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Professional Communication Skills Boot Camp for Graduate Students

Online and in-person

The Professional Communication Skills Boot Camp is a three-part series intended to increase students’ confidence communicating to broader audiences and practice developing persuasive skills that will create effective messaging and relay the importance of one’s research.

Effectively Communicating with a Mentor

online

Effective communication is key to a successful mentor-mentee relationship. This workshop will provide participants opportunities to generate approaches that address communication challenges with academic mentors and strategies for assertive, clear communication. All graduate students are welcome to attend. REGISTER

Imposter Syndrome and Resiliency

online

This workshop will unmask approaches and tools that graduate students can implement immediately to help overcome the unique challenges they face, especially early in their degree matriculation process. Participants will learn evidence-based strategies to develop a growth mindset, reduce ANTs, … Read more

Enhancing Interpersonal and Leadership Effectiveness

Graduate Student Center 211A West Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The desired outcome of this session is to provide participants with needed “people” skills that are paramount to team and organizational effectiveness. Each will understand to how to create work environments that foster engagement and productive working relationships. This workshop … Read more

Social Media for the Savvy Academic

online

Approximately 1.9 million academics use LinkedIn as a networking tool and as an alternative place to list CV material. While the number of academics on Twitter is not quite so high, in recent years, both PhD students and young academics … Read more

Why Your Resume Isn’t Getting You Interviews

online

Are you submitting resumes to online job postings but hearing nothing back? You’re not alone. Research shows that only 8% of resumes submitted to online job posts receive a request for an interview. Why is that? Chances are, it’s not … Read more