The Career and Professional Development Program at Psi Upsilon aims to support members’ professional development through exploration, mentoring, and resource guidance at all stages of a career. Leveraging the invaluable benefit of an international network, as well as the deep connections and resources at the chapter level, the career development program serves both to guide a brother from coursework to real work and to equally inspire continued learning appropriate to more advanced stages of a career.
The Psi Upsilon Foundation is piloting a new way to educate and support our members in their career and professional development. We are building this program to complement many good activities on campuses, and by our chapter corporations. We will be kicking off with “open office hours” with brother Gerald Doyle, Omega ‘81 (University of Chicago), who is trained in providing such support.
The program is opt-in and available at will for any undergraduates to participate.
Components of the program include:
Program Components
- Monthly “Open Office Hours & Career Conversations” sessions every 3rd Thursday for undergrads to connect with alumni and ask career or career placement related questions.
- 1-on-1 meetings can be scheduled with Gerald Doyle, or other alumni as appropriate, for sessions.
- Resume review by the selected “discipline-aligned” brothers with talent acquisition experience.
- Connects Stipend awards for travel and hospitality on campuses around career mentoring.
- An invitation to join the “job-questions-answered” Slack space monitored by volunteers.
- A dedicated resources page with Psi Upsilon specific information for career development.
- Monthly “Open Office Hours & Career Conversations” sessions every 3rd Thursday for undergrads to connect with alumni and ask career or career placement related questions.
Thurs. March 16, 2023, an introduction including Reflections on Careers https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvdO6gpzsjH93lwLD90zwOOr1E4FpO0O9K
Thurs. April 13, 2023, The 2-Hour Job Search and the Job Closer
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtdu2qpzsuGtD1PwEt-lI-7BwkmNqw5Rjj
Thurs. May 18, 2023, Conversations of Inquiry
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUod-ihrD8pEtIXm6rIL3qb23YLhB4gzBLI
Thurs. June 15, 2023, Hastily Formed and Unconventional Job Searches
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAlf–hrTopHNVMh6MrO1vHznAqDOiPHnKR
The Career Development Team at Psi U welcomes you to Open Office Hours & Career Conversations.
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6:30 pm, Zoom room opens for informal career and job conversations
7:00 pm, An Introduction including Reflections on Careers, a working and interactive session
7:45 pm, small group and 1v1 informal career and job search conversations and follow-up questions
8:15 pm, conclusion
* Note: 1:1 and small group conversations may be arranged starting March 7th by contacting gerald.doyle@gmail.com
We invite brothers across all chapters of any generation to submit your resume for feedback from our select group of accomplished industry mentors. These brothers have been vetted that they are directly involved in hiring for their companies and are willing to engage with junior brothers about their career. Our team will identify the most appropriate person by industry to review your resume and coordinate the review within 2-5 business days from submission. The reviewer will reach out directly to you with written comments and may offer times to connect and discuss further.
Email your resume with specific questions, or areas of concern you would like for the reviewer to address.
Schedule one on one meeting
First Steps
• Do you have a LinkedIN? Have you worked through all the recommendations they have for improving your profile.
• Do you list Psi Upsilon as an organization you belong to?
• Have you joined the Psi Upsilon Professional Networking group on LinkedIN?
• https://joinhandshake.com/
Chapter Support
Please send me an invitation to the career development Slack channel
Additional Resources
Conversations of Inquiry
(more than a guide — and how to — for informational interviews, it provides a template for thinking about and engaging in conversations for learning anything including what you might need to learn about gaining an internship or full-time job, exploring a career a career, or discerning purpose)
Reflections on Career
(an interactive and self-directed guide that students are able to use with peer and career coaches as well as others on their personal and professional advisory boards)
9 Questions for Leadership in Life and Work (see below for the self-directed course)
(originally developed to hold the broadest set of questions that arose in our own lives as well as those that we worked with in professional, private and higher education settings (graduate and undergraduate)
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- The 2-Hour Job Search by Steve Dalton [No tips. Just instructions. A science-based process for getting that first interview.]
- The Job Closer by Steve Dalton [The job search is not a full-time job. Easy, proven formulas for getting better results faster.]
- Dev Aujla’s “50 Ways to Get A Job: An Unconventional Guide to Finding Work on Your Terms.”
- 9 Questions for Leadership in Life and Work (a ten-week complimentary online course/journey) (Doyle and Downs)
- Career Basics Course: A Ten Week Complimentary Online Workshop
(individuals are invited to follow and participate) (Doyle and Downs) - Career Readiness Course via Upkey (complimentary) (Doyle et al)
The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College (Zeta chapter)
Tuck School of Business Resume Template, especially the list of 600 Active Verbs