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Career Event Tag: Friday Forum

LIVE Career Q&A with Alumni Career Engagement

Ask us anything! Seeking that next great job, getting ready to ask for that promotion, or finishing your grad school application? Director of Alumni Career Engagement Amanda Panarese (Col ’99) and Senior Career Advisor Liz Sprouse are here to answer ANY of your career-related questions. Can’t make the live event? Send your questions in advance […]

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Career Planning, Education & Learning, Established Professionals, In Transition, Job Search, Job Search Materials, Networking, New Grads, Retirement, Rising Professionals, Webinar Library

Take the Lead: 5 Ways to Direct & Control Your Career

From your first job out of college, to the day you decide to hang it up, your career path will include challenges, detours, and unexpected twists and turns. Elation, disappointment, satisfaction, confusion…they’re all part of the journey. No matter where you are on your career course, join leadership expert Betty Shotton (Col ’74) in examining […]

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Career Planning, Established Professionals, In Transition, Job Search, New Grads, Retirement, Rising Professionals, Webinar Library

Ditch the Elevator Pitch! Tell Your Story Instead

Want to make a strong first impression in job interviews and at networking events? Forget the elevator pitch and harness the unparalleled power of storytelling instead. In this session with speaker and author Rob Biesenbach (Col ’85), you’ll learn how to uncover the narrative arc of your career and shape it into a story that […]

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Audiences, Education & Learning, Established Professionals, In Transition, New Grads, Professional Development, Rising Professionals, Topics, Webinar Library

Uncommon Entrepreneurship: Crowdfunding $50K in Bat Houses in Just 10 Days

Christopher Rannefors took an unconventional product idea and in just a few months was featured in the Huffington Post, flew to L.A. to appear on Entrepreneur Magazine’s Elevator Pitch TV show, was endorsed by celebrities like Adrian Grenier, and even has an upcoming appearance on CBS’s Emmy award-winning show, Innovation Nation with Mo Rocca. All the while […]

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Established Professionals, In Transition, Make a Plan, New Grads, Rising Professionals, Webinar Library

LIVE Career Q&A with Alumni Career Engagement

Ask us anything! Seeking that next great job, getting ready to ask for that promotion, or finishing your grad school application? Director of Alumni Career Engagement Amanda Panarese (Col ’99) and Senior Career Advisor Liz Sprouse are here to answer any of your career-related questions.

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Audiences, Career Planning, Established Professionals, In Transition, Make a Plan, New Grads, Retirement, Rising Professionals, Topics, Webinar Library

How To Use Storytelling to Boost Your Career

Everyone enjoys hearing a good story! As young children, we clamored for just one more story before bedtime. As adults, we surf the web for engaging talks by professional storytellers featured on YouTube, TED Talks, NPR, and the Moth Radio Hour. But did you know that the same ingredients that made up a good story […]

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Audiences, Education & Learning, Established Professionals, In Transition, New Grads, Professional Development, Retirement, Rising Professionals, Topics, Webinar Library

Digital Marketing Career Opportunities

Digital Marketing is a booming industry with plenty of growth yet to come. It is also an enormously diverse industry with opportunities for quants as well as creative folks, writers, statisticians, coders, graphic designers, videographers and more. George Michie (Grad ’90) will walk you through the range of opportunities, and help you understand the cultural […]

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Audiences, Career Planning, Established Professionals, Explore Occupations, In Transition, New Grads, Rising Professionals, Topics, Webinar Library

Ready to Quit: 3 Steps to Find a Job You Love

Stuck, drained or beyond fed up by your job and ready to quit (but don’t know what you should do next?). No problem! Join Christie Mims (Col ’00), Founder of the Revolutionary Club—a Forbes Top 100 Website for your career—as she shows you: The big mistake you may be making right this moment as you […]

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Audiences, Established Professionals, In Transition, Job Search, Job Search Materials, Rising Professionals, Topics

Demystifying Venture Capital

Hollywood has placed a fun spotlight on the venture capital industry, with shows like Shark Tank and Silicon Valley. Recent headlines have also exposed some less admirable sides of the real Silicon Valley. Join Paul Nolde (Col ’01), a Director at venture capital firm NRV, as he discusses how he broke into the business, what […]

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Audiences, Established Professionals, Finances, Home & Community, In Transition, Rising Professionals, Topics, Webinar Library

Work You Love: 3 Secrets to Every Successful Job Search or Career Change

Changing jobs or careers can be a daunting task, to say the least. You must navigate online jobs boards, work with Applicant Tracking Systems, write a resume that stands out along with a compelling cover letter, optimize your LinkedIn profile, and develop interview skills that will help you close the deal. You may sometimes feel […]

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Audiences, Established Professionals, In Transition, Job Search, Job Search Materials, Rising Professionals, Topics, Webinar Library

How to Leverage Social Media to Build Your Personal Brand

What are the key networks you should consider when developing your personal brand? From Twitter to LinkedIn to Instagram, Social Media Executive Chris Smith (Com ’94) focuses on user dos and don’ts when establishing and expanding your presence, taking you through examples of Influencers who are doing it right. Chris also discusses how to measure […]

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Audiences, Established Professionals, In Transition, Job Search, Networking, New Grads, Rising Professionals, Topics, Webinar Library

Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence is a far greater predictor of professional success than intellectual intelligence. But it’s a vast subject, and it’s hard to know where to begin if you really want to harness it. In this webinar, Larry Braman (Col ’87) shares what Emotional Intelligence is. And you’ll actually practice using it, so you can immediately […]

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Audiences, Education & Learning, Established Professionals, In Transition, New Grads, Professional Development, Retirement, Rising Professionals, Topics, Webinar Library