12:00-3:30 p.m.

SOAR Check-In,  CCPD

4:00-5:15 p.m.

Opening Keynote: Conversational Leadership, Olin 105
Chad Littlefield
This interactive networking session will teach you to create conversations that matter - the foundation of building your professional network. Chad Littlefield, author, speaker and co-founder of We and Me, Inc., helps clients like JetBlue, Starbucks, and TedX to increase collaboration and develop relationships of trust.

5:15-5:30 p.m.

 Introductions to SOAR Leaders, Olin 105

5:30-5:45 p.m.

Pick up dinner, Olin Lobby

5:45-7:00 p.m.

Developing Your Brand to Tell Your Story, Olin 105
Professor Andy Ross, Department of Economics & Business
You’ve learned about the importance of creating connection. Now we get more specific: introducing yourself and communicating your value. And who better to teach you how to market yourself than marketing professors? Prepare and rehearse your “60-second commercial” for tomorrow’s Career Community dinner.

8:30-8:45 a.m.

Check-in / Pick up Breakfast, Olin Lobby

8:45-9:00 a.m.

Welcome and Warm-Up, Olin 105
Chad Littlefield & SOAR Leaders
Start the day right with some connection before content.

9:00-10:00 a.m.

Introducing Internships, Olin 105
Employer panel
Internships, research, and other hands-on experiences build career-readiness skills and your network, and let you “test drive” careers. Hear from a panel of employers about the value of internships, how they recruit for them, and what they’re looking for in interns.

10:00-10:15 a.m.

Break

10:15-11:15 a.m.

Increasing Your Social Capital: Leverage PirateConnect and LinkedIn, Olin 105
Caden Cox ’23 and Alexandra Anderson, CCPD
Learn to use essential tools to grow your professional network, which opens doors to opportunities! Bring your laptop and get started creating your perpetual career commercials.

11:15-11:30 a.m.

Break / Pick up lunch, Olin Lobby

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Lunch and Breakout Sessions (pick one)

Exploring Grad School and SOAR, Olin 126
Alumni panel
Join this conversation to discuss how the skills you learn at SOAR are still completely applicable if you have aspirations of pursuing graduate education before entering the world of work full-time.

Exploring Financial Literacy, Olin 124
University Federal Credit Union
Join this conversation to explore topics of personal finance as they relate to planning for internships and eventual jobs. 

Exploring Academic Internships and the Funded Internship Program, Olin 105
Student panel and Mary Claire Angle, Director of Academic Internships
Join this conversation to learn how you can earn academic credit for internships and take advantage of the Funded Internship Program, which offsets the cost of unpaid or low-paid internships.

Exploring Personal Narrative Writing, Olin 113
Maurice Wilson, Director of the Professor John Score Learning Commons
Join this conversation to begin practicing the challenging - but potentially very rewarding - art of writing about yourself. Applying for competitive scholarships and fellowships, as well as some internships, jobs and graduate programs, will require you to write compellingly about your experiences, skills, and identity. The more you put in the reps, the better your writing will become.

Exploring Career Motivations & Planning for Success, Olin 110
Matt Berndt, Indeed.com’s Job Search Academy
Join this conversation to think big-picture about your career journey and all the steps along the way. There are many concrete skills you’ll learn today, and this session offers an overarching framework for developing your skills, gaining experience, pursuing short-term and long-term goals, and tying them all together for lifelong career success and satisfaction.

12:30-12:45 p.m.

Break

12:45-2:00 p.m.

Developing Effective Internship and Job Search Habits, Olin 105
Matt Berndt, Indeed.com’s Job Search Academy
Bring your laptop for this working session where you will learn strategies for conducting effective internship and job search habits. Explore how your Indeed search behavior and profile information combine to deliver internships and jobs unique to you, and practice additional search strategies beyond job boards. Walk away from this session with your own Contact 10 list of job search action steps.

2:00-2:15 p.m.

Break

2:15-3:15  p.m.

Resumes & Cover Letters, Olin 105
Employer panel
Test your knowledge of resume and cover letter principles and begin tailoring your self-marketing materials for internships, shadowing, research, jobs, graduate/professional school, scholarships, etc. Bring your laptop to work on your resume.

3:15-3:30 p.m.

Break

3:30-4:30 p.m.

Interviewing Skills, Olin Lobby, 105, 110,  111, 124, 126
CCPD Team, SOAR Leaders, and employer guests
Get ready for your starring role! Learn the basics of interviewing, perform your “best self” in small-group practice interviews, and give and receive feedback.

4:30-5:00 p.m.

Break, transition to McCombs Ballrooms

5:00-6:30 p.m.

Career Communities Dinner, McCombs Ballrooms
Put your new connecting skills into practice as you meet alumni and other professionals from the world of work. Learn about occupations and get career development advice through interactive small group discussion and Q&A.

6:30-700 p.m.

Reflections and Next Steps, McCombs Ballrooms
Chad Littlefield