Cover letters are very common in the U.S. and provide you with an opportunity to convey your interest in a position and how you can contribute to the organization's success. In this workshop, you'll discover what employers are really looking for, how to analyze a job description and create a persuasive cover letter.
The Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows program places recent Ph.D. graduates from the humanities and humanistic social sciences in two-year staff positions at partnering organizations in government and the nonprofit sector. Interested in learning more? Join us for a videoconference with John Paul Christy (ACLS Program Director) and Abbie Langston (Duke Literature PhD '14; Mellon ACLS Public Fellow ’15-’17).
Get an inside look at what an inclusive organization looks like with participating employers and learn how companies value and integrate diversity and inclusion within their organizations. You will also learn about the recruitment process and job and internship opportunities within each company.
Join us for our technical interview workshop and get a chance to practice coding sample questions with Duke alumni Googlers.
This fair is open to Duke graduate and undergraduate students from all departments.
Applications to participate in the February 5 site visit to Charles River Laboratories are due January 25 at 12 noon. More information
This workshop will present useful strategies for structuring your writing life, including thinking about the role that writing groups can play in completing a major project in a timely, and even enjoyable, manner.
This seminar will provide you with information to determine what makes a conversation "critical" as well as the tools you can use to successfully have these types of interactions.
We've all heard that networking is essential for your career but many of us aren't sure what it is or how to go about it effectively. In this workshop, you will learn the basic components of networking in the U.S. and some useful strategies to increase your comfort. We will also practice making contact with new people using online tools.
You spend a great deal of time preparing your presentation visuals and talking points. Do you invest the same preparation in your presentation presence--that is, the nonverbal components of your presentation like vocal quality, movement, and eye contact? In this interactive workshop, you'll learn strategies for projecting an effective presentation presence from Joy Javits, President of In the Public Eye: Effective Communication.
