Author: Alyssa D’Alconzo, GSE ’04, GRD ’11
The Alumni Education Office partners with Career Services to offer a wide array of professional development seminars and workshops exclusively for alumni. Whether you’re expanding your network and looking for your first job, preparing for a mid-career change, connecting with other executives, or building your professional skills, Penn Alumni Career Networking is your guide.
Below is a list of upcoming online events; for a full list of upcoming events, click here. And don’t forget you can connect with Penn Alumni worldwide anytime using the new QuakerNet!
Penn Spectrum Virtual Networking: Strengthen Your Connections
March 4, 2014
8:00 PM (ET)
Alumni Register Now!
Join a diverse group of alumni from around the country for career-focucsed speednetworking online from anywhere you may be: home, office, anywhere. This is an opportunity to ask questions, provide answers, exchange contact information, and build your Penn alumni network. Choose one of four career “booths” and be matched with others at random for text-based chats. You never know whom you might meet, so don’t miss this chance to seek career advice, share your professional experiences, and strenthen your connections. *This is an alumni only event.
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Penn Alumni Network Roulette: Career & Alumni Connections in California
Build your Penn network in Northern & Southern California
March 25, 2014
9:00pm (EDT) – 10:00pm (EDT)
Students and Alumni Register Now!
Penn Alumni Network Roulette enables you to speed-network from wherever you are: home, office, library, or even on the road. Students and alumni will be randomly matched for 9-minute text-based chats that provide an opportunity to ask questions, make new connections, and exchange contact information. Choose one of two geographically focused sections to be paired with others in Northern or Southern California.
Penn Alumni Network Roulette: Career & Alumni Connections in India
April 1, 2014
10:30am (EDT) – 11:30am (EDT)
8:00pm – 9:oopm IT
Students and Alumni Register Now!
Are you an alumnus with advice for current students or new graduates? Do you want to share your industry experience? Is there something you wished you had known when you were an undergrad? Are you a current student seeking advice from someone working and living in India? Students are encouraged to take advantage of this unique opportunity to build their Penn India network. Alumni currently living in India are invited to give back to Penn by offering advice and helping students interested in working and living in India. Choose one of four geographically focused sections to be paired with others in Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata, or Mumbai.
Penn Alumni Network Roulette: Career & yPenn Alumni Connections in Chicago and Boston
April 8, 2014
8:00pm (EDT) – 9:00pm (EDT)
Students and Alumni Register Now!
Are you a yPenn alumnus with advice for current students or other young alumni? Do you want to share your industry experience? Are you looking for a great, simple way to give your time back to Penn? Are you a current student seeking advice from someone working and living in Chicago or Boston? Are you a young alumnus looking to switch cities or careers? Whichever side of the chat you’re on, sign up today to connect with members of the Penn community in one of these exciting cities! Choose one of two geographically focused sections to be paired with others in Chicago or Boston. We welcome all who currently live in one of these two cities, or who are just interested in learning more about working and living there!
Women Returning to Work – Two Part Series
- PART 1. Webinar Co-Sponsored by Alumni Career Networking, Career Services and the Association of Alumnae
April 29, 2014
11:00am (EDT) – 12:00pm (EDT)Join us for a webinar with three experts who will address finding fit and branding, resume writing, and recruiting.
- PART 2. Penn Alumnae Network Roulette: Women Returning to Work
Co-Sponsored by Alumni Career Networking, Career Services and Association of Alumnae
May 6, 2014
1:00pm (EDT) – 2:00pm (EDT)
Alumni Register Now! Would you benefit from expanding your professional network and advice on returning to work? Do you have experience transitioning back to work that you are willing to share with others? Take advantage of this unique opportunity to connect with other Penn alumnae who have or are looking to return to work. Join alumnae from around the world for a career transition focused networking session. Penn Alumni Network Roulette enables you to speed-network online from wherever you may be: home, office, or even on the road. Alumnae will be randomly matched for 9-minute text-based chats that provide an opportunity to ask questions, make new connections, and exchange contact information. Join the webinar prior to the networking session.
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