A2i Immersion Week
Industry Immersion is an intensive experiential learning opportunity for late-stage graduate students and postdoctoral researchers that prepares participants for the corporate environment. Attendees learn a host of important career and professional development skills and competencies such as leadership, teamwork, communicating with a non-technical audience, personal branding, entrepreneurship, intellectual property, business strategy, and managing global relationships.
Immersion Week 2024
Immersion Week will take place May 6-10, 2024, during the week after the spring 2024 semester ends.
Immersion Week Programming Focuses on:
Self-Knowledge and Career Exploration
Explore strengths, skills, values, and interests to develop a personal career search strategy.
The Job Search
Hone your resume, cover letter, interviewing and networking skills.
Skills for Career Success
Explore key leadership communication, and interpersonal skills.
—-Rachael Bishop, Ph.D. Candidate in Communications Arts and Sciences, University Park Campus
Immersion Week Highlights:
- Networking sessions
- Resume workshop
- Career panels
- Mock Interviews
- Job Offers and salary negotiations
- Professional headshots
Eligibility:
- Penn State doctoral students within 2 years of graduation
- Penn State master’s students within 1 year of graduation
- Penn State postdoctoral scholars
Topics from Immersion Week 2023
- Networking Reception
- Individual Development Plans, Career Exploration, and Assessment
- Leadership Lunch: How Leadership and Teamwork Can Help Accelerate Innovation in an Organization
- Alumni Panel Discussion: Leveraging Your Professional Networks
- CV to Resume Session
- DEI and YOU: What is DEI and where do you fit in?
- Resume Review Sessions
- Leadership Lunch: Creating Career Success in the Global Marketplace
- Industry Sector Panel Discussion
- Job Offers and Salary Negotiations
- Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace
- Work-Life Balance: Maintaining your peace of mind before, during, and after the job search
- Leadership Lunch: The Importance of Drawing on YOUR Full Talent Portfolio for Success
- Mock Interviews
- Entrepreneurship for Scholars: What It is Like to Start a Company
- Interdisciplinary Team Projects
—-Bharadwaj Mudumba, M.S. Student in Computer Science, Penn State Harrisburg