Career Exploration

Beyond the Professoriate

[GSAS Doctoral students only, including HILS] Beyond the Professoriate is an online professional development training platform that helps PhD students successfully transition into academic or nonacademic career paths. 

Nature Masterclass - Networking for Researchers

‘Networking for Researchers’ covers the key elements needed to acquire or perfect effective professional networking skills for scientific researchers. All NMCs are free w/ HarvardKey.

2022 May 11

[Career Navigator Workshop] Leveraging LinkedIn with Evan Walsh and Milka Kostic, Ph.D.

4:00pm to 5:00pm

Location: 

Zoom - Register for Details

LinkedIn is a powerful tool to help you promote yourself professionally and network with industry professionals – if used correctly.  Come to this interactive workshop to learn best practices to create a strong LinkedIn profile to maximize your online professional presence.  Additionally, LinkedIn is  a commonly used job platform so learning how to utilize the site for your job search will also be discussed.

As the Career Advisor...

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2022 Apr 02

The GradFUTURES Forum Presented by Princeton University, Day 6

(All day)

Location: 

Virtual - Register for Details

With dozens of engaging keynote speakers, skill-building workshops, and networking sessions, the GradFUTURES Forum is free and open to all graduate students, graduate alumni, post-docs, faculty, and administrators at Princeton and beyond!

The Forum highlights the diverse career options within and beyond the academy, emphasizes inspirational stories and practical, data-driven advice, and facilitates connections and community.

This multi-day professional development conference was established in 2020 and brings together graduate students, graduate alumni, thought...

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2022 Apr 01

The GradFUTURES Forum Presented by Princeton University, Day 5

(All day)

Location: 

Virtual - Register for Details

With dozens of engaging keynote speakers, skill-building workshops, and networking sessions, the GradFUTURES Forum is free and open to all graduate students, graduate alumni, post-docs, faculty, and administrators at Princeton and beyond!

The Forum highlights the diverse career options within and beyond the academy, emphasizes inspirational stories and practical, data-driven advice, and facilitates connections and community.

This multi-day professional development conference was established in 2020 and brings together graduate students, graduate alumni, thought...

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2022 Mar 31

The GradFUTURES Forum Presented by Princeton University, Day 4

(All day)

Location: 

Virtual - Register for Details

With dozens of engaging keynote speakers, skill-building workshops, and networking sessions, the GradFUTURES Forum is free and open to all graduate students, graduate alumni, post-docs, faculty, and administrators at Princeton and beyond!

The Forum highlights the diverse career options within and beyond the academy, emphasizes inspirational stories and practical, data-driven advice, and facilitates connections and community.

This multi-day professional development conference was established in 2020 and brings together graduate students, graduate alumni, thought...

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2022 Mar 30

The GradFUTURES Forum Presented by Princeton University, Day 3

(All day)

Location: 

Virtual - Register for Details

With dozens of engaging keynote speakers, skill-building workshops, and networking sessions, the GradFUTURES Forum is free and open to all graduate students, graduate alumni, post-docs, faculty, and administrators at Princeton and beyond!

The Forum highlights the diverse career options within and beyond the academy, emphasizes inspirational stories and practical, data-driven advice, and facilitates connections and community.

This multi-day professional development conference was established in 2020 and brings together graduate students, graduate alumni, thought...

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2022 Mar 28

The GradFUTURES Forum Presented by Princeton University

Mon Mar 28 (All day) to Sat Apr 2 (All day)

Location: 

Zoom - Register for Details

With dozens of engaging keynote speakers, skill-building workshops, and networking sessions, the GradFUTURES Forum is free and open to all graduate students, graduate alumni, post-docs, faculty, and administrators at Princeton and beyond!

The Forum highlights the diverse career options within and beyond the academy, emphasizes inspirational stories and practical, data-driven advice, and facilitates connections and community.

This multi-day professional development conference was established in 2020 and brings together graduate students, graduate alumni, thought...

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2022 Jan 28

Biotech, Pharma, & Healthcare Expo

1:00pm to 4:00pm

Location: 

Zoom - Register for Details

Calling all Master's students interested in learning about  Biotech, Pharma, & Healthcare careers!

Email us at pge_career_nav@hms.harvard.edu for signup information on the annual Biotech, Pharma, & Healthcare Expo, taking place virtually on Friday, January 28th from 1:00-4:00pm ET.  This will include a temporary login for Crimson Careers. Please include your first name...

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2021 Jun 03

HGWISE Career Panel: Academia to Industry

5:00pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Zoom - Register for Details

Interested in transitioning from academia to industry roles? Come hear from panelists in biotechs & venture capital space who are leveraging their scientific training to build impactful companies.

Thursday, June 3, 2021
5-6pm EST
Zoom link: Will be sent to RSVP'ed attendees

Hosted by Harvard Graduate Women in Science and Engineering (HGWISE). We hope to see you there!

-- Speaker Bios --

Peyton Greenside is Co-founder and CSO of BigHat Biosciences, an early-stage Bay Area startup developing an AI-first experimental platform to radically reduce the...

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2021 Jun 11

Harvard Graduate Consulting Club Consulting Career Fair

12:00pm to 4:00pm

Location: 

Zoom - Register for Details

The Harvard GSAS Consulting Club is excited to host our first virtual Consulting Career Fair on Friday, June 11th from 12 - 4 pm. Whether you are just starting to consider consulting and want to explore more or you are applying for full-time employment in the coming months, this year’s fair will have something valuable and exciting for everyone! For example:

 

1- “Firm Flash Talks” (12 - 2 pm)

Firm representatives will share the important highlights of each firm and 2021 recruitment dates; attendees will receive tickets to enter our...

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2021 May 24

Molecular Mechanistic Biology 2021 Virtual Symposium

9:00am to 11:00am

Location: 

Zoom - Register for Details

This year's Molecular Mechanistic Biology symposium features a keynote by Dr. Katalin Karikó, whose groudbreaking research on the use of mRNA for therapy laid the groundwork for the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines. It will also feature cutting-edge research from Harvard Medical School labs presented by Bolutife Fakoya (Waldor Lab) and L. Robert Hollingsworth (Wu Lab).

 

More details: https://mmb.hms.harvard.edu/event/2021symposium

Register: ...

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2021 Apr 23

[Career Navigator Workshop] Networking: Now More than Ever

1:00pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

Zoom - Register for Details

 

You've heard that networking is the best way to find a great job or internship (it is!), but you may be hesitant to get started. The easiest and most productive way to learn about different career fields and cultivate opportunities, is to meet one-on-one with professionals working in your field of interest. You'd be surprised how welcoming and informative these conversations can be. This webinar will demystify the process of networking and give you practical tips on how to actually get out there (...

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