The theme of this Thursday activity was Professional Development. Students started the session with an opportunity to choose from a selection of goodies provided by UK-CARES. After settling in with our snacks and goodies, Dr. Hollie Swanson led a brilliant discussion on how to curate a successful LinkedIn page and how important networking is during career development. We reviewed several of Dr. Swanson's connections to see how different people in various career spheres catered their pages to their intended audience. Rounding out the session, we sent our own LinkedIn requests to learn more about prospective fields and get a head start on networking!
Following the LinkedIn session, Program Coordinator (Sunny) and Summer Intern (Sam) led a discussion on the importance of maintaining accurate and updated CV, Resume, and Bio-sketch documents. Both Sunny and Sam provided examples of their CVs from high school, undergrad, and current working documents as Graduate Students to demonstrate how formatting and details change over time.
Dr. Diane Lally then led a session on how to craft informative and innovative personal statements while remaining within the scope of what the prompt asks. In this session, students were able to practice their personal statement pitches and receive feedback on "Dos and Don'ts" to convey an impactful personal statement.
The final portion of this Thursday activity included a variety of panelists that were present to provide advice and answers to the questions proposed by students. We were fortunate to hear the perspectives of a Graduate Student in the Department of Civil Engineering, an MD/PhD student, a Graduate Student in the Department of Communication and Center for Health Equity Transformation (CHET), and a Graduate Student in the Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Science.
I would consider this day as a success and a very informative session as tudents were offered a brief introduction to a myriad of subjects that are beneficial at any stage of a career!
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