Biophysical Society Newsletter | December 2016

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BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER

DECEMBER

Career Development Center Joe Tringali and Andrew Green will lead workshops throughout the Annual Meeting and provide one-on-one career counsel- ing sessions in the Career Development Center from Saturday, February 11, through Tuesday, February 14. Registration is required for the limited number of one-on-one career counseling sessions. Please sign up for these appointments onsite at the meeting beginning Saturday morning, February 11. These signups are on a first-come, first-served basis, one session per person. Please come to your appointment prepared with

4:00 PM – 5:00pm

Ten Tough Industrial Interview Questions (and Ten Pretty Good Responses) Joe Tringali)

One-on-One Resume and Career Counseling 8:30am – 1:00pm | 2:30pm – 6:00pm Monday, February 13 8:00am – 8:30am Career Q&A with Joe Tringali Workshops: 10:00 AM – 11:00am Ten Tough Industrial Interview Questions (and Ten Pretty Good Responses) (Joe Tringali) 11:30am – 12:30am Demystifying the Academic Job Search II: Preparing YourWritten Application Materials: CV, Cover Letter, and Research Statement (Andrew Green) 2:30pm – 3:30pm Beyond the Bench: Preparing for Your Career Transition in the Life Sciences (Joe Tringali)

resumes, CVs, and any other appropriate material. Registration is not required for the workshops, but please show up on time! CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE: Saturday, February 11 One-on-One Resume and Career Counseling 12:40pm – 1:40pm | 2:00pm – 5:30pm Workshop: 3:00pm – 4:00pm

4:00pm – 5:00pm

The Strategic Postdoc: How to Find & Leverage Your Postdoc Experience (Andrew Green)

Networking: Optimizing Your Time at BPS 2017 (Joe Tringali)

One-on-One Resume and Career Counseling 8:30am –12:00pm | 2:00pm – 5:20pm Tuesday, February 14 8:00am – 8:30am Career Q&A with Joe Tringali Workshops: 9:30am – 10:30am

Sunday, February 12 8:00am – 8:30am

Career Q&A with Joe Tringali

Workshops: 9:00am – 10:00am

Selling Yourself to the Life Sciences Industry (Joe Tringali) 10:30am – 11:30am Looking Beyond Academia: Identifying

Demystifying the Academic Job Search II: Preparing YourWritten Applica- tion Materials: CV, Cover Letter, and Research Statement ( Andrew Green ) Selling Yourself to the Life Sciences Industry ( Joe Tringali ) Looking Beyond Academia: Identifying Your Career Options Using MyIDP, LinkedIn &More ( Andrew Green )

Your Career Options Using MyIDP, LinkedIn &More (Andrew Green)

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Networking: Optimizing Your Time at BPS 2017 (Joe Tringali) Demystifying the Academic Job Search I: Understanding the Search Process from the Perspective of Search Committees and Decoding Job Announcements (Andrew Green)

11:30pm – 12:30pm

2:30pm – 3:30pm

2:30pm – 3:30pm

One-on-One Resume and Career Counseling 8:00am – 12:00pm | 1:30pm – 5:00pm

www.biophysics.org/2017meeting