Professional Development

June 1, 2016
12:00pm WIT Wednesdays w/Aditi Joshi

Aditi Joshi will share about her 15 years of product management experience across industries and her return to Yale to complete her degree in Psychology...

May 24, 2016
1:00pm Designing Your Personalized Mentoring Plan

In this 90 minute course, we will introduce the concept of mentoring from the perspective of the mentee.

We will discuss:

  • What is mentoring?
  • What are the characteristics of a good mentor?
  • How to choose a mentor?
  • How to ask someone to mentor you?...
May 16, 2016
12:00pm Emotionally Intelligent Mentoring

Be an Inspiring Mentor and Mentee Using Applied Positive Psychology and Emotional Intelligence.

Join Allison Holzer for an experiential session to expand your views on how to mentor with inspiration and high impact. Based on cutting-edge research in the fields of applied...

April 25, 2016
5:00pm Prepare Now For Your Child’s Future w/ Dr. Steve Perry, Educator and Author

FLY, YAAA, YLNG, and WWN are sponsoring Prepare Now for Your Child’s Future, featuring world-renowned author and educator, Dr. Steve Perry. Dr. Perry will discuss why preparation is critical and how to effectively prepare for your child’s future. All attendees...

April 13, 2016
1:00pm Leveraging the Power of LinkedIn

LinkedIn is a great way to connect with others at Yale and in your career specialty but most don’t leverage the many tools that are available.

In this 2-part workshop, you will learn how to build a LinkedIn profile that promotes you and your accomplishments and establishes a network...

March 31, 2016
12:00pm FLY Presents: Life After Law w/ Elyssa Friedland ’03

FLY Presents: Life After Law - How I Made the Transition From a Career in Law to Write My First Novel with Elyssa Friedland ’03.

Elyssa Friedland is a graduate of Yale College, where she served as managing editor of the Yale Daily News. After graduating from Columbia Law School...

March 30, 2016
12:00pm Emotional Intelligence Workshop

We are excited and looking forward to an Emotional Intelligence (EI) interactive workshop lead by Dena Simmons, Director of Implementation from Yale’s Center of Emotional Intelligence. Dena will be sharing with us EI tools in order to create a workplace where we feel safe to thrive and succeed...

March 11, 2016
1:00pm Designing Your Personalized Mentoring Plan

In this 90 minute course, we will introduce the concept of mentoring from the perspective of the mentee.

We will discuss:

  • What is mentoring?
  • What are the characteristics of a good mentor?
  • How to choose a mentor?
  • How to ask someone to mentor you?...
March 9, 2016
12:00pm FLY High Impact Interviewing

Join career development professionals from across Yale University to learn strategies for responding to frequent interview questions. The session will be highly interactive. Practice answering common interview questions and receive feedback in small teams facilitated by experienced career...

February 23, 2016
8:30am Informational Interviewing: The Ultimate Networking Tool

Informational Interviewing: The Ultimate Networking Tool is a half-day course designed to demonstrate the benefits of conducting informational meetings. We will train you on best practices to initiate these conversations so they help you build a vibrant professional network at Yale that supports...

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