xFair
(powered by MIT TechX and MIT Chapter of Tau Beta Pi)
xFair (which joins Techfair and TBP’s career fair) is a career fair and expo combined–companies can showcase their products and services to thousands of MIT students in order to build their brand at MIT and give students a better idea of what they could work on during a potential internship or job.
Date and Time: February 1st, 10am – 4pm
Location: Rockwell Cage
xFair Tech Talks
Daqri (Feb 2, 4-5pm, 2-190): Daqri will be talking about ARToolkit, an open source set of SDKs that are used to develop augmented reality experiences. It works across Windows, Mac OS, Linux, iOS, and Android and integrates with Unity 3D. It uses markers as targets to trigger AR experiences and supports a wide range of smart glasses. Students are strongly recommended to bring laptops!!!
Yelp (Feb 2, 5-6pm, 4-270): Websites like Yelp have come a long way from that LAMP setup in your basement. In this talk, Joey L. will walk through how large websites actually work and how they differ from that webapp you wrote for fun last week. Along the way we will touch on how our engineering team is able to keep such a large site running smoothly while changing it many times per day, and how we deal with the fires that do happen without getting burned. Three years ago, Ryan D. was a soon-to-be new grad PM, and was still unclear on what a product manager actuallydid. Most descriptions of the role are rife with opaque buzzwords. Ryan will be sharing some of his notes from the field that he thinks would have been helpful a few years ago. Yelp will also be raffling off an iPad Mini w/Retina, so remember to bring your CS or engineering resume to get a raffle ticket.
Lyft (Feb 2, 6-7pm, 4-370): Come hear about the history and implementation of Lyft Line! We’ll dive into the market fit and research behind Line, insights into some of the product decisions that were made, and an overview of the technical implementation and architecture supporting the product. An open Q&A and time for mingling and meeting Lyft engineers will follow.
Intel (Feb 2, 6-7pm, 2-190): Join Intel Leaders & Technology Experts to hear from a variety of business groups including Design & Technology Solutions, Server Development, Client Computing, Information Technology, Manufacturing Development, and Non-Volatile Memory Solutions. Immediate opportunities!
Yahoo (Feb 3, 1-2pm, E15-335): Join Frank Bentley, Yahoo Principal Researcher, as he discusses the User Experience Research methods Yahoo uses and provides specific examples of research conducted and the product impact that it has made. Yahoo takes a User First approach to building products, with all employees taking part in user research activities each quarter. Yahoo’s User Experience Research teams are involved in all stages of product planning and development, ensuring that products are designed to meet real users needs and that the products we make are usable and delightful to use in daily life. Yahoo also actively publishes its best research in venues such as CHI, Mobile HCI, and Ubicomp. The team is currently hiring interns and full-time researchers.
Oracle (Feb 3, 6-7pm): Join to learn how Oracle Solaris Studio development tools can help you write higher quality code, in less time. We will discuss how you can remotely develop applications from the convenience of your laptop environments and demonstrate how the advanced analysis tools help improve Java, C and C++ application performance, quality and security. Learn what features make Oracle Solaris Studio a development platform of choice for both individual use and in enterprise production environments.
More Tech Talks to come! Follow our Facebook page to receive more current updates! Questions? Email xfair-exec@mit.edu!
How to Work a Career Fair
(sponsored by MIT GECD)
Many students are overwhelmed when attempting to navigate a career fair with hundreds of employers. This workshop you will learn what to do in preparation for the fair, what to do at the fair, and what to do after the fair. The fair is an excellent opportunity to connect with employers — create a strategy that will help you in this competitive employment environment!
Date and Time: Wednesday, February 3rd, 1:30 – 3:00pm
Location: Building 5-234
Registration via CareerBridge
Cover Letters
(sponsored by MIT GECD)
Come learn the essential components of a strong cover letter from a career expert as you prepare for upcoming career fairs.
Date and Time: Thursday, February 4th, 2:00 – 3:00pm
Location: Building 32-144
Registration via CareerBridge
Life Sciences Night 2016
(organized by swissnex Boston in collaboration with MIT PDA)
Join swissnex Boston for its 6th Life Sciences Night, right on time for the annual MIT European Career Fair. Meet representatives from leading life science research institutions for a networking event with presentations about research and career opportunities in Switzerland. Mingle and connect with representatives from Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH Zürich), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), University of Basel, University of Geneva and Greater Zurich Area before and after the presentations. Join us to learn everything about research opportunities in the Life Sciences at top Swiss institutions! http://lifesciences16.eventbrite.com
Date and Time: Friday, February 5th, 6:30 – 9:00pm
Location: List Visual Arts Center at MIT – Building E15
Registration here
Destination Europe
The event will take place on 5 February 2016 in Boston city center and will showcase research career and funding opportunities in Europe for researchers of any nationality, at all stages of their research careers. It will include information and discussion opportunities on European Union programs as well as national programs and initiatives in many European countries.
Participation is free but prior registration is essential.
The full Programme and Registration details are available here: https://destinationeurope-boston.teamwork.fr/en/registration
MIT European Career Fair 2016
(organized by the MIT European Club) extended registration deadline!
The European Career Fair (ECF) is an annual recruiting event at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology which is organized by the MIT European Club in partnership with the European Commission, the MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives, the German American Business Council, and the German Academic Exchange Service. The Career Fair will be held on Saturday Feb 6th at the Johnson Athletic Center on MIT Campus in Cambridge.
Registration at https://ecf.fairsey.com/
Our mission is to connect top-tier US students and young professionals with European companies, universities and non-profit organizations and to inform about career opportunities in Europe. Participating companies are very diverse, ranging from multinational corporations to non-profit organizations in the research/ technology as well as business and consulting sector.
Full-profit companies from recent years are amongst others:
Bayer, Roche, BMW, Shell, Volkswagen, Siemens, McKinsey, Novo Nordisk, Boston Consulting Group, GE, P&G, Total, Audi, Novartis, Allianz, Munich RE, ABB, PNB Paribas, Bosch, IBM, Philips, Generali, ING, Cisco, Merck, BASF, SAP, Sennheiser, Thales Group and many more
Our participating non-profit companies are amongst other:
The European Commission, the German Academic Exchange Service and the Max Planck Society
Career Opportunities – Research in Germany
The “Research in Germany” initiative invites students currently pursuing or planning to pursue a graduate and post-graduate careers, and other researchers and scientists to meet more than 30 German universities and research institutions and discover what they have to offer.
In addition to the ECF, we offer a special information session, with expert advisers and consultants from Germany.
Group I: Pursuing Graduate Studies in Germany
Group II: Opportunities for Postdocs, Young Investigators and Junior Faculty in Germany
Place: Hyatt Regency Cambridge
Time: Sunday, February 7, 2016, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
Contact: Dr. Gerrit Roessler, “Research in Germany” Coordinator, German Academic Exchange Service; Email: roessler@daad.org, Phone: 212.758.3223 ext 217
Please register at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ECF2016