{"601929":{"#nid":"601929","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Inaugural Graduate Student Career Fair This Friday","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sga.gatech.edu\/g\/cridc-2018\/\u0022\u003ECareer, Research, and Innovation Development Conference (CRIDC)\u003C\/a\u003E is expanding in 2018 to include the Graduate Student Career Fair, Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s fist career fair exclusively for graduate students.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECRIDC will take place Thursday and Friday, Feb. 8\u0026ndash;9, with the career fair held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The central mission of the CRIDC is to prepare\u0026nbsp; graduate students to be adaptive and versatile\u0026nbsp;for\u0026nbsp;the ever-changing technological, financial,\u0026nbsp;and political landscapes inherent to the 21st-century market,\u0026rdquo; said Sang Yun Han, deputy vice president of graduate events and CRIDC chair for the Graduate Student Government Association (SGA). \u0026ldquo;We want to make sure graduate students are prepared for a technologically changing world.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe conference, held annually since 2010, offers workshops and panels on four different areas of interest: academic, nonprofit and research, industry, and entrepreneurship. Here, professionals in industry and academia offer their advice and expertise to graduate students. The event also includes a poster competition where students can showcase their research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe event is more expansive still. CRIDC hosts the VentureLab competition, where students can present new and marketable innovations, and partners with the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts for its paper competition.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAroua Gharbi, vice president of graduate events for Graduate SGA, noted that the poster competition provides a unique opportunity for students to practice their communications skills and highlight the diverse academic offerings at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We are trying to attract students from different schools,\u0026rdquo; said Gharbi. Han and Gharbi also feel that a career fair is an ideal addition to CRIDC. Students can explore their interests through panels and workshops on the first day, and then convert their newfound interests into action at the career fair.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGharbi noted that the idea for the career fair came at the suggestion of many of her peers. \u0026ldquo;Graduate students are looking forward to talking with employers that they know are only looking for graduate students,\u0026rdquo; she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe graduate fair will not be the only new offering this year. CRIDC will feature four new workshops panels: Bioscience for Everyone, Data Science and Machine Learning, Navigating the Work Visa Landscape, and Women in STEM.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Han and Aroua, these new panels, along with the career fair, are designed to better reflect the needs of Georgia Tech students. They noted the interdisciplinary focus of bioscience and the eminence of big data, particularly at Georgia Tech in light of new programs like the Master of Science in Analytics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHan also said that with international students comprising nearly half of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s graduate student body, a panel on the work visa system is highly relevant \u0026mdash; and responsive \u0026mdash; to one of CRIDC\u0026rsquo;s primary constituents. To Gharbi, the panel on Women in STEM is important in \u0026ldquo;highlighting the amazing work that women at Georgia Tech are doing.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWith all of these new offerings, CRIDC is expecting a large crowd. According to Han,\u0026nbsp;last year\u0026rsquo;s event had around 280 students. This year, they expect more than 500. Forty\u0026nbsp;companies will participate.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe event is organized by Graduate SGA in conjunction with the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/career.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECenter for Career Discovery and Development\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.provost.gatech.edu\/reporting-units\/vice-provost-graduate-education-faculty-development\u0022\u003EGraduate Education and Faculty Development\u003C\/a\u003E. More information about CRIDC can be found \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sga.gatech.edu\/g\/cridc-2018\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E, and graduate students looking to RSVP can do so \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech-csm.symplicity.com\/events\/2705628dbd35ece8fbc5f07a78b3b331\/overview\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Career, Research, and Innovation Development Conference (CRIDC) is expanding in 2018 to include the Graduate Student Career Fair, Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s fist career fair exclusively for graduate students.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Career, Research, and Innovation Development Conference (CRIDC) is expanding in 2018 to include the Graduate Student Career Fair, Georgia Tech\u2019s fist career fair exclusively for graduate students."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2018-02-06 14:13:05","changed_gmt":"2018-02-06 15:04:12","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-02-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-02-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"601930":{"id":"601930","type":"image","title":"Career, Research, and Innovation Development Conference","body":null,"created":"1517926638","gmt_created":"2018-02-06 14:17:18","changed":"1517928016","gmt_changed":"2018-02-06 14:40:16","alt":"Career, Research, and Innovation Development Conference","file":{"fid":"229425","name":"cridc.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cridc.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cridc.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1203787,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/cridc.jpg?itok=kWEquRac"}}},"media_ids":["601930"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/sga.gatech.edu\/g\/cridc-2018\/","title":"CRIDC 2018"},{"url":"https:\/\/gatech-csm.symplicity.com\/events\/2705628dbd35ece8fbc5f07a78b3b331\/overview","title":"RSVP for Event"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1808","name":"graduate students"},{"id":"171830","name":"cridc"},{"id":"11840","name":"graduate student government association"},{"id":"4354","name":"career fair"},{"id":"166922","name":"sga"},{"id":"166847","name":"students"},{"id":"8563","name":"careers"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:stucomm@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAustin McCandlish\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}