Control Your Career Journey

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Career Exploration

Is it time for a career change? What’s stopping you?
Have you been contemplating a career change? Is it time to make a move? Looking for a different industry to spread your wings? This can sometimes feel daunting and ominous. This workshop with Career and Professional Development, will help reevaluate your career journey while focusing on your values.
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Engage | Breathe | Succeed
The Career and Professional Development office seeks to empower students and alumni by encouraging them to pursue a career inspired by their individual visions. This workshop will introduce the knowledge and skills necessary to navigate and succeed in your career development journey. Engage and envision your career!
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Conversations About The Future
This workshop will encourage students to think about the importance of their academic and professional futures by discussing and developing their academic, professional, and personal goals. This will include information about working in the United States. Finally, it will allow students to practice more advanced levels of English such as the future-conditional tense.
In Collaboration | International Scholars Program | Student Life, Diversity & Leadership
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Harnessing Emotional Intelligence in Your Career
Emotional Intelligence is highly valued by employers in the current job market. Identify desirable Emotional Intelligence traits for employability and leadership.
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Career Search Strategies and Techniques

Navigate and Engage | Your Career Journey
Engage in your career journey as you navigate your academic journey. Are you seeking a new industry or establishing a succession in your industry? The Career and Professional Development office is a full comprehensive career center that will guide, coach, and empower you to articulate your accomplishments and establish connections. Join us today to learn more about how to engage in your journey.
In Collaboration | Office of Student Engagement
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CPT and OPT Workshop
This workshop on Curricular Practical Training (CPT) and Optional Practical Training (OPT) is open to all current F-1 students. Find out about these two important forms of off-campus work authorizations for F-1 international students. Bring your questions!
In Collaboration | Student Life Diversity & Leadership
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The Walt Disney Company Lunch and Learn
Meet and greet with former Director of Casting for Walt Disney World to gain insights on how to be a competitive candidate for an industry leading company.
In Collaboration | Professionals in Human Resources Association

How to Prepare Your Job Search as an International Student
Learn about the post-completion employment authorization, Optional Practical Training (OPT), and useful tips to keep in mind while searching for off-campus employment. You will also have the opportunity to hear from currently employed international students.
In Collaboration | Student Life, Diversity & Leadership
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Document Review

Resumes | CVs | Cover Letters, Oh My!
Learn strategies to showcase and articulate your accomplishments. The focus will be on design and content of resumes, CVs, and cover letters with a distinction honing in on the differences between them. Let this professional connection be a solid one!
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Teacher Philosophy Statement Preparation Workshop
A teaching philosophy statement (TPS) allows a hiring committee to get a concise sense of your personal values and beliefs about education. In this webinar, we discussed ways to craft your TPS to highlight your journey as an educator by showcasing your background, values, and approach to teaching.
In Collaboration | Preparing Future Faculty
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Diversity Statement Workshop
A diversity statement is a valuable tool when you practice teaching, research, leadership, and professional endeavors. This session will highlight important considerations in writing your diversity statement wherever are in your career trajectory.
In Collaboration | Preparing Future Faculty
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Interviewing 

Interviewing | Strategies to Articulate Your Accomplishments
Strategize, Prepare, Execute. Gain perspective and how to answer frequently asked interview questions, articulate your personal expertise and accomplishments and be a competitive candidate.
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Marketing Leadership Experience
Have you ever had contemplated the best strategies to articulate your leadership competencies? In this workshop, we will share with you steps to communicate the unique skills in an interview and on your resume. Get ready to stand-out as an applicant who can express and highlight their unique leadership skills!
In Collaboration | Student Life, Diversity & Leadership
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Interviewing Bootcamp
Establishing competent interviewing skills are essential to obtaining employment. Practice your interviewing skills with professionals to gain perspective and experience to successfully articulate your accomplishments and abilities.
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Networking and Brand Management

Establishing Your Personal Board of Directors
This workshop engages students and alumni with strategies to establish and maintain relationships with mentors and methods to evolve into a successful mentee. Mentors offer unique perspective to the trajectory of one’s lifelong career journey.
Slide Deck (PDF)     Video (Stream)     Video (YouTube)     Establish a Personal Board of Directors worksheet (PDF)

Branding | Networking | 30-Second Pitch
Review techniques to populate and use your LinkedIn account. Learn strategies to articulate your accomplishments. Let’s create, practice, and share your 30-Second pitch for when that moment happens.
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Your Digital Brand | Your Professional Development
This workshop will guide you to understand your digital brand and your professional brand. We will delve through the world of digital communication as well as the development and maintenance of a Personal Board of Directors.
In Collaboration | Office of Student Engagement
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Elevator Pitch Workshop
In this workshop we will create, practice, and share our unique 30-second pitches. This workshop will help you succinctly communicate your accomplishments and goals when networking.
In Collaboration | First Year Experience
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Speed Networking
Develop your networking skills and connect with students, faculty, and staff. Networking can be daunting, and often perpetuates the idea that one must be a certain type of person to do it well. In this event, we will navigate the misconceptions and help students practice authentic expression in the workplace. Engage this topic through a positive psychology lens.
In Collaboration | PsyDays
Slide Deck (PDF)  | 30 Second Pitch Worksheet (PDF)

Offer Negotiation and Financial Literacy

The Ominous World of Finances
What is your relationship with money??? Offer negotiation can be intimidating and confusing. Learn methods to navigate an employment offer. This workshop will cover many layers and the overall understanding of 401k, 403b, Roth IRA’s, salary status, and how to best negotiate the entire offer package.
In Collaboration | Jason Siegel, Psychology Professor
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Negotiating Your Offer Letter
Learn how to negotiate employment terms and compensation for new opportunities. This workshop will introduce strategies and appropriate points of discussion when responding to offers of employment.
In Collaboration | Human Resources
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