Professional Development Workshop

Thursday, October 27, 2016 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Are you interested in developing your writing skills and/or updating your cirriculum vitae (CV)? Want to improve your thesis writing and brush up your resume before you apply for jobs? This workshop is for you! 

This workshop will feature a 20-25 minute talk by Nadine Fladd of the Writing Centre, which will discuss the Pomodoro writing technique. Following a short break the second talk and more interactive portion run by Christine Kampen Robinson on the preparation of CVs and resumes.

If you interested in signing up, please use our sign-up form. This will help us to gauge numbers for the workshop, as well as determine what content to focus on in the workshop. Please do not hesitate to contact SWIGS by email if you have other suggestions or would like to speak to us directly.

The schedule for the event has been finalized as per below:

12:00-12:30 Pomodoro Technique with Nadine Fladd

1-2:30 Resume Writing with Christine Robinson
        1:00-1:30 Talk: Resume essentials
        1:30-2:00 Job Posting Analysis - Water-related
        2:00-2:30 Sample Resume Critique

Note that at this time, the event is only available for graduate students due to funding sources.

Lunch will be provided for this event! Come out for a productive afternoon.