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Exploring Careers
"ALTERNATIVE CAREERS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS" Thursday, February 10, 2011 6:00pm-9:00pm Description: If you are exploring your options, leaving your job, or want to learn more about career choices, please join us for our annual Alternative Careers in Science and Technology event. Meet our extensive panel of “One-Night Mentors” who have experience breaking into and thriving in careers outside of academia including: business development, patent law, consulting, communications, project management, financial services, and technology transfer. Mentors will introduce themselves and then will be available for “speed networking” at separate tables, where you can talk with mentors and learn more about their careers. Topics & One-Night-Mentors Include:
COST: Special pricing for this event thanks to our sponsors! Advance Registration: (by 9pm Tuesday, February 8) $20 for Students and Postdocs (enter discount code "StudentPostDocX"). Scholarship Info $25 for WEST Members, $30 for non-WEST members Registration available at the Door: $10 additional Refreshments are included. Become a WEST member now and receive the Member Rate! Click Here
Microsoft New England Resarch & Development Center, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge (One Block from Kendall Square T Stop.)
Agenda: 6:00-9:00 Networking, and Refreshments Mentors will make brief 3-5 minute presentations throughout the evening. The remaining time will be a series of timed intervals ('speed networking') in which participants meet in groups at the tables with mentors who are available to answer their career questions.
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Location Sponsor: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/labs/newengland/visit.aspx
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