[Neuropostdocs] Fwd: [GRAD_CONTACTS-L] Graduate College workshops: February 27-March 3

[Sam Beshers]

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>Rebecca Bryant, PhD
>Director, Graduate College Career Services Office
>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
>801 S. Wright Street, MC-322
>Champaign, IL 61820
>(217) 333-0035
><http://www.grad.uiuc.edu/careerservices/>www.grad.uiuc.edu/careerservices/
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>Interviewing Skills
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>·         Tuesday, February 28
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>·         407 Illini Union
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>·         3:00--4:30 p.m.
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>·         Free to all UIUC graduate students; no registration required
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>Description:
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>This workshop is designed to help graduate students optimize their 
>interview performance in academic and nonacademic settings. It will 
>discuss general interview questions, strategies for preparation and 
>self-presentation, recommendations about how to respond to tough 
>questions, and topics to avoid.
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>Negotiation & Offer Evaluation For Nonacademic Jobs
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>·         Wednesday, March 1
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>·         3:00-4:30 p.m.
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>·         407 Illini Union
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>·         Co-sponsored by the Graduate College and Engineering Career Services
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>·         Free to all UIUC graduate students; no registration necessary
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>Description:
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>So you've received the job offer...now what? This workshop will discuss 
>offer evaluation, what aspects of the nonacademic job offer can be 
>negotiated, and basic strategies for conducting a successful negotiation.
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>  Getting a Job with the State Department
>    * Wednesday, March 1
>    * 7 p.m.
>    * Gregory  Hall Room 223
>    * Sponsored by The Career Center
>    * Free to all UIUC graduate and undergraduate students.
>    * Register by contacting Greg Hatch at 
> <mailto:ghatch1 at uiuc.edu>ghatch1 at uiuc.edu
>    * Anthony Benesch, with nearly 30 years of experience, is one of 
> fifteen senior Foreign Service Officers assigned by the State Department 
> as "Diplomats in Residence" hosted by selected universities across the 
> U.S. He is in residence this year at the University of Illinois at 
> Chicago. The Department of State is looking for bright, energetic 
> candidates with broad, general academic backgrounds, languages, economics 
> training, and/or various specialized skills for careers as Foreign 
> Service Officers, Foreign Service Specialists, civil servants, and for 
> student interns.
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>    The Department of State is looking for political or economic analysts, 
> consular/management/public affairs officers, 
> security/personnel/budget/health care/engineering specialists, 
> secretaries, among others who are interested in an exciting, challenging 
> and rewarding career living overseas or in Washington DC.
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>Additional workshops for graduate student professional and career 
>development are listed at 
><http://www.grad.uiuc.edu/mastercalendar>www.grad.uiuc.edu/mastercalendar.

Samuel Beshers, Ph.D.
Program Coordinator, Neuroscience and
Research Associate, Dept of Entomology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
505 South Goodwin Ave
Urbana, IL  61801
217-333-4971 
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