CAREERNOMICS
Have you visited the site yet?
During many of my one-on-one conversations with you, I have walked you through the career search tool, Careernomics; have you gotten the chance to explore it yet?
As a Gies student, we have for your membership (normally a paid job board) to provide you access to international & domestic job boards, company research tools, and leadership development program rankings and openings. Let's put it this way, you have access to job postings and information that many would never see or be able to utilize unless they paid for this membership on their own. You only have about 10 months left before you lose access - take advantage of these stellar tools! Just make sure you login with your university netid.
The link above will take you to the webpage that walks you through how to use the site. Here's a sample:
Management Consulted & Careernomics are two of the most valuable tools you can use to advance your own skills and knowledge. I cannot recommend it enough.
Want to discuss your findings? You can always book a 'MSTM-Vision Chat' with me through Handshake.
Not quite ready for an appointment? Email me! I'd love to hear from you.
Layla
The Happening's - Events & Workshops
RSVP's can also be found below for a few of these events. You must register for these events if you would like to attend. Make sure you also click on the links found in the titles or in the body of the description to see more information!
CAREER - DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS:
How to Find (and Land) a Job in Engineering | October 22nd at 7:00PM (EST)
Join us for Career Conversations, our live virtual panel series that explores functional career paths and provides insight into how to get started at the entry-to-associate level.
In this session, The Muse CEO Kathryn Minshew will host a panel of engineers from Amazon, Philips, and Esri to break down what it’s really like to work in engineering.
They'll dive into:
• What a typical day is like in their current role
• Why they chose a career in engineering and how they landed their first job
• What a typical career growth path looks like from entry to senior-level engineer
• What skills and traits are essential for someone to be successful in an engineering role
• And more!
Our goal is for you to walk away from the session with a better understanding of careers in engineering and actionable steps for how to get hired for a job in engineering.
Register Here!
2020 International Career Festival (ICF) - Alumni Panels
Friday, October 16, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
International Career Festival (ICF) will offer wonderful virtual networking experiences to international students. Come and learn from alumni who used to be international students and are now working at leading companies in the U.S. in their industries. Students can choose from three concurrent alumni panels discussing their industry expertise in business, big data, and engineering. ICF is hosted by the University of Illinois Career Services Council (CSC) International Connections Committee.
RSVP : go.illinois.edu/2020ICF
EMPLOYER - RELATED EVENTS
Research Park Office Hours
This is a time where students can connect one-on-one with Research Park full-time staff and interns to ask any questions they have whether it be about internships, technology in Champaign-Urbana, and more. This is your chance to get all your questions answered! Pop in for a quick chat. We'll have students as well as professionals available
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Research Park Graduate Student Networking Event
Tuesday, October 27 from 4:30-6 PM
All graduate students are invited to come network with representatives from Research Park companies specifically interested in hiring graduate-level talent!
Register Here!
*As I mentioned last week, PLAN TO ATTEND THIS EVENT! MSTM students have a strong reputation and potential at research park. Browse the job board, attend the event, network, put your name out there - especially if you are looking for a spring job or an internship (a potential opportunity for some of you).
“Interview Prep Series”
October is Interview Prep Month!
According to Gartner, a research and advisory firm, 86% of organizations are incorporating new virtual technology to interview candidates due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether you are interviewing over the phone, video chat or pre-recording your answers, being interviewed in a virtual environment (and trying to prepare for the various types of interview questions such as behavioral and case questions) can sometimes be a daunting and intimidating experience.
The best way to gain confidence when interviewing is to prepare and practice! Gies Career Services is launching our “Interview Prep Series” during October to help students sharpen their interviewing skills. We encourage all students to participate!
BEHAVIORAL INTERVIEW PRACTICE SESSIONS
We want to ensure that YOU are well prepared for interviews so we are hosting virtual behavioral interview practice sessions so that you may practice! Remember, most employers will only be interviewing you virtually – are you ready for the questions you may receive?
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 21 (various time slots between 8:00am-6:00pm CST)
Format: Online, live small group session (2-3 students plus 1 career advisor)
Registration: You must register in order to attend. We are offering multiple sections for your convenience -- please only sign up for ONE section. Register here: http://cglink.me/r860738
Registration Deadline: Monday, October 19th by 9:00pm CT
PRE-RECORDED VIDEO INTERVIEW REVIEW
More and more employers now require candidates to participate in a pre-recorded video interview as part of the screening process to determine who moves on to the next round. A pre-recorded video interview is an interview where the interviewer isn’t present when the candidate answers the question (also known as one-way interviews). In the one-way video interview, the job seeker's answers to preset questions are recorded for the employer to see later.
Recording your answers to difficult interview questions (and being timed) can be a daunting and intimidating experience so the best way to boost your confidence is to practice recording yourself and receiving feedback so that you know which areas you need to improve.
Gies Career Services is offering review sessions to provide feedback and share tips!
Date/Time: October 12 – October 23, 2020 (various times)
Format: Online, one-on-one sessions
Registration: No registration needed. Simply record a video of yourself using Big Interview, generate your unique video link and schedule an appointment on Handshake with a career advisor to receive feedback.
Instructions:
1. Log in to the Big Interview (https://illinois.biginterview.com/) with your NetID and Password
2. Click on the Practice tab ´âá Practice Interviews ´âá Click “Industry” and choose question sets based on your desired industry or job title. Record your videos and remember to save them! To view your saved videos, click on the My Videos tab.
3. Schedule an appointment on Handshake with a career advisor.
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Choose the appointment type “Practice Interview”.
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In the “What can we help you with?” text box, paste your video links from Big Interview. To maximize your time, we recommend submitting at least 5 video clips.
4. During your appointment, the career advisor will watch your recorded interview videos with you and provide you feedback on individual answers.
Please watch! For a demonstration on how to record yourself on Big Interview and schedule an appointment, please watch our instructional video “Using Big Interview to Practice Interview Skills”
CASE INTERVIEW RESOURCE: MANAGEMENT CONSULTED OVERVIEW
Do you want to be ready for the world's ultimate interview test, the case interview?? Now, more than ever, employers are incorporating case-style interview formats for positions beyond consulting. Are you prepared? Come learn what it takes to be successful during a case interview and see all the tools you have access to, during our free webinar presented by the experts from Management Consulted!
*****MSTM STUDENTS SHOULD MAKE SURE TO ATTEND THIS EVENT********
Date/Time: Friday, October 16 | 1:00pm-2:00pm CT
Format: Online workshop
Registration: In order to receive the zoom link, please register: http://cglink.me/r782704
HOW TO PREPARE FOR CASE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
It is a fact that many employers are incorporating case-style interview questions for positions beyond consulting. Many of our business students have received case interview questions and admitted they weren’t prepared to answer them. Casing is not something you can learn overnight and takes dedication and practice. We encourage you to attend this session where you will learn tips on how to prepare for case interview questions from our case interview trainers!
******THIS IS CRUCIAL FOR MSTM STUDENTS - MANY EMPLOYERS ARE ASKING CASE QUESTIONS WHETHER IT'S A CONSULTING POSITION OR NOT - Learn directly from professionals that will be working for the Big 3******
Date/Time: Thursday, October 22| 5:00pm-6:00pm CT
Format: Online workshop
Registration: In order to receive the zoom link, please register: http://cglink.me/r856566
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