1. ORIENTATION Graduate Student Career Development Good afternoon –
Let me start this brief introduction to ‘CCE’ by introducing myself:
My name is Vyju Manian I’m as Associate Director of Graduate Student Career Development – ‘GSCD’
GSCD is a 4 person team responsible for the career education for graduate students
workshops
events - panels, speakers
counseling
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If you have requests or ideas for workshops or speakers – do let us know, we welcome these suggestions.
Graduate Student Career Development
ORIENTATION

2. Top 5 Desired Skills Teamwork Leadership Communication Problem-solving
How many of you have worked? How did you land you firsrt job? Was it a referral? Did you apply on the company’s website?
How many of you have visited your career center in your undergraduate institution?
Every employer is looking for a specific set of skills from job-seekers that match the skills necessary to perform a particular job. But beyond these job-specific technical skills, certain skills are nearly universally sought by employers. The best news is that once you understand the skills and characteristics that most employer seek, you can tailor your job-search communication -- your resume, cover letter, and interview language -- to showcase how well your background aligns with common employer requirements.
Numerous studies have identified these critical employability skills, sometimes referred to as "soft skills."
Teamwork
Leadership
Communication
Problem-solving
Initiative

3. ORIENTATION Career Success Graduate Student Career Development Explore
You will do 98% of the hard work.
Explore: It is essential to build awareness of yourself and your fit in the world so that you can find opportunities that are a good match for you.
Prepare: you need to present a strong professional image and communicate to an employer what values you add. Why do you want this position.
Network: with professionals to strengthen your industry knowledge. Majority of jobs are filled by referral and information gathered through your contacts.
Experience: Internships/ research experience/ part-time or full time jobs/volunteering/ leadership roles in students clubs/professional organization
Explore your interests, skills, values, and personality and connect these to career options
Prepare well-written cover letters and resumes or CVs
Network with professionals
Experience potential career options and build transferable skills
Explore
Prepare
Network
Experience

4. ORIENTATION Graduate Student Career Development SERVICES RESOURCES
SERVICES
RESOURCES
PREPARATION
EVENTS
The mission of CCE is to help you pursue your personal and professional objectives.
Our job is: 1) to help you explore career options
2) to help you learn the skills needed to find attractive opportunities
3) to support you in landing the position you want…..
We work closely with the engineering school - on workshops and events
With my colleagues we also put together career fairs and similar larger scale events – and also run a job posting platform called LionShare
This is the agenda for today’s orientation –
Research shows that People change jobs on an average of 10 times in their career. The goal is to teach you the following skills, these are life long skills that you will use life long skills that you will use though your various career transitions
Career Assessment
1-1 Appointment
Quick Question
Documents
Online profiles
Interview
Business Etiquettes
Job Search Strategies
Career Workshops
Company Visits
Industry Showcases
Career Fairs
Information Sessions
On-campus Recruitment
Alumni Mock Interview Night
Job/Internship Database
Career Planning Guide
Industry Guides
Subscriptions
Online Communities

5. Fall 2016 Events Graduate Student Career Fair 10/7, 12 PM – 4 PM
Engineering Consortium Career Fair 10/14,11 AM – 4 PM
Industry Showcases
Fall 2016 Events
Career Fairs
Credit: Char Smullyan

6. Preparing for Career Fairs
To help you navigate the fair, we hold a workshop – Making the most of the career fair.
The Making the Most of the Career Fair workshop is designed to give you tips on how to prepare for the event, make the most of meeting recruiters on the day of the fair, and provide you with techniques to follow up and make connections after the event
Review Networker profiles; read tipsheets on making the most of a networking event
We will also conduct extra sessions at Mudd to help with your resume prep
Making the Most of the Graduate Career Fair
Resumania
Quick Questions: 1-4pm daily
Credit: Char Smullyan

7. ORIENTATION Graduate Student Career Development Available at:
Center for Career Education
Your Department
Online:
Sections include:
Resume/CV/Cover Letter
Interviewing tips
LinkedIn profile
Networking
Credit: Pete Bridge

8. in FOLLOW US! WE’RE SOCIAL Facebook.com/CUCCE @ColumbiaCCE
Columbia Career Connections

9. ABOUT US MEET THE TEAM Don Vyju Kelly Ahn Goldstein Manian Alice Kim
Monday-Friday, 9a.m.-5p.m.
Wednesdays open until 8p.m. during the academic year

10. CONTACT US! WE’RE HERE TO HELP 212-854-5609 cce@columbia.edu
East Campus, Lower Level
116th between Amsterdam and Morningside
Monday-Friday, 9a.m.-5p.m.
Wednesdays CCE is open until 8p.m. during the academic year.