparing to Apply for Faculty Positions	12-1 PM	McNeil 97
15	Thursday	Postdoc Workshop	1-2 PM	TBA

For a listing of past programs, including downloadable notes, please visit our archives page.