{"629399":{"#nid":"629399","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Career advice: resumes, elevator pitches \u0026 more with Michael Laughter","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEnjoy dinner and career advice, including discussion of resumes, elevator pitches, and more with Michael Laughter of the Center for Career Discovery and Development (C2D2). Get prepared for job searches and for seeking internships.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMichael Laughter\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;is the Educational and Outreach Communications Manager in the Center for Career Discovery and Development. He has an MA in Technical and Expository Writing from the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.uark.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EUniversity of Arkansas\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and an MFA in poetry from the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.uno.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EUniversity of New Orleans\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe began at Georgia Tech in 2001, teaching technical communications in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.lcc.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESchool of Literature, Communication, and Culture\u003C\/a\u003E, and later, in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EElectrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, where he taught the communications components to junior-level labs and senior design. At every level of instruction at Tech, he incorporated career preparation, work shopping resume and cover-letter crafting, as well as interview tips, and targeting job openings based on an acquired skill or skill sets. Laughter authored the chapters in the GT 1000 freshman introduction class textbook on resume and cover letter-crafting, and has served as guest lecturer in numerous departments across campus on all aspects of career acquisition and preparation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEnjoy dinner and career advice, including discussion of resumes, elevator pitches, and more with Michael Laughter of the Center for Career Discovery and Development (C2D2). Get prepared for job searches and for seeking internships.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Career advice: resumes, elevator pitches \u0026 more with Michael Laughter"}],"uid":"27680","created_gmt":"2019-11-26 17:46:49","changed_gmt":"2019-11-26 18:01:43","author":"Carol Colatrella","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2020-02-10T18:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2020-02-10T19:30:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2020-02-10T19:30:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2020-02-10 23:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2020-02-11 00:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2020-02-11 00:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"132371","name":"The Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003Ecarol.colatrella@lmc.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}