Preparing for the Masters & PhD Career Fair and On-Campus Recruiting

Andrew Green, PhD

Santa Claus is coming, are you ready?

• The importance of making connections

• How companies come to campus

• Translating your CV into an effective resume

• Curating Your Online Presence

career.berkeley.edu

Grad Students, PhDs & Postdocs

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Connections

• Aduro

• Referral Bonuses

• The “Berkeley” door

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How Companies Come to Campus

• College/Departmental Events

• Student-led initiatives

• Career Fairs + Forums

• Employer Info Sessions

• OCR

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EECS/CoE Corp Access Program

CAP Internship FairWednesday, November 2, 2016

• Stat-Jobs listserve – La Shana Porlaris

Grad Student Initiatives

• CDIPS

– Data Science

– PhD Consulting Club

• SLAM – Science Leadership + Mgmt

• MCB 295 – spring

• Beyond Academia - spring

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career.berkeley.edu

Career Fairs + Forums

Handshake – Your primary source of information

• Career Mgmt System

• Workshops

• Career Fairs

• Employer Info Sessions

• Job Listings & OCR

• CareerMail– PhDs in the Sciences

– PhDs in the Social Sciences & Humanities

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Working the Fair & Info Sessions

• What if they don’t understand me?

• Do I just drop my resume & grab a free pen?

• How can I follow up?

• What if they refer me to OCR?

Analytics vs Data

Spanish or Biotech

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Intelligence Gathering

Andrew E. Green

11 Winchester Road

New London, CT 06320

(860) 439-2011

PERSONAL

Born: February 13, 1958 in Providence, Rhode Island

U.S. Citizen

Married

EDUCATION

Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley,

December 1993 (Political Science)

M.A. University of California, Berkeley,

May 1987 (Political Science)

B.A. Occidental College, Los Angeles, California

June 1980 (Economics)

DISSERTATION

Creating Comparative Advantage in a Changing International System: The

Development of the South Korean Automobile Industry

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor, tenure-track, Connecticut College, Government Department

(beginning Fall 1991). Teaching courses in International Relations, Japanese

Politics, The Political Economy of the Pacific Rim, International Political

Economy, and Methodology.

CV => Resume: Making It Easy for Your Overburdened Audience

• Organization

– What Three Things Should Your Audience Know After the First 5

Seconds?

• Clarity

– Selective Use of Bolding & Indents

• Consistency

– Avoid Speed Bumps

CV => Resume

• A Targeted, Focused Instrument

• Reflects the Job Description + Helps them Project you into the

Position

• Is Concise - Emphasizing Concrete Experience, Skills, and

Accomplishments

• Creativity is Rarely a Virtue

The Four Basic Resume Formats

• Chronological

• Functional

• Hybrid

• Highlights of Qualifications

From Job Ads found using the search term “PhD”

• As a member of the R&D Bio/Chem team, … Excellent

interpersonal skills. Respectful and open to others’ views;

contribute to building a positive team spirit.

• Train and on-board other team members.

• Willingness and ability to work effectively with others in and across

the organization to accomplish team goals

• Hire, develop and lead a high performing team: create a

departmental culture that promotes teamwork, excellence and

service

Where on your Resume would I find evidence of a strong track record of collaboration, leadership, teamwork?

What might that look like?GSR – UC Berkeley

Assisted faculty member in the preparation of manuscript for

publication

Editorial Assistant – UC Berkeley

– Assisted faculty member in preparation of book-length

manuscript subsequently published by University of California

Press

– Line edited, copy edited, and indexed manuscript

– Coordinated with production editor to ensure that key milestones

were met and galley corrections were received in a timely

manner

– Collaborated with art director and consulted on the reproduction

of images and illustrations

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Ask: What are your sources of value

Postdoc – University of California, Berkeley

PI: Sam Castaneda, Rocket Science lab

• Use Monte Carlo simulations programmed in C to calculate the impact of non-stochastic turbulence in re-entry trajectories

• Initiated inter-disciplinary, multi-site collaboration to analyze x

• Led team in the creation and implementation of new lab safety protocols

• Served as liaison to outside vendors

• Trained and mentored 3 undergraduates and 2 graduate students

Founding Member - Postdoc Industry Exploration Program (PIEP) Advisory Board

– As part of five member founding board, developed guidelines and mission statement for career-related, postdoc program.

– Performed outreach to hiring managers at targeted companies to recruit host sites

– Collaborated with VSPA staff and postdoc peers to organize 8 week speaker series

– Paid off speakers from VSPA slush fund

Ask Two Questions

• What is a given bullet point’s function? What is it

designed to tell the reader about you.

• Is it phrased/framed in such a way that the substantive

importance you attach to a given experience is

communicated?

Specific Guidelines

• Start with a Master File

• Don’t Assert; Demonstrate

• Be Concrete and Quantify Wherever Possible

• Translate the Experience

• Emphasize What “You” Did and Accomplished

Specific Guidelines

• Don’t Undersell Yourself

• Format and Order are Dictated by Relevance

• You are Never a PhD Candidate

• Edit Ruthlessly; Leave Plenty of White Space

• Never Smaller than 10 Point

• It Speaks for You

Curating Your Online Presence• How many of you have googled yourself?

• Why would you want some control over your online presence? merck

Keys to Leveraging LinkedIn

• A photo

• Succinct and forward looking headline and summary

• Emphasize skills and capabilities over specific job targets

• Links to appropriate professional website, videos, publications

• Who you follow and/or connect with helps define your academic

community

Questions?