Alumni Association Career Week: Thursday

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.

 

Thursday, Jan. 27

Noon - 1 p.m. EST

Dare to Wow: Personal Styling For Today's World 

• Susana Nudelman Perczek, Founder of Dare to Wow
• There is one simple way to convey credibility and relevance without saying a word: your personal image. Research shows it takes mere seconds to form an impression. There are no second chances to convey credibility and relevance to pitch clients, persuade decision-makers, or negotiate resolutions. In this workshop, you will learn how to create a wardrobe budget without breaking your budget, receive wardrobe tips for virtual meetings and interviews and more. 

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3 p.m. - 4 p.m. EST

Advanced Interviewing for Hiring Managers: Asking Better Questions to Find the Right Candidates 

• Meredith Masse '91, Management Consultant, Blue Beyond Consulting
• For more than 15 years, Meredith Masse ('91) has helped people on both sides of the interview desk ask better questions to ensure a great new-hire fit. While you shouldn't scrap the typical "So, tell me about yourself." or "What's your greatest strength?" inquiries, there is a more effective way to ensure you're narrowing your applicant list to those individuals who are ready for the role. In this high-energy and practical workshop, Meredith walks participants through pragmatic steps for building behavior-based interview questions that human resources professionals and hiring managers can use for hiring the best candidate for any job opening. 

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4 p.m. - 5 p.m. EST

Mentorship: Finding and Working With a Mentor to Enhance Your Career Development

• Dot Zukor MS '77, Ph.D. '82 , retired Associate Director for the Earth Sciences Division at the Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA; Alex Folk '96, MBA '01, Executive Officer, NIST; Steve Kerber '03, MS '05, VP of Research, Underwriters Laboratories and Director of UL's Fire Safety Research Institute; Amy Murdock '98, Principal, Code Consultants, Inc; Keiva Rodriques '04, Deputy Chief Engineer, MDOT MAA
• Join the A. James Clark School of Engineering for a virtual panel during which alumni will share how mentorship - both being a mentor and receiving mentorship - has enhanced their career development. Panelists will share tips and advice on how attendees can find and leverage mentoring relationships as they advance in their careers. 

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5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. EST

Coffee Over Zoom: Networking in 2022 

• Akeil Pyant '17 '19, Kyle Huck '17 '19, Rich Adjou '17, Sacsheen Scott '19
• Sometimes it's not about what you know but who you know. As fellow Terps, we all have learned how to study and acquire knowledge about our fields in many ways. However, with all the unique challenges that we've dealt with over the past couple of years, it is important to keep networking skills in mind, whether you are already a professional or an upcoming graduate looking to acquire a new job. Join MAPP+D as we explore how to network in 2022. In this webinar we'll provide knowledge and hear from recent alums about their experience since graduating from the School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. 

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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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