2211 S. Brook Street , Louisville, Kentucky 40208

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Description. In this intensive, half-day workshop requested by YOU, we'll cover career basics from top to bottom. Beginning with an overview of the job market and various career paths for graduate students, you'll spend time reflecting on your PLAN for a successful job search. Topics to be covered include job materials (resumes, CVs, and cover letters), job interviewing, transferable skills, and making a PLAN for your next steps. Don't miss out on this opportunity to reflect on your path and tackle the details of your search. Whether you're job searching this coming year or preparing for your future, NOW is the time to PLAN.

Lunch will be provided and registration is limited for this new and interactive program. Participants are encouraged to bring job materials with them. Registration closes Friday, August 14th, 2015. At least 10 people are needed for the program. Should this requisite number not be reached, the colloquium will be cancelled.

Learning Outcomes. As a result of this session, participants will be able to:

1. Describe the basic components of the job search process

2. Identify their own transferable skills

3. Produce or evaluate the effectiveness of their own job materials, such as resumes, CVs and cover letters

4. Develop a timeline and plan for the job search. 

Presenter(s). Beth A. Boehm, Ph.D., is a Professor of English, Vice Provost for Graduate Affairs and Dean of the School of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies.  Her research and teaching cross three different areas of English studies: Modern British literature; narrative studies; and rhetoric, composition and pedagogy.  She regularly teaches first-year composition, undergraduate literary surveys and special topic courses, and graduate courses in narrative, rhetoric, contemporary British literature and teaching literature.  In 2001 and 2003 she won A&S Distinguished Teaching Awards, and in 2003 also she won the University Distinguished Teaching Award;  in 2009 she won the University Service Award.   She has served her department as Director of Undergraduate Studies, Director of Graduate Studies, and Vice Chair.  She has been an active faculty senator since 1999, and was elected Vice Chair of the Senate in 2004, and Chair in 2006.  She has served on the University of Louisville Athletic Association Board and on the Board of Trustees.

Michelle Rodems, Ph.D., is associate director for graduate student professional development for the School of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies (SIGS). Michelle manages all interdisciplinary professional development for more than 4,000 University of Louisville graduate students, including coordinating the PLAN professional development framework of academies, workshops, learning communities, and reading groups, as well as conducting individual consultations. Michelle’s research and professional interests include teaching and learning in higher education, graduate student development and education, educational technology and social media, and professional development in higher education.

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