Office of Student Affairs Presents:
Online Seminar Series on Career Exploration & Development
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Overview
Is the idea of a job interview daunting? Unsure about putting togeher a resume? As you work hard towards completing your studies, don’t forget to hone in on the skills that will help launch your career. The Office of Student Affairs at Fei Tian College-Middletown wants to see you succeed beyond your time here. To help prepare you for the essential skills needed to stand out for future employers, we have invited successful young professionals to share their experiences and tips with you.
DATES
September 20 to November 22
TIME
Sundays, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. EST
FEE
Free for all FTC-Middletown students.
Non-students: $20 per unit, $75 for full 6-unit package
Topics and schedule:
Date |
Content |
Facilitator |
Guest Speaker |
| Sept 20 |
Overview, Expectations and Introductions Unit One: Personal Profile |
Pingyi Noto VP Marketing Performance, MRM-McCann |
Franklin Yu Principal, Head of Treasury Analytics, Apollo Global Management |
| Oct 4 | Unit Two: Exploring Career Opportunities | – | Yan Yan, M.D., M.B.A. Senior Director of Corporate Strategy, Quest Diagnostics |
| Oct 11 | Unit Three: Effective Resume Development | – | Erik Meltzer News Production Specialist |
| Oct 25 | Unit Four: Effective Career Correspondence | Pingyi Noto VP Marketing Performance, MRM-McCann |
Arnaud Camu Associate, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP |
| Nov 8 | Unit Five: Interviewing for Jobs | Kelly Wen VP Strategy and Data Analytics, Bank of New York Mellon |
Kannan Sankaran
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| Nov 22 | Unit Six: Interviewing for Graduate School | Kelly Wen VP Strategy and Data Analytics, Bank of New York Mellon |
Hayna Kim Columbia Business School |
What You'll Learn:
This seminar series will help you to:
- Prepare at least one targeted resume ready for your job/internship search, and/or graduate school application.
- Enhance your technical writing skills through the development of effective cover letters, report writing, and email communications.
- Clearly articulate job titles and career fields you are pursuing throughout your studies and after graduation.
- Learn skills needed to attend behavioral and structural interviewing.
- Develop skills in using social media and technology to develop professional networks and quality application materials.
- Expand you professional networks within your chosen career field(s).
Facilitators
Working in marketing research and performance analytics for more than a decade, Pingyi has architected global performance management systems for ExxonMobil and General Motors to measure and optimize their marketing investments across different product brands. As the current marketing performance lead on Verizon FiOS, Fannie Mae, MSK, Oppenheimer Funds, New York Lottery, and Lockheed Martin, she has spearheaded brand equity evaluation, marketing mix modeling, customer segmentation, and digital analytics to optimize the marketing effectiveness of the brands.
Pingyi holds an M.S. in Integrated Marketing Communication from Northwestern and graduated with honors in database marketing.
Pingyi holds an M.S. in Integrated Marketing Communication from Northwestern and graduated with honors in database marketing.
Jenny Tang earned a Master's in Applied Analytics from Columbia University and a Bachelor's in Finance from George Mason University. She has worked as a Financial Analyst for Microsoft, and a Pricing Analyst & Social Club Liaison for CGI Federal, a leading IT consulting firm headquartered in Canada. Jenny specializes in business finance modeling, business data analytics, financial management, pricing, and strategic communications.
Working at the intersection of economics, technology, and academia, Kelly Wen leads strategy and data analytics for technology services at Bank of New York Mellon. Her unique approach to uncovering data insights has helped to improve processes and create cost efficiencies for multi-million dollar transformational programs.
Prior to her career in fintech, Kelly was an ambassador of traditional Chinese culture, gracing the world’s most prestigious venues from the Lincoln Center in NYC, to the Palais de Congrès in Paris. During her tenure, she performed over a thousand live performances as the Master of Ceremonies for Shen Yun Performing Arts, and has been featured on exclusive interviews with ABC, NBC, and CNN.
In her spare time, Kelly teaches microeconomics, statistics, and economic development at Pace University. Her teaching and research explores a wide range of topics, including housing bubbles, human rights, and US-China relations.
Prior to her career in fintech, Kelly was an ambassador of traditional Chinese culture, gracing the world’s most prestigious venues from the Lincoln Center in NYC, to the Palais de Congrès in Paris. During her tenure, she performed over a thousand live performances as the Master of Ceremonies for Shen Yun Performing Arts, and has been featured on exclusive interviews with ABC, NBC, and CNN.
In her spare time, Kelly teaches microeconomics, statistics, and economic development at Pace University. Her teaching and research explores a wide range of topics, including housing bubbles, human rights, and US-China relations.
Unit 1
Your Personal Profile
- Personality assessment
- Identify your strengths, competitive advantage, tendencies, and areas in need of improvement
- Complete skills and values assessments
- How values and interests relate to specific careers
Guest Speakers
Franklin Yu is Principal, Head of Treasury Analytics and Balance
Sheet Strategy at Apollo Global Management, a leading global
alternative asset manager. In this capacity, Mr. Yu is
responsible for management company capital allocation,
capital structure optimization, capital markets transactions,
and liquidity forecasting. Within Mr. Yu’s 7 year tenure at
Apollo, he took a 6 month hiatus in 2018 to work at Galaxy
Digital, a leading cryptocurrency and blockchain merchant
bank. Prior to joining Apollo, Mr. Yu spent 3 years at Barclays Capital in New York within its Structured Capital Markets group, where he was responsible for executing and maintaining tax-advantaged multi-jurisdiction trading structures for the parent group.
Prior to that, Mr. Yu began his career at EY LLP in transaction advisory services, specializing in buy-side M&A consulting for financial institution and private equity sponsors. Mr. Yu graduated with a BS in finance and accounting at NYU’s Stern School of Business and is a CPA (non-practicing) in the State of New York. Mr. Yu is also a Board Member and Treasurer of The Society of Classical Poets. In his free time, Mr. Yu enjoys reading about history, making private co-investments in real estate and tech startups, and golf.
Prior to that, Mr. Yu began his career at EY LLP in transaction advisory services, specializing in buy-side M&A consulting for financial institution and private equity sponsors. Mr. Yu graduated with a BS in finance and accounting at NYU’s Stern School of Business and is a CPA (non-practicing) in the State of New York. Mr. Yu is also a Board Member and Treasurer of The Society of Classical Poets. In his free time, Mr. Yu enjoys reading about history, making private co-investments in real estate and tech startups, and golf.
Date & Time
Sunday
September 20, 2020
10 a.m. – 12 p.m. EST
Unit 2
Exploring Career Opportunities
- Exploring career opportunities (What can I do with this major?)
- Sources of occupational information and labor market trends
- SWOT analysis
- Look at the landscape of jobs you are interested in
- What skills are you lacking to achieve your dream job
- Map out experiences that would allow you to gain those skills/expertise
Guest Speakers
Dr. Yan Yan is the Senior Director of Corporate Strategy at Quest Diagnostics, the largest clinical laboratory testing company in the U.S. Some of you may be familiar with Quest from COVID-19 testing, physician lab orders, or pre-employment drug screening. At Quest, Yan directly supports the C-suite in crafting and executing both long- and short-term strategies for the enterprise and key business units.
Prior to Quest, Yan was a management consultant at Bain & Company, where he helped Fortune 500 clients in a wide variety of industries formulate and refine high-priority growth and operational improvement strategies.
Yan holds an MBA with majors in finance and health care management from the Wharton School and an MD from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
During business school, Yan completed an internship with McKinsey & Company. During medical school, Yan conducted a year of full-time clinical research in interventional radiology and published his findings in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Yan also worked with RadDx, a Philadelphia-based healthcare IT startup developing artificial intelligence for interpreting diagnostic medical imaging.
Yan also holds a BS in biochemistry from UNC Chapel Hill. In college, Yan completed internships with GSK and the NIH.
Yan holds an MBA with majors in finance and health care management from the Wharton School and an MD from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
During business school, Yan completed an internship with McKinsey & Company. During medical school, Yan conducted a year of full-time clinical research in interventional radiology and published his findings in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Yan also worked with RadDx, a Philadelphia-based healthcare IT startup developing artificial intelligence for interpreting diagnostic medical imaging.
Yan also holds a BS in biochemistry from UNC Chapel Hill. In college, Yan completed internships with GSK and the NIH.
Date & Time
Sunday
October 4, 2020
10 a.m. – 12 p.m. EST
Unit 3
Effective Resume Development
- Resume essentials and dos and don’ts
- Types of resumes: functional, chronological, and combination
- How many versions of your resume will you need?
- How do you “sell” yourself?
- Learn what your reader expects, and what review standards are in place, based on who you are applying to.
Guest Speakers
Erik Meltzer holds a B.S. in Broadcast Journalism from
Emerson College. He is currently a Demonstration Artist &
Trainer at Ross Video, where he creates workflows with
broadcast journalists to efficiently create television
newscasts. Prior to joining Ross Video, Erik filled a similar
role at the Associated Press for nearly a decade.
Before he worked at the Associated Press, Erik was a
television news photographer at various stations in the
Northeast U.S. He also served as a member of the Board of
Governors at the National Press Club of Washington, D.C. for two years.
Date & Time
Sunday
October 11, 2020
10 a.m. – 12 p.m. EST
Unit 4
Effective Career Correspondence
- Cover letters, thank you letters, and follow up letters
- Begin draft of cover letter in class using skills, values, and personality profile sheets to highlight individual strengths
Guest Speakers
Arnaud is an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York. During his first four years at the Firm, he worked primarily on mergers, acquisitions and sale transactions involving large publicly traded companies. Recently, he changed the focus of his practice toward resolution and litigation of disputes and lawsuits, both in and out of court, for large corporate and financial institutions. He also assists on a number of pro bono matters. Prior to joining S&C, he served as law clerk for a Justice on the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa.
Date & Time
Sunday
October 25, 2020
10 a.m. – 12 p.m. EST
Unit 5
Interviewing for Jobs
- Discuss interview styles and formats (structural, behavioral, group, panel, 1:1)
- Interview questions
- Technical interviews
- Tough interview questions
- Illegal interview questions
- Dress to impress
- After the interview: protocol and best practices
Guest Speakers
Kannan Sankaran worked as a Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning, at Xandr (AT&T), where he used Scala, Java, Python, SQL, Hadoop, and Spark. He has a Master’s in Computer Science from Florida State University and a Bachelor’s in Instrumentation Engineering from Swami Vivekanand College, Mumbai University. Kannan is passionate about data science and artificial intelligence, and hopes to become a fortune teller one day through analyzing data. He is now an Artificial Intelligence Engineer - Assistant Vice President, at Deutsche Bank in New York.
Thomas Tsang is a software engineer with nearly a decade of experience spanning multiple industries such as education, music, and health care.
Date & Time
Sunday
November 8, 2020
10 a.m. – 12 p.m. EST
Unit 6
Interviewing for Graduate School
- Graduate school landscape: business school, law school, and med school
- Skills required in academia
- Advantages and disadvantages of advanced degrees
Guest Speakers
Hayna Kim is a Product Marketing Manager at Estee Lauder Companies, where she manages all stages of consumer beauty product creation, from building the strategy, concept, and branding, to execution. She has managed the biggest moisturizer category for Estee Lauder, Bobbi Brown makeup, Origins skincare, Zegna, Aramis, and Kiton fragrances. She also worked at Philosophy skincare and Shiseido Nars makeup. Hayna developed unique brand strategies to accelerate the growth of each brand, and built a strong foundation focusing on innovation and 360 plans.
Hayna holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the Fashion Institute of Technology, focused on Cosmetics and Fragrance Management and Marketing, and she is currently finishing her MBA at Columbia Business School.
Hayna holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the Fashion Institute of Technology, focused on Cosmetics and Fragrance Management and Marketing, and she is currently finishing her MBA at Columbia Business School.
Date & Time
Sunday
November 22, 2020
10 a.m. – 12 p.m. EST