Career Services Office
GCCSO Update - Week of November 05, 2007
Topics in this issue:
- Upcoming Graduate College Workshops
- College Teaching Effectiveness Network (CTEN) Workshop Series
- Recent Articles about Careers and Job Search Strategies
- $30K Lemelson-Illinois Student Prize
- The Graduate College Career Services Office
1. Upcoming Graduate College Workshops
Interviewing Skills for Non-Academic Jobs
Monday, November 5
3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
407 Illini Union
Designed to help graduate students optimize their interview performance for non-academic jobs, this workshop will address interview formats, preparation strategies, hints for responding to tough questions, and topics to avoid. It will also cover behavioral-based interviewing. No registration is necessary.
Thesis Deposit Workshop
Tuesday, November 6
5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
407 Illini Union
This workshop will cover the deadlines, required deposit materials, and basic formatting rules in effect for the current deposit period. It is designed to provide graduate students with the key information they need to achieve a successful, low-stress deposit and graduation experience. No registration is necessary.
The Art and Science of Job Offer Negotiation
Wednesday, November 7
3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
407 Illini Union
So you've received the job offer...now what? This workshop will discuss offer evaluation, what aspects of the job offer can be negotiated, and basic strategies for conducting a successful negotiation.
For a complete calendar of GCCSO workshops for graduate students, visit the Graduate College Calendar of Events for Graduate Student Professional Development at www.grad.uiuc.edu/careerservices/workshops/
2. COLLEGE TEACHING EFFECTIVENESS NETWORK (CTEN) WORKSHOP SERIES
How to establish effective group online discussions: What teaching tools are out there?
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
5:30 to 7:00 pm
142 Psychology Building
603 East Daniel St., Champaign
*Prof. Thomas Anderson, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
*Kona Taylor, Ph.D. student in Curriculum and Instruction & RA in Curriculum, Technology, & Education Reform (CTER)
This workshop will discuss how to establish effective online group discussions with message boards, Wikis, and other asynchronous discussion tools. This will also be a great introduction to free programs such as Moodle. Please note that this workshop qualifies GTC/AGTC credit.
FREE Admission - Refreshments will be served!
This workshop is presented by the College Teaching Effectiveness Network (CTEN) and co-sponsored by the Graduate College. For information about CTEN workshops or for summaries of our past workshops, visit our website at http://www.uiuc.edu/ro/CTEN Send any inquiries by e-mail to CTEN@uiuc.edu.
3. RECENT ARTICLES ABOUT CAREER AND JOB SEARCH STRATEGIES
Between You and Me.
For tenure-track professors, knowing how to keep a secret, and when to share one, is getting trickier.
http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2007/10/2007102901c/careers.html
On the Market in Europe
What do you do if your heart lies in one country and your academic future in another?
http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2007/10/2007102501c/careers.html
The CV Doctor Is Back
Our experts evaluate the CV's of three faculty-job candidates and an administrator seeking to move up.
http://chronicle.com/jobs/tools/cvdoctor/2007/
4. $30k LEMELSON-ILLINOIS STUDENT PRIZE
The Technology Entrepreneur Center is seeking student applications for the $30K Lemelson-Illinois Student Prize for outstanding innovation. All undergraduate and graduate students are eligible; entries are due by 5 p.m. Nov. 30 to the TEC. Encourage your students to attend an information session or to apply. For details, visit:
http://www.30kprize.uiuc.edu
5. THE GRADUATE COLLEGE CAREER SERVICES OFFICE
The Graduate College Career Services Office (GCCSO) assists University of Illinois graduate students with decision making and planning for career paths both within and beyond the academy. It is a centralized resource for graduate students from all disciplines, with services focused especially on the needs of graduate students in the humanities, the social sciences, the fine arts, and other areas in which students are not presently served by dedicated, discipline-based career services offices. GCCSO staff provides advising, special programs, resources, and referrals to help students with career choices and with the job search. For more information, see www.grad.uiuc.edu/careerservices/
Career Services Office
The Graduate College
801 South Wright Street
204 Coble Hall, MC-322
Champaign, IL 61820-6210
Phone: (217) 333-4610
Fax: (217) 333-8019
GradCareerServices@uiuc.edu
