PhD & Postdoc Career Night draws over 200 participants

On March 16, Career Advising and Professional Development hosted our first PhD & Postdoc Career Night. Our planning team conceptualized this event consisting of four PhD/postdoc alumni panels in the afternoon alongside an evening networking session featuring employers from a variety of different fields and organizations. 

Our first set of panel events offered concurrent discussions of Careers in Industry for Engineers and Careers in Industry for the Sciences, and a second round of concurrent sessions included panels focused on specific fields of interest—Careers in Consulting and Careers in Tech Transfer and Communication. Combined, these alumni-led conversations drew over 200 PhD and postdoc participants!     

As the panel sessions closed, the networking session began! We welcomed 19 employers to the new MIT Welcome Center to meet with students and postdocs. Representatives came from national labs, consulting firms, government agencies, trading/financial firms, biotech, and more looking for PhD and postdoc level-talent to bring to their organizations.   

We’re looking forward to iterating on this event in the coming years as we continue to encourage career exploration among PhDs and postdocs by demonstrating the diversity of opportunities available to our most advanced trainees.

By Alexis Boyer
Alexis Boyer Alexis Boyer Assistant Director, Graduate Student Career Services