MIT Career Advising & Professional Development (CAPD) can help you explore new and exciting careers, refine your goals and objectives, work through difficult questions, and articulate your most valuable skills. Your master’s program will go by fast, so take advantage CAPD programming and learn how to productively engage in career planning, grow your own powerful networks, and communicate effectively with employers who need you on their teams.
How can you make a strong first impression, and convince someone to hire you, on one page? That’s the challenge of crafting the perfect resume: it can either help you land a job interview or send your application to the …
In my job, I investigate the solid form of a compound or active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) to see the way its molecules are arranged. Ibuprofen and acetaminophen are two such APIs. The compounds come …
“There hasn’t been any point during my career when recognition through authorship has not been essential,” says Martin Rolfs, a professor in experimental psychology at the Humboldt University of Berlin in Germany. As a Ph.D. student and …
By Simona Rosu
Simona RosuSenior Assistant Director, Postdoctoral Career and Professional Development
Who: Open to anyone at MIT and especially designed for those in teaching roles (faculty, teaching staff, TAs).
What: In this online module, you can explore why inclusive teaching is relevant and important by articulating the multiple intersecting identities you …
By Simona Rosu
Simona RosuSenior Assistant Director, Postdoctoral Career and Professional Development
Career Advising and Professional Development (CAPD) and the Office of Graduate Education (OGE) have launched the 2021-2022 Mentoring Circle initiative for Graduate Students of Color. Through this month-long program (mid-October through mid-November), students have the opportunity to connect with alumni …
By Elsie Otero
Elsie OteroAssistant Director, Graduate Student Professional Development