UPCOMING EPD & OTHER EVENTS
Coffee Chat with José Antonio Ocampo
Wednesday, March 10 , 2021 | 1-2PM (EST)
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ILAS and EPD invite you for a coffee chat with Professor José Antonio Ocampo.
It will be a great way to connect with him, talk about his work and past experiences.
UPCOMING OCS EVENTS
APSIA Webinar on Careers in Peace and Security Philanthropy
When: Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Work Authorization Requirement: N/A
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McKinsey Spring Information Session
When: Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Work Authorization Requirement: N/A
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How to Get a Job at the IFC: A Conversation with HR Experts and Country Officers
When: Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Time: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Work Authorization Requirement: N/A
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McKinsey & Company - Advanced Professional Degree U.S. Recruiter Office Hours
When: Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Work Authorization Requirement: N/A
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McKinsey & Company Women’s Luminary Speaker Series #1: Aspirational Women’s Entrepreneurial Panel
When: Thursday, March 4, 2021
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Work Authorization Requirement: N/A
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JOBS, INTERNSHIPS AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
Check out this week's OCS New Job and Internship Opportunities CLICK HERE and Upcoming Deadlines for Jobs and Internship Application CLICK HERE.
CAREER RESOURCES
SIPA Career Website & Resources
Check out great career development resources for students that can be found on SIPA Career Resources Website.
Factsheets on Career Development - Tips for international students and on connecting with alumni, interviewing, networking, PMF information, writing resumes and cover letters and other career development topics.
Career Overview Factsheet - Information, sample employers, and online resources for a variety of fields and industries
Sector-Specific Fact Sheets - Lists of employers by industry or field, organizational charts, and information on IFC and World Bank internship programs and YPPs.
Check out other resources in the website.
PICK OF THE WEEK
This week's featured film: The United States vs Billie Holiday
The movie follows Billie Holiday during her career as she is targeted by the Federal Department of Narcotics with an undercover sting operation led by black Federal Agent Jimmy Fletcher, with whom she had a tumultuous affair.
Last Night, Andrea Day, who plays Billie Holliday won her first Golden Globes Award for Best Actress in becoming the second-ever black actress to win the title and the first black woman in 35 years.
Watch the trailer
here. Watch the movie on Hulu.
This week's featured book: Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant
Why do we refresh our wardrobes every year, renovate our kitchens every decade, but never update our beliefs and our views? Why do we laugh at people using computers that are ten years old, but yet still cling to opinions we formed ten years ago?
Intelligence is usually seen as the ability to think and learn, but in a rapidly changing world, there's another set of cognitive skills that might matter more: the ability to rethink and unlearn. In our daily lives, too many of us favor the comfort of conviction over the discomfort of doubt. We listen to opinions that make us feel good, instead of ideas that make us think hard. We see disagreement as a threat to our egos, rather than an opportunity to learn. We surround ourselves with people who agree with our conclusions, when we should be gravitating toward those who challenge our thought process. The result is that our beliefs get brittle long before our bones. We think too much like preachers defending our sacred beliefs, prosecutors proving the other side wrong, and politicians campaigning for approval--and too little like scientists searching for truth. Intelligence is no cure, and it can even be a curse: being good at thinking can make us worse at rethinking. The brighter we are, the blinder to our own limitations we can become.
#1 New York Times Bestseller
(We would love to hear your recommendations! Let us know what you have watched/read/listened to recently so we can feature them in the next newsletter!)
EPD OFFICE HOURS
José Antonio Ocampo, EPD Co-Director
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Jenny McGill, EPD Co-Director and Workshop Director
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Ilona Vinklerova, EPD Manager
Sign up online: https://sipa.campusgroups.com/meetings/1060915/IlonaOH_spring2021
Séléna Batchily, EPD Program Assistant
By appointment at ssb2200@columbia.edu
Saiful Salihudin, EPD Program Assistant
By appointment at sas2409@columbia.edu
