Brrrr! It's cold outside so take advantage of what's hot at CAPS this month.

In this issue:

Workshops for Graduate Students
Other Workshops of Interest
Events
Leadership Skills Development Workshop
Contact me

CAPS Canada Career Week is your chance to participate in activities and explore resources that will get you thinking about opportunities beyond the McGill gates. With Canadian employers in the throes of a skilled-labour shortage, job seekers and people in the midst of career transition have access to an exciting and ever broadening range of employment opportunities across the country. This year’s theme, In Pursuit of Happiness, captures the vibrancy and optimism of today’s economic market. To assist you in finding or creating work that is true to your individual nature and makes you feel good about yourself, CAPS has invited an exciting array of professionals, from all walks of life. Come listen and meet with people who have truly found their work-life balance! Click here to view this year's events and to register.

Workshops for Graduate Students

• C.V.'s for Graduate Students: Humanities and Social Sciences
  Wednesday, November 7, 11h30-13h00: Thomson House, Room 404
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  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.

• C.V.'s for Graduate Students: Sciences and Engineering
  Friday, November 9, 14h00-15h30: Thomson House, Room 404
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  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.

• Developing a Job Search Strategy (for Grad Students)
  Monday, November 12, 14h00-15h30: Thomson House, Room 404
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  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.

• Successful Interview Techniques for Graduate Students
  Thursday, November 15, 11h30-13h00: Thomson House, Room 404
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  Friday, November 23, 10h00-11h30: Macdonald Campus, MS2-084
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  A highly interactive workshop that covers what to do before, during and after a non-academic interview.

• Networking Skills for Graduate Students and Post-Docs
  Tuesday, November 20, 11h30-13h00: Thomson House
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  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.
  

• Discovering Your Identity Beyond Graduate School
  Thursday, November 22, 11h30-13h00: Thomson House, Room 404
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  Wondering what career path is right for you, but don't know what you have to offer? In this highly interactive workshop you will explore your interests, skills, and values. Participants are REQUIRED to bring their CV to this event.

• Searching for and Landing the Perfect Academic Position
  Presented by Prof. Shirley Steinberg
  Monday, November 26, 12h00-13h30: Brown, Room 5001
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  We must ask ourselves certain questions when looking for a professional position after graduate school: What do I want to do? Where do I want to do it? What minimum requirements must be met for me to be happy in a position? Even if we apply for every position advertised, we need to know our own priorities. How we feel about an advertised position will come through in an interview. Unless the position is an "inside job," it is yours to get. Confidence is something that you can learn, and professional confidence is essential, not only to secure a position, but to thrive in a position. Along with being well-prepared, make any interview a positive and professional experience, make each person you meet during the interview (search committee, secretaries, administrators, students) someone with whom you want to continue a professional relationship with---whether or not you get/take the position.

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Other Workshops of Interest

• Cold Calling as a Job Search Skill
  Friday, November 9, 10h30-12h00: Brown, Room 3001
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  Afraid of making that cold call? You will learn how to effectively prepare your cold call to obtain a successful outcome. Not too much theory, but lots of practice.

• Business Etiquette: More than Just Eating with the Right Fork
  Friday, November 30, 15h00-16h30: Brown, Room 3001
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  Etiquette is about properly handling social and business situations. Develop skills to feel more confident and know what to do.

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Events

• International Education Week (IEW)
  November 12th to 16th, 2007
  

  Every year McGill University participates in the annual celebration of International Education Week (IEW). IEW is scheduled for the third week of November each year to coincide with the timing of international education celebrations to be held in over 85 countries around the globe.

  This year, IEW is taking place from Nov. 12th-16th. International Student Services (ISS), along with various departments and student associations at McGill, have lined up several events for this special week, such as the “Where in the World” Photo Competition, Brown Bag Lecture with Prof. Claudia Mitchell, Information Session (internships and studying abroad), International Night Market/International McGill Idol, Free Movie Night and MISN’s International Potluck.

  Click here for information on events and on how to register.

• Cegep Panel
  Nov. 30, Thomson House Ballroom, 12h00-13h30
  Register now
  

  Thinking about teaching at a College? Come to this panel discussion with human resource professionals and faculty from 5 local CEGEPS: Dawson College, Vanier College, John Abbott College, Champlain College, and Marianopolis.
  
  Hear what they have to say about the CEGEP system, current trends in labour market, what they look for when hiring new teachers & how they evaluate them, and what training is available for uncertified CEGEP teachers.

Leadership Skills Development Workshops

Hello Student Leaders!

Did you know that a perk to being a student involved in campus activities as an executive, event organizer or planner, is that you qualify for the Leadership Training Program’s FREE Skills Development Workshops?

Develop and build your leadership skills. Attend a minimum of five (out of 12) leadership development workshops throughout the year and receive a certificate of completion. Two workshops remain for the fall semester but there are another 6 more to come in the winter semester.

Coming up…

• A to Z’s of Running a Student Organization
  Tuesday, November 6, 5:30-7:30pm
  

  Are you new to a position of leadership in a club or service? Learn the basics from the pros and make your McGill organizing ride a lot smoother.

• Using Your Leadership Skills to Add UUMPH! to Your C.V.
  Thursday, November 15, 5:30-7:30pm
  

  As a student involved in campus activities, you’ve got leadership skills that employers love. But does your CV reflect them? Put your best leadership foot forward to get the job you want!
  

For more information drop by the First-Year Office in the Brown Building, Suite 2100, or call me at 514-398-8991.

Registration is in person and on a first-come, first-serve basis, about one week before the workshop date, at the First-Year Office (Brown Building, Suite 2100).

Don’t miss our last two fall workshops!

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