April 2008
In this issue:
Feedback on Graduate Career Week
P.A.C.E. for Graduate Students
Upcoming Events
Graduate Workshops
PhD Support Group
Contact me
Feedback on Graduate Career Week 2008
With almost 1200 grad students attending Grad Career Week 2008, we hope our efforts have met your expectations; however, we want to hear from you to be sure! By completing the following questionnaire, you will contribute directly to the success of Grad Career Week in the future. Your comments will enable us to better plan future events to meet your needs.
To complete the survey, please click here.
Thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback.
P.A.C.E. for Graduate Students
P.A.C.E. is a workshop series designed to help you make decisions related to your field of study and eventually career path. Each workshop is two hours long. The four workshops are spaced one week apart to allow time for vocational testing and occupational research.
For more information, visit the P.A.C.E. website.
Dates: April 18, 25, May 1, and 9th, from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm.
To sign-up, please register with McGill Counselling Services, located in the Brown Building, Room 4200. The cost of the Program is $5.
Events
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Tomlinson Talks
April 2, 16h00: Ballroom, Faculty Club
The annual Tomlinson Talks will take place this coming Wednesday April 2nd at 4pm in the Main Ballroom of the Faculty Club. After a performance by the I Medici di McGill String Quartet, three Tomlinson Scholars will present their research. The speakers this year are:
Will Hanley
“Inventing Nationality in Egypt”
Monica Ruiz-Casares
"Strengthening Social Support & Wellbeing of Children Without Parental Care: Lessons for Policy and Practice"
David Duford
“Direct Mercury Determination in a Single Human Hair by Modern Analytical Chemistry Techniques”
The Talks will be followed by a cocktail reception. This event is free and open to the public, but requires registration. Anyone wishing to attend should RSVP by no later than April 1st to ruth.ainsworth@mcgill.ca, or by calling 514-398-3324. -
Achieving Work-Life Balance for PhD Students
April 2, 15h00-16h00: Brown, Room 4200
Mark Hollingworth, Lecturer, McGill International Executive Institute, will present a lecture and lead a discussion on How to Achieve Work-Life Balance.
Please RSVP for this event through myFuture in the "Events" tab.
Graduate Workshops
Registration is now available through myFuture. Click on the "Events" tab and select the "Workshops" tab.
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Developing a Job Search Strategy
April 11, 14h00-15h30: Brown, Room 5001
Feel like you know a lot about your research topic and nothing about how to find a job outside academia. In this workshop you will learn an overview of how to conduct an effective job search outside academia.
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C.V.'s for Graduate Students: Humanities and Social Sciences
April 14, 14h00-15h30: Brown, Room 5001
This workshop will show you how to market your graduate experience to employers beyond the university and to craft a C.V. that will get their attention. This session emphasizes C.V.'s as an active element of your job search, the importance of targeting, and the effective presentation of transferable skills.
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C.V.'s for Graduate Students: Sciences and Engineering
April 18, 11h30-13h00: Brown, Room 5001
This workshop will show you how to market your graduate experience to employers beyond the university and to craft a C.V. that will get their attention. This session emphasizes C.V.'s as an active element of your job search, the importance of targeting, and the effective presentation of transferable skills.
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Networking Skills
April 25, 14h00-15h30: Brown, Room 5001
Never schmoozed? An effective job search involves meeting the people you want to work with. This workshop will highlight the unique opportunities and constraints that face graduate students seeking to build relationships in their target professional area.
Graduate Career Advisors
Susan Molnar and Lorna MacEachern are available to meet with you to discuss your career options and job search strategies.
To book an appointment, call 514-398-3304, x0321.
CV Drop-In
CV Drop-In will be held Mondays and Tuesdays from 15h00-16h30 and does not require an appointment.
PhD Support Group
This month's theme is Work-Life Balance.
The Group will meet on April 2, 16, and 30th from 3 - 4 p.m. in the Counselling Services' Boardroom (Brown, Room 4200).
On April 2nd, Mark Hollingworth, Lecturer, McGill International Executive Institute, will present a lecture and lead a discussion on How to Achieve Work-Life Balance.
On April 16th we will hold a focus group with Lissa Matyas, Director, Recruitment & Retention, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, about the graduate student experience, services for graduate students, space issues and graduate supervision.
On April 30th we will have an open discussion and exchange ideas on how to maintain work-life balance by knowing when to say 'yes' to external demands for extra work, and - more importantly - when and how to say 'no'!
If you need more information, please contact Susan Molnar.
Thank you artists!
A big thank you to the Artists Among Us who collectively raised $540 for Isha Vidhya - an Indian organization committed to founding rural schools on par with India's best urban schools.
Artists Among Us: Fall 2008 Call for submissions
Are you an artist interested in selling your work? This October 2008 we will be holding an art sale/fundraiser.
Please send a digital sample of your work to Susan Molnar.
Contact me
If you have any suggestions about how we can better serve you, don't hesitate to contact me.
Susan Molnar, M.Ed.
Graduate Career Advisor
(514) 398-3304 x0759
susan.molnar@mcgill.ca
