Both of the seminars that we had so far Career Development 101 and Writing Academic Articles and Getting Published were both very valuable.
The Career Development 101 workshop taught us about the importance of networking and about the different valuable resources that we can make use of here at the University of Michigan. For example, the free business cards that we can get on Welcome Wednesday and the mock interviews that we can schedule. At the Engineering Career Resource Center, we can get a lot of help in areas such as resumes, cover letters, job search strategies and more. I learned from the seminar that most jobs are found through networking and not through applications. I realized that I have to be ready anytime to advertise myself. I won't know if whoever I may be talking to might be looking for someone just like me for a position or knows someone else who does.
The Writing Academic Articles and Getting Published seminar focused on preparing us for writing and publishing academic articles. This is very important in the research area. The workshop showed us what types of journals are the easiest and the hardest to try to get published in. It described how to write your article and resources that can help you work through your article, such as the Sweetland Writing Center. I first thought that it would be easier to get published, but this seminar taught me otherwise. Getting published is a painstakingly slow and difficult process. I initially thought that it wouldn't be that bad, because you could send the article to a number of publishers and and, at least, one of them might publish it. But, no! You have to send it to only one and wait for them to get back with you which could take a long time. Even then, they can say no, revise it, or give a straight yes. If you are given the second option, you have to redo your paper as they like it and then resubmit it. Even though there is a lot of hard work involved, the reward at the end is to see your article about your research in a publishing journal.
Both these workshops helped mentally prepare me for job and publishing situations.
The Career Development 101 workshop taught us about the importance of networking and about the different valuable resources that we can make use of here at the University of Michigan. For example, the free business cards that we can get on Welcome Wednesday and the mock interviews that we can schedule. At the Engineering Career Resource Center, we can get a lot of help in areas such as resumes, cover letters, job search strategies and more. I learned from the seminar that most jobs are found through networking and not through applications. I realized that I have to be ready anytime to advertise myself. I won't know if whoever I may be talking to might be looking for someone just like me for a position or knows someone else who does.
The Writing Academic Articles and Getting Published seminar focused on preparing us for writing and publishing academic articles. This is very important in the research area. The workshop showed us what types of journals are the easiest and the hardest to try to get published in. It described how to write your article and resources that can help you work through your article, such as the Sweetland Writing Center. I first thought that it would be easier to get published, but this seminar taught me otherwise. Getting published is a painstakingly slow and difficult process. I initially thought that it wouldn't be that bad, because you could send the article to a number of publishers and and, at least, one of them might publish it. But, no! You have to send it to only one and wait for them to get back with you which could take a long time. Even then, they can say no, revise it, or give a straight yes. If you are given the second option, you have to redo your paper as they like it and then resubmit it. Even though there is a lot of hard work involved, the reward at the end is to see your article about your research in a publishing journal.
Both these workshops helped mentally prepare me for job and publishing situations.
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