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Academics and Your Career Goals: How to leverage your time at HGSE

Academics and Your Career Goals: How to leverage your time at HGSE. Career Services Office. U.S. Cultural Competency True or False. It is proper to interrupt a professor or supervisor to ask questions.

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Academics and Your Career Goals: How to leverage your time at HGSE

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  1. Academics and Your Career Goals: How to leverage your time at HGSE Career Services Office

  2. U.S. Cultural CompetencyTrue or False • It is proper to interrupt a professor or supervisor to ask questions. • A man should extend his hand to a woman in a business meeting and offer a firm handshake. • It is appropriate to directly express disagreement with a teacher or supervisor. • You have a better chance of getting a position in a company if a family member is also in the company. • You should answer questions with strong eye contact with professors and supervisors. • Knowing a person slightly in an organization can lead to this person referring you to a position. • Grades matter in getting a position in education. • It is proper to talk about your individual accomplishments in casual conversations with fellow students and colleagues.

  3. Strategic planning… • Going back to your home country? • Optional Practical Training? • H1B Visa? • Green Card? • J1 Visa with plans to return to the U.S.?

  4. 12 Month Timeline What you need to know to develop your timeline: • Preferred sector • Hiring practices for this sector • Understand your gaps in experience to the function you would like to obtain. • Working backwards: • Fill your gaps • Develop your professional relationships • Develop your marketing materials • Practice for your interviews • Apply for OPT* • Reach out to your professional relationships • Apply with expectation that employment will not come immediately *If seeking in the U.S.

  5. Challenges & Opportunities

  6. Leveraging Your Academics for Career Success • Educational Knowledge & Cultural Competencies' • Ask questions that relate to your gaps in experience or knowledge. • Develop projects around your gaps in experience or knowledge to build into your resume. • Mimic and ask questions of the U.S. based students regarding knowledge and culture. • Ask U.S. based students questions about their previous job searches. • Establishing professional networks • Ask students where they previously worked and the culture. • Reach out to alumni in organizations to help you with your projects. • Talk to speakers prior or after each event. Ask to stay in contact. • Set-up a LinkedIn account to stay in touch with contacts. • Get involved in leadership roles within your cohort.

  7. Getting Started! • Programming Specific to non U.S. national students (handout) • CSO Orientations: August 24, 10-11 AM or August 29, • CSO Program Orientations – check Hired and program listservs • 24/7 Access – Ed.M. Online Resource Center and Hired. • Gap Analysis • Internships • Networking resources • Contacts • LinkedIn and Crimson Compass • Semi- open networker – suttonva@gse.harvard.edu • Tip sheet on Ed.M. Online Resource Center

  8. Cultural CompetencyTrue or False • It is proper to interrupt a professor or supervisor to ask questions. • A woman should extend her hand in a business meeting and offer a firm handshake. • It is appropriate to directly express disagreement with a teacher or supervisor. • You have a better chance of getting a position in a company if a family member is also in the company. • You should answer questions with strong eye contact with professors and supervisors. • Knowing a person slightly in an organization can lead to this person referring you to a position. • Grades matter in getting a position in education. • It is proper to talk about your individual accomplishments in casual conversations with fellow students and colleagues.

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