LCE Games; Declutter Your Mind and Tidy Up Your Job Search
Independent Activities Period (IAP)
MIT Independent Activities Period (IAP) has a new website. Now all non-credit IAP activities are listed on the MIT Events Calendar.
IAP 2022 began on Monday, January 3, 2022 and ends on Friday, January 28, 2022.
ISO-sponsored events for IAP
What Every International Student and Trainee
Should Know about U.S. Employment Wednesday, January 19
1pm to 2:30pm via Zoom
Registration required on Handshake
Dan Beaudry, former head of campus recruiting at Monster.com, shares the potent job search system used by many international students and trainees to find U.S. employment. H-1B’s are won in ways you likely don’t expect. What you’ll discover in this presentation may surprise you:
• Learn how to secure H-1B sponsorship at companies that have a policy against sponsoring H-1B visas.
• Learn why 80 percent of open jobs are never advertised – and how to find them before anyone else.
• Learn why human resources is often an obstacle instead of a conduit to finding a U.S. job-and how to bypass it.
• Learn why submitting résumés online is not an effective use of your time-and how you can better invest that time.
Dan’s programs at MIT have been very popular in years past. Find more information about him and his book, The International Student’s Guide to Finding a Job in the United States, at www.powerties.net. This CAPD event is open to MIT undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and alumni.
This event is sponsored by Career Advising & Professional Development, the Office of Graduate Education, the Office of the Vice President of Research, and the International Students Office.
LCE Conversation Cafe and Games Thursday, January 20
4pm via Zoom
Registration is required: https://bit.ly/3q0dmyl
Join us to meet other language enthusiasts, language learners, and native speakers of languages you’d like to practice. This is a great way to find a language partner and play some games in different languages!
Brought to you by the Language Conversation Exchange. Co-sponsored by ISO. Our program is open to MIT community members only.
Declutter Your Mind and Tidy Up Your Job Search Thursday, January 27 12 pm to 1pm via Zoom
Registration required on Handshake
"Marie Kondo" your upcoming US or international job search!
It’s no secret that job searching can be a long, and sometimes demoralizing slog. In this workshop, we will share tools* & best practices for the efficient and effective job search, so that you can finish the academic year strong while making serious progress on your goal of landing a job you love. By participating, you’ll effectively de-clutter your mental load while tidying up your career goals to-do list.
Following our tips & tricks, we'll turn on some music and build in time and support for you to start on the right foot.
*We will be sharing resources using Airtable. If you do not already have an Airtable account, it might help you to get a free account before joining this event.
This event is a collaboration between the International Students Office & Career Advising and Professional Development.
