The Career Mobility Committee is a monthly forum for graduate students and post-docs to engage with invited speakers to learn and explore different career opportunities after graduating with their doctoral degree. The forum is intended to run throughout the year, and is scheduled for the second Wednesday of each month of the academic year excluding December, January and May. Speakers are invited from industry, government, or nonprofit organizations to discuss their workplace experiences and share their personal stories of how they landed their current position with a doctoral degree in biology/biomedical science. As the format is interactive, young professionals are highly encouraged to attend the forum and actively participate in the discussion.
Career Mobility Planning Committee:
Wyatt Chia
Jonathon Ferrell
Trevor Wolf
Selina Yao
Contact: mobility@uvm.edu
2019-2020 Career Mobility Schedule:
| Date, Location, Time | Speaker |
|---|---|
| September 11 HSRF 400, 12:00-1:00pm |
Bridge Hunter, PhD Principal Scientist, Sanofi |
| November 12 HSRF 400, 12:00-1:00pm |
Brian Foley, PhD Research Scientist viral epidemiology, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| March 9 Mansfield Dining Room, Davis Center 8:30am-4:00pm |
"Building your network" Melissa Landon, PhD, Senior Project Engineer at Golder "Getting to the in-person interview" Spencer Fenn, PhD, Senior Scientific Recruiter, Recruitomics Consulting "Successful interviewing for scientists" Mara Neufeld Rivera, MSHRM, Vice President, Head of People & Culture at Chroma Technology Corp., Chief Human Resources Officer and Founder at Mara Rae Consulting |