Transcript rpi Society Of Women Engineers

RPI SOCIETY OF
WOMEN ENGINEERS
Welcome to our 4 th General Body Meeting, February 2010
Resume Critiques
by Career Development Center
Agenda
 Ice breaker
 Upcoming Events
 Working a Career Fair with Mark Lyden
 Special invitation: Broadridge Info Session
 Home SWE Home
 Quizbowl
 Outreach
 Exploring Engineering Day (EED)
 CDC Resume Critique
http://swe.union.rpi.edu/
Ice Breaker
Upcoming Events
 Tue Feb 2, 5pm – 6pm
Working a Career Fair with Mark Lyden - CII 3045
 Wed Feb 3, 12pm – 5pm
CDC Career Fair - The Armory
 Thu Feb 4, 2pm – 3pm
Special invitation: Broadridge Info Session - Union 3202
 Sun Feb 7, 11am – 1pm
E-board Meeting - Union 2424
 Thu Feb 11, 6:30pm – 7:30pm:
Home SWE Home - Union 3202
 Tue Feb 16, 6pm – 8pm
Quizbowl - DCC 308, 318, 324
 Sat Feb 20
Exploring Engineering Day (EED)
Working a Career Fair with Mark Lyden
 Who is Mark Lyden?
 Author of “College Students Do This!
Get Hired!”
 Lead College Recruiter for a Fortune 50 company
 Recruiter for technical and non-technical majors at all levels from
Freshman through Ph.D.
 Mentor and interviewer of thousands of college candidates
 Past Manager of one the top Co-op / Intern programs in the country.
 Mark has a BS, MS, and one year of Ph.D. study in the areas of Business,
Human Factors Engineering & Education, and Psychology.
 "I plan on giving you and the group some KILLER GOOD tips and tricks to
use for the Career Fair the next day. These tips and tricks are VERY
POWERFUL and can mean the difference between you getting an interview
or not with a company. Plus these tips and tricks work for ALL companies and
not just Boeing; they are proven to work...so those attending our meeting will
have a SIGNIFICANT COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE!“
– Mark Lyden
Working a Career Fair with Mark Lyden
 Date: TOMORROW Tues. Feb 2
 Time: 5pm – 6pm
 Location: CII 3045
 Who: Those Planning on Attending the Career Fair
Broadridge Information Session
 Thursday Feb 4, /2pm – 3pm / Union 3202
 Broadridge is a leading full-service outsourcing
provider to the global financial industry, capable
of meeting the most demanding requirements for
efficient, secure and scalable operational support.
 Position: Management Training Program
Contact: Norma-Ester Medina, [email protected]
Home SWE Home
 Date: Thursday Feb 11,
 Time: 6:30pm – 7:30pm
 Location: Union 3202
 Learn about moving off campus
Contact: Kerri Freer [[email protected]]
Quizbowl
 Tue Feb 16 / 6pm – 8pm / DCC 308, 318, 324
 Help Plan the event
 Join the committee
 Start a Team
 Teams are 3-5 people
 1st place gets $300
 2nd gets $200
 3rd gets $100
 Sponsored by Cisco
Contact: Courtney Dunham, [email protected]
Outreach: EED preparations
 Date: Wed. February 3rd
 Time: 7-8pm
 Location: Union 2124
 Making “follow me” gear
signs for each group
Contact: Andie Maret, [email protected]
Exploring Engineering Day
Saturday, Feb. 20
Snowdate: Sat., Feb. 27
 ~280 students in
grades 3-6 rotate
through different
engineering activities
in the morning and
afternoon
EED Volunteers Needed!
 Signage Posting/Take
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Down
Group Chaperones
Parent Chaperones
Direction Givers
Cleanup
 See Erin to sign up after
the GBM
 [email protected]
 Free breakfast and
lunch
 Earn a SWE point
 Interact with kids
National Membership
 Standard Collegiate membership
 $20/year
 Eligibility for SWE Scholarships
 Access to the online SWE Career Center
 Access to the SWE Membership Database
 FREE Professional development Webinars
 Discounted Conference Registration
 Discounted Kaplan courses
 20% off FE & PE
 $50 off GRE, GMAT, LSAT prep classes
 FREE SWE Magazine subscription
You must be a paid National Member to claim SWE membership on your resume
Contact: Jenna Covill, [email protected]
Career Development Center Resume Critiquing
Please welcome
Stacy Galarneau
&
Dr. Diana Leis Delker
Director of Cooperative Education &
Sr. Associate Director, CDC
See you at our Next GBM
Monday, February 22nd 7-8pm