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Hot on the heels of last week’s look at the revamped home page for our graduate students and postdocs, we’re taking a look at a revamped career students for STEM grad students and postdocs! J. Michael and A. Mylène are joined by Tara Giagrande, Administrative Assistant for the graduate student teams in Career Services, who tells us all about this week’s Biosciences Career Fair. Enjoy!

Celebrating 70 episodes! Special guest Helen Pho, Associate Director at Penn Career Services, joins us to talk about the major overhaul coming to the PhD and Postdoc section of our website. While on the topic, Michael and Mylène highlight other new additions and classic hidden gems of the sometimes overwhelming CS website. Enjoy! Show Notes Graduate Student landing page (Will update to new site when live) New Digital Career Resources page

Early in your career but not sure where you’re ultimately headed? Just starting the job search but don’t know what your end game is? Just starting out but totally don’t know what you want to do with your life? A. Mylène Kerschner and J. Michael DeAngelis have you covered. Enjoy! Show Notes Setting Long Term Career Goals (via The Muse)

Inspired by a recent blog post by our colleague, J. Michael and A. Mylène take a look at some of the challenges facing international students at Penn and catalog some of the many resources available to them through Career Services, Penn and globally! Enjoy! Show Notes Blog Post: Resources for New International Students Goin Global (CS Online Subscriptions, Requires PennKey)

On Campus Recruiting season is officially underway. We know that it can be overwhelming, even confusing and it’s the one area of Handshake that isn’t as straightforward as it could be. Luckily, Natty Leach, our Handshake job and internships manager stops by to clarify things for A. Mylène and J. Michael. Enjoy! Show Notes On Campus Recruiting Virtual Tour On Campus Recruiting Orientation Handshake mobile app (iOS) Handshake mobile app (Android)

SEASON FINALE. We’ve come to the end of another school year and another season of CS Radio. We’ve also come to the end of Pat Rose’s time as director of Career Services at Penn. We’re joined by an incredible array of guests who stopped by to reflect on Pat’s time at Penn and her contributions to Career Services. CS Radio will be back in September, but remember that Penn Career Services is open all summer long to both students and alumni. Thank you for listening and we’ll see you in season four! Enjoy!

It’s time for the spring grab bag! A little of this, a little of that, but all questions that we’ve been hearing lately in career advising appointments. Thank you notes, mistakes on an application, gearing up for a move, we’re going to cover all of it this week on the penultimate episode of the season! Enjoy! Show Notes Thank You Notes What to Do When You Make a Mistake on an Application (via The Muse) Relocation Resources

Unsure what to wear to an interview? An info session? The first day on the job? Just what is business casual anyway? Fashion is ever changing and the rules about what is appropriate business attire not only changes over time, but from company to company. This week, Michael and Mylène (well, mostly Mylène) try to answer as many questions as is fashionable in a thirty minute podcast! Plus, we take a quick look at the ways Career Services can help those who are in need get new work clothes for free. Enjoy!

April is here and with it brings spring weather, the start of baseball season and the end of the semester. Yet, unbelievably, it may be time to start thinking ahead to fall recruiting! Michael and Mylène help you take a deep breath, sort out which industries will be recruiting in the fall (for summer 2020!), which stay with a more traditional timetable and why this accelerated recruiting process is happening in the banking industry. All that and more! Enjoy!

We’ve got a guest host in the house! While Mylène is off on a well deserved vacation, N. Thomas Leach sits in with J. Michael DeAngelis to discuss career plans surveys. For seniors, it can seem like one more piece of busy work to complete during an already busy time, but the information collected is invaluable to Career Services and to your peers. Natty and Michael discuss how the information is collected, why it’s important and the many ways that current students can access and interact with the survey data when planning their own careers. Enjoy!

Thank you for being a loyal listener through 60 great episodes! This week, Mylène and Michael discuss an idea brought to them by an alum user of our office – how to make the most of your first 30, 60 and 90 days on a new job! Plus, some announcements about Penn Career Services tech offerings that frequent users will want to hear. Something for everyone in this week’s celebratory episode. Enjoy! Show Notes The 30/60/90 Plan (from Glassdoor) A pat on the back! Penn Career Services Digital Career Resources

Two separate but related topics this week. First, Mylène hopes a story from her own past will help you have a better future as we talk about the down and dirty truth about negotiating salaries. Then, we’re really happy to welcome our colleague Helen Pho into the studio. Helen is an adviser on the graduate student and postdocs team and has specifically been heading up programming and initiatives aimed at first-generation graduate students. Find out about some of the work she’s already been doing and what’s being planned – there’s a lot to get excited about. Enjoy! Show Notes Mylène’s blog post “Don’t Leave Money Behind: A Negotiation Webinar for Women” (featuring CS Director Pat Rose) Graduate Student Resources from Penn Career Services

Michael has been on the road again exploring careers in entertainment. This time, he takes us out to LA to learn about the having a manager and/or an agent and pitching a screenplay to Hollywood. Back on the East Coast, Mylène honors President’s Day by helping you navigate the sometimes difficult process of applying for jobs in the federal government. All that and more on this week’s bi-coastal episode! Enjoy! Show Notes Digital Career Resources (from Career Services): Includes access to Tom Manatos Job Board for government jobs and Variety for careers in entertainment. USA Jobs Partnership for Public Service

Michael and Mylène take you live (on digital tape) to the Spring Career Fair to speak with two recruiters – one from the world of finance and engineering and the second from a non-profit look to recruit diverse talent into the housing market. A brief but fascinating episode this week! Enjoy!

Sorry for the short delay in getting this week’s episode online. It’s a terrible way to make a first impression, which is exactly what we’re talking about on this week’s episode! Mylène takes a look at an article from the Wall Street Journal that discusses the various signals we can give off in the first seconds of a meeting. We’re focused today on keeping that job after you’ve landed it! Also, from the vaults, Michael finds a recording from 1992 of a program that we still give every year! What’s changed in the nearly three decades? Tune in and find out! Enjoy!

It’s career fair season again. It’s possible that you find keeping up with all the employers you have or want to connect with daunting. It can be easy to be overwhelmed or feel disorganized before, during or after a career fair. Michael and Mylène discuss some of the techniques they like to use to stay on top of things, including the online platforms JobTreks and CareerFair+. Plus…are business cards still a thing? Are career fairs even still a thing? All that and much more on this week’s episode! Enjoy! Show Notes Upcoming Career Fairs JobTreks on our Digital Career Resources page Career Fair Plus (iOS) Career Fair Plus (Android)

It’s the last episode of 2017! The end is in sight, but the stress of finals, papers and even the impending holidays can really be killer. This week, Michael and Mylène discuss how you can wrap up 2017 in a really positive way and head into 2018 with your best foot forward! Find out about how making a very short list of your successes and finding ways to talk about them over the holiday break can make you happier and more career ready! We’ll see you back here in late January! Happy holidays!

This week, we review two articles that recently came across our desks in Career Services. The first talks about a timely subject – using the winter holiday season for your job search. Then we look at a story about being aware of cultural differences about social media when working and volunteering abroad, with a special appearance by social media sensation Savior Barbie. Enjoy!

Colleges and universities across the country, and Penn in particular, are starting to pay more attention to the special needs of First Generation and Low Income (FIGLI) students. This week, Michael and Mylène are joined in the studio by first generation student Ana Miletic (COL ’18), who is the professional development chair for PennFirst – Penn’s student run body aimed at connecting FIGLI students with one another and offering support and increased awareness of the many services open to them. Join us for this very special and insightful conversation with an amazing student leader. Show Notes Penn First homepage FIGLI resources from VPUL

Happy Thanksgiving! We’re unbelievably grateful to have reached this, our milestone 50th episode! We’ve gathered together an all star line up of our Career Services colleagues to reflect on what they’re grateful for this holiday season. Plus, Mylène and Michael discuss how students can best use their Thanksgiving break for their career search and tips for having those sometimes stressful turkey day dinner table conversations. Thank you for listening and subscribing – here’s to the next 50!