Putting+Your+Degree+to+Work

Monday, October 8, 2007 Big Ten B, Kellogg Center 5:00 – 7:00 PM

Putting Your Degree to Work: Practical Career Strategies for Ph.D.s This is a two-hour workshop for post-docs and graduate students in all fields of science. In this workshop Peter Fiske will present a thorough and practical overview to the process of career planning and job hunting in today's job market, from the perspective of a young scientist. He will cover specific steps that young scientists can take to broaden their horizons, strengthen their skills, and present their best face to potential employers. An important part of this is the realization that most young scientists possess a range of valuable "transferable skills" that are highly sought after by employers in and out of science. He will also cover all the specifics of job hunting, including informational interviewing, building your network, developing a compelling CV and resume, cover letters, interviewing, and more. With each topic he will discuss the particular challenges and opportunities faced by those with an advanced degree in science. It is a workshop up-beat in tone and positive in outlook. Workshop includes a 35-page handout for each participant.

Presenter: Peter S. Fiske, Ph.D. is the founder and CEO of RAPT Industries, a spin-out from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Formerly, Fiske was an experimental physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory where he ran a hypervelocity impact experimental facility and carried out research in the areas of condensed matter physics, high pressure science and high strain-rate deformation. He has organized and lead panel discussions and workshops on alternative careers and career development for scientists at national and international meetings, universities, and national laboratories. He has been featured on NPR's Talk of the Nation - Science Friday. Dr. Fiske received his Ph.D. in Geochemistry and Materials Science in 1993 from Stanford University and is the author of the book To Boldly Go: A Practical Career Guide for Scientists, and second edition: "Put Your Science to Work: A Take-Charge Career Guide for Scientists" ( [|www.agu.org/careerguide]) published by AGU. He is also a co-author of the biweekly column Tooling Up on AAAS's Career website NextWave ( [|www.nextwave.org]).

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The Graduate School 118 Linton Hall Michigan State University East Lansing MI 48824-1044

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