COMPETE Student Events
Seminar 7: Analytical Tools & Processes
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Seminar 6: Critical Thinking & Analysis
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Seminar 5: Business Communications Tools & Tips
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Seminar 4: Professionalism, Communication & Teamwork
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Seminar 3: Fundamentals of Business Communications & Engagement
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Updated Resumes Due
Submit your updated resume for review by the STEMatch team in advance of upcoming internship interviews.
Seminar 2: Interview Ready: Strategies for Preparation & Success
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Succeeding in Your Career (Panel)
A panel of tech executives in EE, IT, cybersecurity, and software development, answering questions from the moderator and students. Students gain direct visibility to how companies approach hiring and helping their staff be successful.
OPTIONAL SESSION: COMPETE Student Alumni Q&A
OPTIONAL SESSION: Come prepared to ask questions and hear advice from former COMPETE students!
Strategies for Managing your Career
Explore techniques for building strong and productive work relationships and discuss ways to manage challenging work situations.
Analytical Tools & Processes
Students will understand key concepts in analyzing data and explore Excel's capabilities. They will also gain introductory knowledge of data science and key beginner tools.
Critical Thinking & Analysis
Discuss critical thinking—what it is and why it’s important – and gain tools and techniques to enhance your ability to think critically and evaluate alternatives in a business setting.
Final Resumes Due
Our corporate partners will begin to review resumes for their open internship opportunities in early/mid March. Be sure to submit your final, proof-read, error-free resume in advance of the resume review process. You don’t want to waste this opportunity!
IT Support Job Context - Roles, Stakeholders, Frameworks, Processes, and Tools
Become familiar with the work environment, expectations, and operations in IT support organizations.
EE/Electronics Job Context - Roles, Stakeholders, Frameworks, Processes, and Tools
Students will be familiar with the work environment, expectations, and operations in Electrical Engineering/Electronics organizations.
Software Development Job Context - Roles, Stakeholders, Frameworks, Processes, and Tools
Students will become familiar with the work environment, expectations, and operations in software development organizations.
Business Communications Tools & Tips
Explore how to apply various communications strategies, and how/when to use various communications tools.
Professionalism, Communication & Teamwork
Learn how to put professional communications into play beyond a transactional exchange, build relationships, and work effectively in a team in a tech environment.
Fundamentals of Business Communications and Engagement
Explore how to structure and deliver effective business communications tailored to the intended audience.
Deadline: Submit Resumes for Review
Resumes must be reviewed by the STEMatch team prior to submission to corporate partners for internship interviews.
Strategies for Building and Enhancing Your Personal Brand
Define your personal and professional brand. Learn strategies for establishing and cultivating your brand throughout your career.
Effective Resumes and Interview Preparation
Students will learn to effectively showcase their skills and experience on resumes and in job interviews.
Seminar 9 - Strategies for Managing your Career
This session focuses on providing students with practical tools and techniques for being successful in their first tech job – how they can manage up/down/sideways, how to handle (and not handle) making mistakes, and the importance of effectively meeting expectations.
Zoom meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83366111054?pwd=Sjc5QUNTcDRJRm1XdVNMT1pqRnhDZz09
Session Lead: Anita Alden
Seminar 8 - Analytical Processes & Tools
Jointly led by one of the world’s foremost Excel experts, and a practicing data scientist, this session focuses on the processes and tools that students may use in analyzing data, to support recommendations that they may make in a tech job.
Zoom Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88153221878?pwd=c3NRTm4zdE5MS29GR0phM3hMTlQ1dz09
Seminar Leads: Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP and Nicole Peltier, Principal Data Scientist at TLR Ventures
Seminar 7 - Critical Thinking & Team Skills
Students will understand what critical thinking is and why it’s important – and gain tools and techniques to grow their ability to think critically and evaluate alternatives in a business setting. In addition, this session reviews key team skills required to succeed in tech jobs.
Link to Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83238191622?pwd=Tm51dVdlRWFNNmVQRHdQdWh6dEJmQT09
Session Lead: Chris Zannetos
Seminar 6a - IT Support frameworks, Processes, and Tools
This session helps students understand the broad expanse of hardware, software, operations and governance roles within an IT organization – and not only the skills and knowledge required, but the personality traits of an effective IT professional and how they put all of this to play in day-to-day operations.
Meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89798044858?pwd=WEN0ZFpGaGZQOVl4cG1pSmFvRnIwZz09
Seminar Lead: Rich Arsenault, VP of Infrastructure and Services - Mimecast
Seminar 6b - Cybersecurity Development frameworks, Processes, and Tools
This session explores the importance of frameworks and regulations and why students should be familiar with them. This session walks through NIST, CIS 18, and MITRE Attack frameworks; several national, international, and sector-specific cybersecurity regulations; and tools used by cybersecurity professionals for scanning, detection, analysis, and access management.
Meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83823990095?pwd=R3JiZFg4ZDFEWHJ6aXgzdEdyT0ErQT09
Seminar Lead: Mark Teehan, Chief Information Security Officer (retired), Point32Health
Seminar 6c - Software Development frameworks, Processes, and Tools
Students learn about the Agile Development Process, and the components and processes of Development Operations (DevOps). They learn about the value and history of source code control – and the pros and cons of various types. They learn about text editors and IDEs for various platforms and languages – and Unit, Functional, Integration, UX, Load Performance, Security, and End-to-End testing approaches. Learning is reinforced by live demos of tools.
Seminar Lead: Kent Welch, Chief Technology Officer, BellXcel