QMSS Professional Development Series: Winter 2025

Join the Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS) Program for a series dedicated to professional development for undergraduate students. These events are open to all students, regardless of their affiliation with QMSS, but specially designed for students in QMSS courses and the QMSS minor. Through these workshops, seminars, and events, we hope to provide students with information and resources for navigating the internship & job hunt process, skills for marketing themselves for those opportunities in application and electronic portfolio materials, networking opportunities with professionals in data-related fields across the public and private sector, and ultimately set individuals up to be among the most competitive applicants for opportunities relevant for QMSS skills.


QMSS Resume-Building Workshop: Featuring Data Skills

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Join the Quantitative Methods in the Social Science (QMSS) Program for a resume-building workshop with a special focus on highlighting & marketing your data-related skills from QMSS (and other!) courses. 

In the first half of the workshop, students will receive a rundown of general advice on how to structure a resume, how a resume is different from a curriculum vitae (CV), and some dos and dont's and tips and tricks for using them in applications. Then, we will dive deeper into specific advice for how to market data and analytical skills taught in QMSS courses including QMSS 201, 301, and 451 and how to supplement previous and current work/related experiences with data-related points. 

In the second half of the workshop, students will work in real-time on their own resumes to edit their skills and experience sections based on the workshop's content and ask questions one-on-one with the presenter about their specific resume, experiences, and/or goals.

Following the workshop, participants will have an opportunity to send their resume in and receive written feedback from the presenter and/or senior QMSS Peer Mentors as well as make one-on-one appointments with the presenter or QMSS Peer Mentors to discuss further.

Students are encouraged to bring a laptop or tablet to take notes, work on (or create!) your current resume, and/or ask specific questions during the workshop. You may also bring a printed version of your current resume to take notes and ask questions if you prefer.

Open to all students!

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