Networking

Start now! Networking is crucial. Having a contact at your prospective new job is invaluable and can eaily make the difference between success and failure. If there is a site that is no good, more useful than the description suggests, or not present, please send me any info you have to add.

Columbia University Career Services - "Contains a page on Networking and Informational Interviewing." - Michael J. Casavant (Applied Physics), MAR2001
Cornell University Career Services - "This site contains a page on Career Networking." - Michael J. Casavant (Applied Physics), MAR2001
Networking on the Network - "This site, started by a professor at UCLA, is a starter kit of networking. It has it all: how to use various mediums to network, why one needs to network, what does one say, what are the basic steps. It is concise, but effective, something no graduate student interested in getting a job can ignore. It is the entrepreneurial model of career management. Advice: use it." - Jae Chung (Anthropology) MAR2001
How to Get the Mentoring You Want - "This site, organized and maintained by University of Michigan, contains advice for all students, but it is targeted specifically for students that are traditionally underrepresented in the university settings. The article recognizes the important role mentoring plays in the success of graduate education, and sets about to teach its readers how to form mentoring relationship with faculty, all the while keeping in sight the special needs of students of underrepresented communities. Of special interest here is the problem resolution section. How to spot and resolve problems with mentors, this is a delicate moment in many graduate students's careers, and the site has some useful suggestions." - Jae Chung (Anthropology) MAR2001

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