Career Services Office
GCCSO Update - Week of December 17, 2007
Topics in this issue:
- Recent Articles about Careers and Job Search Strategies
- Spring 2008 Workshops Posted
- Robert P. Larsen Grant for Research in Career Development
- Interested in the field of Cause Marketing and Social Enterprise?
- The Graduate College Career Services Office
1. RECENT ARTICLES ABOUT CAREERS AND JOB SEARCH STRATEGIES
Applying for a Postdoctoral Fellowship
In more and more disciplines, a postdoc is a critical first step toward an academic career.
http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2007/12/2007121201c/careers.html
Work-Life Balance
Correspondents from Science talk to people who seem to have mastered the art of balancing career and home life, who have a healthy social life that keeps them intellectually fresh at the office, and who have made their jobs work.
Click here for the article.
Negotiating That First Offer
Here's how to strike a deal in a cordial, realistic manner that won't make them wish they had never offered you the job.
http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2007/02/2007022201c/careers.html
2. SPRING 2008 WORKSHOPS POSTED
Spring 2008 Workshops sponsored by the Graduate College are now posted online at http://webtools.uiuc.edu/calendar/Calendar?calId=116.
3. ROBERT P. LARSEN GRANT FOR RESEARCH IN CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Are you a current graduate student at the University of Illinois conducting research on a career-related topic and looking for money to support your research? You may qualify for a Robert P. Larsen Grant for Research in Career Development of up to $1500. For a full description and how to apply, go to: http://www.careercenter.uiuc.edu/grad/larsen.asp
Application deadline is February 11, 2008.
4. INTERESTED IN THE FIELD OF CAUSE MARKETING AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISE?
Become a volunteer at the 6th Annual Cause Marketing Forum conference on May 27-29 at the Westin Chicago River North in Chicago. The conference provides a chance to meet the innovators, thought leaders, deal makers, and exceptional experts from such leading organizations as: Make-A-Wish, Whirlpool, Proctor & Gamble, (RED), Avon, Cone Inc, Newman's Own, First Degree, Barkley, Kroger, First Book, American Diabetes Association and many more!
Follow this link www.causemarketingforum.com/conference.asp for more exciting information about the conference and if interested, please contact Susie Wang, Conference Director for the Cause Marketing Forum, at or 914-939-3438 or sw@causemarketingforum.com.
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
