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Career Development Forum
Providing interactions and resources for job seekers in uCity Square, geared towards students and entry level career science professionals.
Network with local professionals in a range of scientific careers, hear from people with some of the most interesting jobs in the region, and receive 1-on-1 feedback from career coaches.
With a mix of resume consulting, a handful of hiring companies, and activities that will help you hone your interviewing skills, you’ll walk away from this event with real-world career support.
Meet in small groups with experts in various STEM fields.
Several panels will introduce you to influential people with fascinating career pathways.
Collaborators: Penn Career Services, Drexel Career Services
Lunch will be served!
Registration: Check in, peruse the list of activities for the day, locate special interest groups, grab a headshot time!
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM: Vendor Tables, Special Interest Groups
Recruiters from Integral Molecular, Workforce Genetics, Campus Philly, Actalent, MIXtalent, Pfizer, J+J, IAVI
Experts for 1:1 conversations from Penn Medicine, Drexel CCI, Coded By, Process Engineering and Regulatory Affairs, Cell Therapy and more
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM: Professional Headshots
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Speed Interviewing with Andrew Davies from Artly Working
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Panel 1 – Honing Your Transferrable Skills
Phill Brooks (Graduate Philadelphia), Michelle Ottey (CIC), Vishal Goyal (BiteLabs), Atul Shah (Philly Health Link)
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: Lunch
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM: Panel 2 – Cool Jobs in STEM and How to Get Them
Rachel Fong (Integral), Lindsay Fitzpatrick (Executive Headhunter at Genuine Search Group), Ahmed Barakat (Monell), Michelle Cully (PA Dpt of Economic Development)
