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Navigating the Career Search: a MEOPAR webinar series

By January 27, 2021No Comments

The MEOPAR Training Program is excited to announce its winter lineup of professional development webinars, lead by Dr. Catherine Maybrey. A champion for innovative and effective career education that reflects the realities of hiring and employment, she partners with individuals and organizations to research, design and deliver customized coaching and training programs that help her clients identify and reach their career goals. With over 10 years’ experience in career development, Catherine has worked with universities and higher education organizations in Canada and the United States, including eight years at McMaster University working with alumni, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.

Check out the full series below!

RESUME WRITE-IN
Tuesday, February 16, 1-4pm AST / REGISTER NOW
Whether you’re just updating your resume, or trying to translate your CV for the first time, this is the webinar you need for 2021. We’ll spend the first hour reviewing the basics, and then you’ll have 2 hours of dedicated writing time with full support from our facilitator, Dr. Catherine Maybrey. She’ll be there to answer your questions as you’re working through your writing & editing. Stay for part or all of the webinar and kickstart your career activities for 2021.

WRITING AN EFFECTIVE COVER LETTER
Wednesday, February 24, 1-2pm AST / REGISTER NOW
Writing a cover letter is hard. Sometimes, the cover letter can be even harder to write than the resume. In this 60-minute interactive webinar, we’ll walk through the basics of a good cover letter and work through example letters to identify ways you can highlight your skills and accomplishments.

ACADEMIC JOB SEARCH
Tuesday, March 16, 1-2pm AST / REGISTER NOW
Specifically designed for students considering academic careers, this webinar provides an overview of the academic job application cycle along with resources to help you begin to assemble your materials. By the end of this webinar, you will be able to find current postings using various websites, understand and define the components of a typical academic job application, and articulate your preferences for your job search (e.g. tenure or teaching track, urban or rural location, small or large institution…).

PREPARING ACADEMIC JOB APPLICATION DOCUMENTS
Tuesday, March 30, 1-2:30pm AST / REGISTER NOW
Building on the Academic Job Search, this webinar is specifically designed to assist students and postdoctoral fellows with the application materials required in hiring competitions for tenure track, CLA, teaching track and postdoctoral fellowship positions. By the end of this webinar, you will be able to define the purpose and general content for each document, identify campus resources for assistance with your materials, and articulate your qualifications for different types of positions (e.g. tenure vs teaching track). Documents covered in this webinar will include CV, Statement of Teaching Philosophy, Statement of Research Intent, Academic Cover Letters, and Diversity Statements. You will be provided with additional resources to help you with the writing or editing process.

REVERSE ENGINEER YOUR JOB SEARCH
Tuesday, April 6, 1-2pm AST / REGISTER NOW
In our current circumstances, much of the job search and hiring process depends on finding the right opportunities, and the right candidates. This webinar teaches you how to reverse engineer your job search by applying natural language and Boolean techniques to enhance your rankings in search results on LinkedIn, and make yourself more visible to recruiters seeking candidates with specialized skill sets. This tutorial-style webinar will also help you to identify skills, language, job titles, and organizations relevant to your preferred professions. You will receive resources and guides to assist you.