Alumni Association Career Week: Friday

Location: Virtual Event

Please join your Alumni Association for our annual Career Week, a professional development and career enhancing series. These sessions will provide you with relevant, meaningful, professional development and career driven content while highlighting career resources.

There is programming for everyone -- across career sectors, levels, affinities, industries as well as by UMD schools and colleges. We even have something for our members.

Find a program (or two!) that fits your needs and helps you conquer, steer and advance your career with the Alumni Association.

Friday, Jan. 28

10 a.m. - 11 a.m. EST

Terrapins Connect: Exclusive Networking in Minutes

• Ellie Geraghty, Director of Alumni Career Programs, University of Maryland Alumni Association
• Did you know that your Alumni Association has an exclusive place for Terps like you to connect with students and alumni alike, find and post job opportunities and network with Terps within your current or future industry?
• Looking for a job? Trying to land the perfect connection? Terrapins Connect is the exclusive space for you, and learn how to use it to your best advantage through this interactive demo with Ellie Geraghty, Director of Alumni Career Programs. 

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11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. EST

Marketing Yourself During the Great Resignation 

• Wendy Wang '97, James Wong '10, and Jennifer Jyh-Feng Tepper '09
• Do you LOVE going to networking events and talking about how awesome you are? Don't you LOVE telling everyone why you're an expert? We all know that we have our personal elevator pitch in our back pockets and spend our free time practicing how to market ourselves, right? ...says no-one about their ability to self-aggrandize. However, it is an important skill to hone, especially during the time of The Great Resignation. Join APAAN to learn a few tried and true "must-dos" to keep you on your toes when marketing yourself. 

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Noon - 1 p.m. EST

Advancing Your Career in a Virtual/Hybrid Environment

• Angie Dobransky `87, Coach, Trainer, Author, Speaker
• More and more work takes place from afar.  Whether you work from a home office, multi-location company, or a hybrid IRL/virtual environment, the old ways of being seen no longer work.  Learn how to get your ideas across, get noticed, promoted, and advance your career when you aren’t physically with your team.  The future is digital so polish these skills today for your success tomorrow. 

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For additional information about this event:
Contact University Career Center & President's Promise at ucc-recruiting@umd.edu

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