In order to get customized career development coaching from MCFAM during your program, you must attend these workshops. The workshops will give you the basics for a well prepared job/internship search and help you get the most out of your individual meetings with MCFAM's specialized career coach.
Laurie Derechin, Executive Director - MCFAM will be presenting the workshops.
Workshops take place during Actuary Club meetings on Tuesdays from 6:45-8:30, with location finalized soon, except for a career-fair prepatory workshop takes place on a Friday.
9/20/11 - Resume Workshop
9/23/11, 1:30-4:30, 3-230 Keller Hall (formerly EE/CSci) - MCFAM Student Career Fair Workshop - First priority will be given to MCFAM students in the Actuarial, MFM programs
9/27/11 - Interview Questions and Final Career Fair Prep
10/25/11 - How to Be A Proactive Job Searcher - Networking Your Way to Jobs and Internships
11/29/11 - Using Linked In and Your Professional Network to Get Referrals and Informational Interviews
Date TBD - Academic Integrity
Date TBD - Career Assessment: Understanding Your Interests and Strengths and Turning Them Into Successful Career Advancement
Workshops occur Fridays from 2:30-4:30 in 312 STSS, except for a career-fair prepatory workshop that starts earlier and is in Keller Hall
9/23/11, 1:30-4:30, 3-230 Keller Hall (formerly EE/CSci) - MCFAM Student Career Fair Workshop - First priority will be given to MCFAM students in the Actuarial, MFM programs
10/7/11 - Job Interview Basics and Practice Session
10/21/11 - How To Be A Proactive Job Searcher - Networking Your Way to Jobs and Internships
11/4/11 - Using Linked In To Build Your Professional Network and Brand
11/18/11, 2:30-4:30, 312 Science Teaching Student Services (STSS) - How to Work a Room - The Art of Networking at Professional Events - Laurie Derechin, Executive Director, Minnesota Center for Financial and Actuarial Mathematics (MCFAM) and Margie Solomon, Solomon Talent Consulting.
1/27/12, 2:30-4:30, 312 Science Teaching Student Services (STSS) - Building Your Personal Brand and Using Advanced Linked In Techniques to Network Your Way to A Job - Darren Kaltved
2/10/12, 2:30-4:30, 312 Science Teaching Student Services (STSS) - The So Called Soft Skills - Making them a Stron gPart of Your Career Tool Kit - Speaker Kris Fowler, Math Librarian, University of Minneosta
2/17/12, 2:30-4:30, CANCELLED - Finding and Understanding Your Strengths - A Key to Successful Career Advancement - This workshop will be rescheduled before the end of the calendar year.
2/24/12, 2:30-4:30, 330 Science Teaching Student Services (STSS) - Practice Networking Session before the MFM Networking event on 2/28 This workshop is specifically designed for MFM students and the few PhD students interested in an industry job who want to prepare for the MFM Networking Event happening on 2/28 from 5:30-8PM. We will have a few practitioners on hand who will help us practice networking.
If you have registered for the 2/28 event you will know the details. If not and you are interested, please sign up by linking to the following site:https://docs.google.com/a/umn.edu/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFYwRW9KbmNqdWhFREN3Znpvb240WGc6MQ#gid=0