The 2017 Fall Career Fair will take place at the Bryce Jordan Center from Tuesday, September 12 through Thursday, September 14. Graduate students will be able to meet with over 450 different companies looking to hire STEM-majors.

Including the career fair, Penn State’s Career Services office will be hosting a number of events to prepare graduate students for the career fair. Relevant sessions, all held in room 103 Bank of America Career Services Center unless noted otherwise, include the following:

Tuesday, September 5

6:30pm – 7:30pm – Branding Yourself on Social Media (LinkedIn & more)

Wednesday, September 6

Print 10 Resumes for Free (while supplies last) – Copy Central, HUB

12:30pm – 1:30pm – Dress to Impress
4:00pm – 5:00pm – Finding Your Top 5 Orgs
5:15pm – 6:15pm – After the Handshake
6:30pm – 7:30pm – Disclosing Disabilities

Thursday, September 7

12:30pm – 1:30pm – Tips for International and Graduate Students
4:00pm – 5:00pm – Resume Tips for Technical Majors
5:15pm – 6:15pm – Interviewing Tips for Technical Majors

Monday, September 11

1:00pm – 4:00pm – Resume Review

Tuesday, September 12

6:00pm – 8:00pm – Fall Engineering Networking Reception

The Fall Engineering Networking Reception gives engineering students and recruiters the opportunity to meet and mingle in an informal atmosphere prior to the Technical Recruiting Day at Fall Career Days. See a full list of employers attending.

RSVP to attend here.

Thursday, September 14

11:00am – 4:00pm – Fall Career Days, Technical Full-Time – Bryce Jordan Center

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The College of Engineering and the University Fellowships Office are hosting information sessions on applying for an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Each session will feature a panel that includes a previously successful NSF GRFP applicant and a CoE faculty member. The meeting will outline general application requirements and describe specific qualities of successful applications.

The times, dates, and locations of these sessions are as follows:

Thursday, August 31, 2:30 – 3:30pm in 202 Hammond Building
Thursday, August 31, 4:00 – 5:00pm in 202 Hammond Building
Tuesday, September 19, 3:00 – 4:00pm in 119 Kern Building
Thursday, September 21, 6:00 – 7:00pm in 125 Reber Building

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