Instructors: Meng Xiao, Ph.D., Career Counselor, Graduate College

Description:

This session will help guide graduate and professional students to map out their career path after graduation. Facilitators will help tackle some concerns international graduate students might have regarding employment in the United States. Facilitators will assist participants to discover potential career interests and prepare for future employment.

Participants who attend this session will learn:

• skills to navigate cultural expectations in the job search process

• strategies to utilize in the professional context outside the University of Iowa

• skills to prepare for applying for a job and prioritizing materials in job application

• job interview strategies and techniques

• strategies to effectively negotiate and communicate with potential employers

Engaging Across Cultures is offered by International Student and Scholar Services and extends the success of our Building Our Global Community series for staff and faculty by creating a special series tailored to graduate and professional students at the University of Iowa. Engaging Across Cultures is a non-academic, professional development certificate program that creates an opportunity for UI graduate and professional students to learn more about fostering an intercultural campus while honing skills that will carry into the future workplace.

Engaging Across Cultures includes subjects of interest to both domestic and international students. Participants earn a certificate by completing a series of sessions (a required introduction session + two electives), which may also be included in a professional development section on a resume or CV.