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.
MIT Addir is a hub for students, staff, and faculty to come together to explore interfaith issues.
Addir is centered around dialogue. Fellows are split into small groups (of 5-8 students) of diverse backgrounds. For the entire academic year, small group …
Many of us in Career Advising & Professional Development (CAPD) have had an opportunity to play around with the latest disruptive technology: ChatGPT from OpenAI. ChatGPT, a chatbot prototype launched in November 2022, has …
By Erik Pavesic
Erik PavesicAssistant Director, Career Advising & Training
Mentorship is essential in developing science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) professionals. It is a set of skills that can and should be learned, practiced, and improved upon with self-reflection and feedback. If you are a mentor or mentee …
By Amanda Cornwall
Amanda CornwallAssociate Director, Graduate Student Professional Development
I never would have gotten here without luck. I worry about all the bright, passionate, capable students from underresourced countries and less privileged backgrounds who don’t have the same family support and encouraging, open-minded mentors. I …
By Simona Rosu
Simona RosuSenior Assistant Director, Postdoctoral Career and Professional Development
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, companies across all major industries have been challenged to rethink how, and where, work gets done. These fundamental considerations for organizations (including transitioning to hybrid work styles, evolving digital communication mediums and striving …