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Leadership Insights: Moving up in your career
Looking to advance in your career? Gain insights on what it takes to make the move from independent contributor to leading a team or advance from mid-level management to senior leadership roles, strategies to help you prepare for the next step, and insights into the distinct challenges senior leaders face.
Looking to advance in your career? Gain insights on what it takes to make the move from independent contributor to leading a team or advance from mid-level management to senior leadership roles. Our diverse panel addressed career management strategies to help you prepare for the next step and insights into the distinct challenges senior leaders face. Please note that during the original recording of this webinar we faced audio issues with panelist Melinda Yee Franklin which have been edited from this recording. We will host Melinda for a future UC Alumni Career Network webinar.
Featuring
Moderator: Erin Tanenbaum (UC San Diego '90), senior managing director, Southern California Leadership Network
Jim Houpis, Ph.D. (UC Berkeley '78, '89), president of Modesto Junior College
Christine Simmons (UCLA '98), chief operating officer for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Originally recorded on January 30, 2020
Navigating career transition
Navigating career transition can be a daunting task filled with complex questions and uncertainty. This webinar offers actionable tips and insights to help you prepare for a career pivot or job change.
Are you looking for a career change? Re-entering the workforce after taking time off? Hoping to find a job that aligns your passion and skills? Navigating career transition can be a daunting task filled with complex questions and uncertainty. This UC Alumni Career Network webinar features Marcia Wall, who offers actionable tips and insights to help you prepare for a career pivot or job change, and is moderated by Randell Rueda. This webinar also focuses on identifying passion, assessing skills, identifying market opportunities and positioning one’s background to land the next opportunity.
Featuring
Moderator: Randell Rueda (UC Merced '11, UC Davis '17)
Marcia Wall (UC Santa Cruz '92), career and academic counselor
Originally recorded on November 20, 2019
Discovering a Meaningful 2nd Act Career
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A conversation about combining your passion with a purpose you care about, and transitioning careers or applying your skills and expertise towards a more meaningful avenue.
Are you combining your passion with a purpose you care about? Looking to transition careers or apply your skills and expertise towards a more meaningful avenue? Merideth Mehlberg chats with UC Vice Provost, Yvette Gullatt about discovering a meaningful 2nd act career.
Featuring
Merideth Mehlberg, UC Berkeley alumna and Executive Coach and Career Strategist
Yvette Gullatt, UC Berkeley alumna, Interim Vice President for Student Affairs and Vice Provost for Diversity and Engagement for the University of California system
Originally recorded on October 24, 2019
Unleashing the power of LinkedIn
Executive Coach Robin Reshwan (UC Davis '92) shares her insights on leveraging LinkedIn to advance your career.
LinkedIn is a powerful networking and career building tool, but with so many features and options, it can be overwhelming to know where to start. Robin Reshwan shares tangible tips to help you unlock the full potential of LinkedIn. Whether you’re looking to grow your network, identify your next job, or share your expertise on a topic you’re passionate about, this session will help you maximize your use of LinkedIn and its many tools.
Featuring
Robin Reshwan (Davis ’92), Founder and President, CS Advising
Originally recorded on September 10, 2019
Leveraging your UC Network
Cal alumnus Oscar Garcia shares his tips on authentic networking strategies.
This video presents an action-packed hour focused on networking strategies and tips to tap into your University of California network. Oscar Garcia shares actionable tips to help you build and nurture relationships, identify opportunities to connect with others, and authentic ways you can leave new connections with a lasting positive impression.
Featuring
Oscar Garcia, UC Berkeley alumnus and Founder & Chief Empowerment Officer of Aspira
Originally recorded on August 21, 2019.
Marketing your PhD for a non-academic career
Three UC PhD alumni share advice on how they transitioned from academia to consulting, government and non-profit careers.
This online panel discussion dives deep into the various ways your academic training can be applied to industry roles in a wide variety of fields. Panelists will share their stories and advice on how they transitioned from academia to private and public sector. Learn how to market and position your Ph.D. for professional success. This panel was moderated by Michael Matrone, Ph.D., Program Director for PhD Career and Professional Development at the UCSF Office of Career and Professional Development and included insights from:
Featuring
Joseph Bernardo, Ph.D. (UC Santa Barbara), Intercultural Affairs Associate, Loyola Marymount University
Shruti Kapoor, Ph.D. (UC Riverside), Founder, Sayfty
Neil Rath, Ph.D. (UCLA), Associate Consultant, ZS Associates
Originally recorded July 9, 2019
LGBTQ @ Work
A transparent, e-conversation around LGBTQ and the workplace with tips on how to navigate the intersections of identity and work.
This edition of the UC Virtual Career Series focused on LGBTQ at Work. This video offers a transparent, e-conversation around LGBTQ and identity in the workplace. During this hour-long, online panelists talk about everything from finding a support network (even when a formal one does not exist) and ways to determine if a company is inclusive to being a great ally and mentoring others as they navigate the intersections of identity and work. This panel is moderated by UC Merced Alumni Association President, Keith Ellis (UC Merced '12), who serves as the Student Personnel Assistant for Disability Support Programs & Services at Cosumnes River College and includes insights from UC alumni panelists:
Featuring
- Chloe Corcoran, Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement, UC Davis
- Mark Dresser, Ph.D. (UCSF ’00), Denali Fellow, Denali Therapeutics
- Anders Truong (UC Berkeley ‘16), Software Engineer, Pandora
- Erin Jackson-Ward, MPH (UCLA ‘12), Senior Program Officer, Cedars-Sinai
- Olivia Hernández (UC Davis ’13), Associate Director, UC Davis Cross Cultural Center
Originally recorded June 12, 2019
Culture and Career
A discussion on how culture comes into play in the workplace and how workplace culture impacts productivity, mobility, and success.
This high-impact, panel driven session discussed the intersection of culture and career. Panelists discussed how one’s culture comes into play in the workplace and how workplace culture impacts productivity, mobility, and success. This video will help you learn how to examine company culture beyond the mission statement, identifying whether a company is a ‘fit’, and being your authentic self in the workplace.
Featuring
- Moderator: Aaron E. de Santiago-Jones (UC Santa Barbara ’94, ’03, ’14, ’19), Director of the Educational Opportunity Program at UC Santa Barbara
- Jane Castillón (UC Irvine), Disability Specialist, Disabled Students Program, UC Santa Barbara
- Jessica Chen (UC San Diego ’10), Founder & CEO, Soulcast Media
- Kelly Fong Rivas (UC Santa Cruz ‘07), Chief of Staff, Office of Mayor Darrell Steinberg, City of Sacramento
Originally recorded May 8, 2019
Tips for Career Fair Success and Effective Networking
Learn how to effectively work a room and develop a compelling ‘elevator pitch’ to wow employers.
This session will help you learn how to effectively work a room and develop a compelling ‘elevator pitch’ to wow employers. Viewers will gain an understanding of the strategies, tactics, tools and techniques necessary to optimize their time and investment in preparing for and attending the Hire UC Alumni Career Fair. Tim provides insights into how you can develop a brief yet compelling “elevator pitch” in response to the ever popular, “Tell Me About Yourself” (TMAY) question. This webinar discusses crafting a strategy for engaging with and establishing a strong connection with other participants and company representatives.
Featuring
Tim Johnston, UC Berkeley alumnus, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of WayFinders Careers LLC.
Originally recorded April 18, 2019