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King-Chávez-Parks Future Faculty Fellowship Application Workshop

Exectutive Board Room, 1st Floor, Rackham Building 915 East Washington Street, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

Every year, the Rackham Graduate School accepts applications for the King-Chávez-Parks (KCP) Future Faculty Fellowship (FFF). Offered through a grant from the State of Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, the KCP FFF Program provides funding to increase the pool of academically or economically disadvantaged candidates pursuing faculty teaching careers or approved administrative positions […]

Talking Outside Your Field: Explaining Your Research During Your Industry Job Search

Online

Are you a graduate student intending to apply for industry jobs? While talking to potential employers, you’ll find yourself trying to describe your research to non-experts, struggling to avoid jargon, and feeling like your description is vague or unclear. In this University Career Center workshop, we’ll address this problem, develop specific strategies to describe your […]

Career Exploration: Strategies and Resources

Online

This workshop will focus on resources you can leverage to explore career options, as well as strategies to best position yourself for a variety of career trajectories. We will cover approaches to networking, transferable skills, and key resources designed to support your exploration. This workshop is open to students at all points in their graduate […]

Gear Your Career

Palmer Commons 100 Washtenaw Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

A collaboration between the University Career Center and the Rackham Professional Development and Engagement Team, Gear Your Career is an annual professional development and resource sharing event. Please join us for an exciting and engaging lecture and Q&A session presented by the Ph.D. Comic, Jorge Cham. Jorge is the best-selling and Emmy-nominated creator of Ph.D. […]

Internship Connections: Interviewing Tips and Strategies

Online

This workshop is open to all graduate students seeking guidance around interviewing for positions beyond tenure track roles, which can differ greatly from the academic job search process. It meets the needs of those applying to the Rackham Doctoral Intern Fellowship Program. The workshop will focus on preparing graduate students to navigate the interview process, […]

Assessing Organizational Culture Through a DEI Lens

Koessler Room, 3rd Floor, Michigan League 911 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, United States

How do you assess whether organizations are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)? Join us to learn about how to assess various aspects of an organization’s culture during the job and internship search process through a DEI lens. During this session, you’ll have the opportunity to discuss the challenges of navigating this process and […]

Coffee Chats for Graduate Students: Networking for Career Success

Online

“Networking” is a word that’s thrown around a lot, but what does it really mean? In this coffee chat for graduate students, we’ll unpack what networking is, why it’s useful, and some strategies to make it worthwhile. In particular, we’ll focus on informational interviewing as a valuable approach to gathering career-related information, in addition to […]

The First-Gen Brand: Using Your Identity to Enhance Your Professional Brand

Online

Whether you realize it or not, you are a walking billboard of your professional brand. The impact that your professional brand has on your experiences and opportunities within graduate school and beyond cannot be understated. Make sure you have the knowledge you need to utilize your brand to its fullest potential. In this virtual workshop, […]

Ph.D. Connections Career Conference—Taming the Impostor: Navigating the Ph.D. to Professional Job Search

Online

Embarking on the transition from Ph.D. student to professional can be daunting, often accompanied by the emergence of impostor thoughts and feelings. This session provides a space for participants to discuss and explore the complexities of this challenge openly. Through evidence-based strategies and collaborative dialogue, attendees will gain practical insights to effectively manage impostor experiences […]

Ph.D. Connections Career Conference: Networking in Preparation for Attending a Conference

Online

Conferences are a great opportunity to connect with others and grow your network. We also know that the idea of networking brings up questions (and anxiety!) for many, so we’ll spend time talking through approaches to networking, how to leverage networking tools that work for you, and demystifying the process. The session will include specific […]