Events

Our office sponsors a range of events in programming, including workshops, alumni panels, and employer information and recruitment sessions. Bookmark this page for the most up-to-date schedule of our events.

Upcoming Events

Event Name	Date/Time
Creating a Cover Letter that Stands Out (Webinar)	Thursday, April 26, 2018 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Careers in Education Consulting, Research, and Tech CUNY Graduate Center, room 9206, New York NY	Thursday, April 26, 2018 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Mastering the Job Interview (for Non-Academic Jobs) (Webinar)	Thursday, May 10, 2018 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Launching a Career in the U.S.—What’s Different? CUNY Graduate Center, room 9207, New York NY	Wednesday, May 16, 2018 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Preparing for Your Faculty Job Search CUNY Graduate Center, room 9207, New York NY	Thursday, May 24, 2018 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Preparing for a Job Search: The Best Practices for Finding Non-Academic Work Today (Webinar)	Thursday, June 7, 2018 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Past Events and Webinars

Careers in Academia
- Academic Job Search: Interviewing and Negotiating (Fall 2016)
- Academic Job Search Workshop (Fall 2015)
- Academic Job Search: Written Materials (Fall 2016)
- After the Application: What Happens Next in the Academic Job Search Process (view webinar recording here)
- Behind the Scenes with an Academic Search Committee (Fall 2014; Fall 2015)
- Beyond the Blog: Digitizing Your CV (Spring 2014)
- Beyond the Blog: Making Your (Digital) Teaching Portfolio (Spring 2014)
- Building a Career at a Community College (Spring 2014)
- Creating Job Search Documents (Spring 2017)
- CV Writing Workshop (Spring 2014)
- CVs, Cover Letters, and More: Preparing Strong Documents for the Academic Job Search (view webinar recording here)
- A Faculty Job Search Timeline (Spring 2017)
- Grant Writing 101 (Fall 2013)
- Interviewing and Negotiating Offers (Spring 2017)
- Introduction to the Faculty Job Market (Summer 2017)
- Job Search Tools (Spring 2017)
- The Nuts and Bolts of the Academic Job Market (Fall 2013; Spring 2014)
- Preparing a Grant Proposal Budget (Fall 2015)
- Preparing for the Academic Job Market (view webinar recording here)
- Preparing for the Academic Job Search (Spring 2016)
- Preparing for Interviews for Faculty Positions (view webinar recording here)
- Preparing, Pitching, and Proposing Your First Book Project (Fall 2015)
- Publicizing Your Research: Building, Communicating, and Branding Your Academic Identity (Spring 2017)
- Purposeful Pedagogy Conference (Spring 2014; Spring 2015)
- What is Trending in Scholarly Publishing? (Fall 2015)
- Writing a Statement of Teaching Philosophy (Fall 2015)
Post/Alt/Non-Academic Jobs
- Alt-Ac Careers: Putting your Ph.D. to Work Beyond the Tenure Track (Fall 2013)
- An Alt-Ac/Industry Job Search Timeline (Fall 2016)
- Building a Network & Presenting Yourself Professionally (Professional Boot Camp: Getting Industry and Post-Ac Jobs) (Spring 2016)
- Building and Maintaining Professional Networks (Fall 2016)
- Career and Assessment Tools (Spring 2017)
- Creating Job Search Documents (Spring 2017)
- CV to Resume (Fall 2013; Spring 2014 )
- Discover Your Options with Fatimah Williams Castro (Summer 2017)
- Discover Your Strengths and How to Maximize Them (Fall 2016)
- Hiring from the Recruiter’s Perspective (Fall 2015)
- Interviewing (for non-faculty positions) (Fall 2015)
- Interviewing and Negotiating Offers (Spring 2017)
- Job Search Tools (Spring 2017)
- Leaving the Hallowed Halls: How to Bridge the Gap Between Academia and Industry (Fall 2015)
- Leaving the Hallowed Halls: Various Ways of Working in Research (Fall 2015)
- Leveraging your MA and Strategizing for Career Success (Fall 2013; Spring 2014)
- LinkedIn 101: Getting to Know the Basics (Spring 2015 webinar; Fall 2017 webinar; view recording here)
- Mastering the Job Interview (for Non-Faculty Jobs) (Spring 2015 webinar; view recording here)
- Networking (Fall 2013; Fall 2015)
- Networking and Interviewing: Post/Alt/Non-Academic Job Search Group (Fall 2013)
- Networking: Making Contacts that Can Build your Career (Fall 2014 webinar; view recording here)
- The Peer Review: Best Practices to Provide a Productive Review (Spring 2016)
- Post/Alt/Non-Academic Job Search Group: Launching Your Search (Fall 2013)
- Post Grad (Center): Engaging Publics with a PhD (Spring 2017)
- Post Grad (Center): Putting Your Graduate Skills and Training to Work (Fall 2015)
- Preparing for Careers Outside of Academia (IBM Session) (Spring 2017)
- Preparing for Job Interviews (Spring 2014)
- Preparing for the Job Search: Building Your Website (Spring 2016)
- Preparing for the Non-Academic Job Search (Fall 2016)
- Putting LinkedIn to Work: Job Searching, Networking, and Personal Branding (view webinar recording here)
- Resumes, Cover Letters, & More: Preparing for Your Non-Academic Job Search (view webinar recording here)
- Retooling your PhD 2014 with Richard Montauk (Spring 2014)
- Rock Your LinkedIn Profile (Fall 2016)
- Skills! Values! Interests! Using Career Assessment in your Job Search (Fall 2015)
- Self-Assessment: Post/Alt/Non Academic Job Search Group (Fall 2013)
- Stand Out Online: Optimizing Your LinkedIn Profile (Spring 2015 webinar; Fall 2017 webinar; view recording here)
- Starting Early. Post Grad (Center): Putting Your Graduate Skills and Training to Work series. (Fall 2015)
- Successful Networking for Today’s Career Paths (Fall 2016)
- Tailoring Professional Materials to Job Ads (Professional Boot Camp: Getting Industry and Post-Ac Jobs) (Spring 2016)
- Transferable Skills (Fall 2013; Spring 2014)
- What Else Can I Do? Finding your Professional Fit (Professional Boot Camp: Getting Industry and Post-Ac Jobs) (Spring 2016)
- What’s Next? Figuring Out Your Career Options (view webinar recording here)
- Writing a Strong Resume with Richard Montauk (Summer 2017)
- Writing Next: Next Gen PhD Seminar (Summer 2017)
- Writing Strong Resumes and Cover Letters (Fall 2015)
Industry-Specific Events
- Alt-Ac Mentoring: Publishing/Nonprofits/Education (Spring 2015)
- Careers in Big Data (Spring 2014; Spring 2017)
- Careers in Management and Strategy Consulting (Fall 2013)
- Careers in Non-Profits (Spring 2014)
- Careers Outside Academia: Hear from Graduate Center Social Science and Humanities Alumni (Spring 2012)
- Careers at the Intersection of Business and Science (Spring 2017)
- Careers at the U.S. Department of State (Fall 2013)
- Careers in Media and Communication (Fall 2016)
- Careers in State and Local Government (Fall 2016)
- Crack the Case Workshop (Spring 2015)
- Crossing Bridges: Putting your PhD to Work in University Administration (Fall 2015)
- Entrepreneurship (Spring 2017)
- From the GC to Google: A conversation with Google’s Director of Education and University Relations (Fall 2015)
- Google Information Session (Fall 2016)
- IBM Information Session (Fall 2016)
- Information Session: IBM Chief Analytics Office (Spring 2016)
- Information Session: IBM Performance Marketing Analytics (Spring 2016)
- Leaving the Hallowed Halls: How to Bridge the Gap Between Academia and Industry (Fall 2015)
- Leaving the Hallowed Halls: Various Ways of Working in Research (Fall 2015)
- NYC Science Communication Event: Panel Discussion on Careers in Medical Communications (Fall 2016)
- Nuts and Bolts of an Independent/Private School Job Search (Fall 2013)
- PhD Careers in Finance (Fall 2014)
- Planning for a Fulfilling Career: A Primer for STEM Graduate Students (Spring 2014)
- Preparing for Careers Outside of Academia (IBM Session) (Spring 2017)
- Teaching in an Independent School or College Prep School (K-12) (Fall 2013)
- Teaching in Private Schools with Faculty Diversity Search (Fall 2014)
- Two Perspectives on Writing, Editing, and Publishing (Spring 2014)
- Using your PhD to Make Change in the World (Fall 2014)
- Wall Street 101 (Fall 2014)
- Wall Street 102 (Spring 2015)
MA Students
Note: The events below were specifically designed for students in MA programs (though many of our events are designed for both Master’s and PhD students).
- The Basics of Applying to Doctoral Programs (Fall 2014; Fall 2015; Fall 2016)
- Leveraging your MA and Strategizing for Career Success (Fall 2013; Spring 2014)
- Orientation to Career Services (Fall 2016)
- Why and How to Apply for a PhD: A Panel on Pursuing Doctoral Studies (Spring 2014)
Networking Events
- Alt-Ac Mentoring: Publishing/Nonprofits/Education (Spring 2015)
- Alumni Mentoring Roundtable (Fall 2013; Fall 2014; Spring 2017)
- Careers Outside Academia: Hear from Graduate Center Social Science and Humanities Alumni (Spring 2012)
- Networking for Graduate Students: Co-sponsored with NYC Versatile PhD (Spring 2014)
- Networking for Scientists (co-sponsored by the Minority Grad Student Network) (Fall 2014)
- Post Grad (Center): Engaging Publics with a PhD (Spring 2017)
- Post Grad (Center): Putting Your Graduate Skills and Training to Work (Fall 2015)
Postdocs & Paid Internships
- ACLS Public Fellows Information Session (Spring 2015; Spring 2016)
- Applying for Funding Opportunities via the Social Science Research Council (Fall 2014)
- Applying for National Science Foundation (NSF) Funding (Fall 2013)
- Careers in Public Policy via the Rogowsky Internship Program (Fall 2014)
- HACU National Internship Program Recruitment Visit (Fall 2014; Fall 2015; Fall 2016)
- How to Apply for Postdoctoral Fellowships (Humanities and Social Sciences) (Fall 2015)
- Info Session: Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans (Fall 2015)
- Information Session with Vera Institute of Justice (Fall 2016)
- Internships with IBM Business Performance Services (Fall 2014)
- Internships with IBM Enterprise Marketing Performance (Spring 2015)
- Regeneron’s Postdoctoral Training Program: Info Session (Fall 2014)
Webinars
Click links to view recordings
Academic jobs
Job Search and Networking
Landing a Job
- Resumes, Cover Letters, & More: Preparing for Your Non-Academic Job Search
- Mastering the Job Interview (for Non-Faculty Jobs)