Strategies For Real Networking
September 22nd, 9:30am HBL 1947
Presenter: Kay Gruder, Career Consultant, Center for Career Development
This session is for you if you can answer "yes" to one or more of the following questions:
- Do you have a LinkedIn profile and don't know what to do with it?
- Do you go to conferences and leave without having new connections and professional relationships to develop?
- Do you feel awkward contacting others because you don't want to be a bother?
In this session you will gain insights into how to engage in LinkedIn, strategies for maximizing your networking at conferences, and a sense about networking etiquette.
Refreshments served!
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Postdoc Datablitz and Luncheon
September 25th, 8:30-1pm SU 304 B
Luncheon Keynote speaker: Melanie Sinche, NCC, Director of Education, The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine
Topic: "But I Have No Skills!" Debunking Myths and Exploring Career Options for PhDs
Come hear some of UConn's talented postdocs each present their research in 5 minutes. The purpose of the Datablitz is to familiarize fellow postdoc researchers and the broader UConn campus community with the research being conducted by postdocs at UConn. The data blitz session will be followed by a luncheon and speaker.
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Sponsored by The Graduate School and UConn Postdoc Association
For more information, contact: The Graduate School at 860-486-3617