The Desjardins Centre for Advanced Training presents
Career Half-Day
2019
LAUNCH A CAREER IN LIFE SCIENCES
ABOUT
The Workshop
Negotiate for what you want...and it's more than the salary
Negotiation is an art. Although it may be commonly associated with the workplace, in fact, negotiation is useful in all aspects of life. This workshop integrates research findings, personal stories from working professionals and exercises that together support your comfort of negotiating in a professional manner. Come prepared to engage in an interactive workshop and be empowered to ask for what you truly want!
Our Speaker
Professional and Personal Life Coach
Niem Huynh - Inquirer. Risk-taker (calculated). Professional and Personal Life Coach. Niem has explored diverse professional opportunities, from being a university professor to a career advisor to graduate recruiter. Along this evolving journey that has taken her to work for various amounts of time in the U.S.A., Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, and now back to Canada, she has enhanced her professional toolbox with new abilities and skills. In addition to a diverse employment portfolio, she thrives on giving workshops related to professional and personal growth (e.g., networking, public speaking, negotiation) and is a fierce competitor in public speaking competitions.
Learn more about Niem's professional trajectories: www.linkedin.com/in/niemhuynh
The Lunch
12 - 2 pm
THE SETUP
Professionals will be grouped by role/job title/sector. Two or three professionals will be seated per table with ~20 professionals in attendance. Tables will be labelled and represented by icons, for example, table 1 may be represented by a coffee cup.
THE LUNCH CIRCUIT
The networking lunch* starts at 12:30 pm and will end at 2:00 pm. . To allow participants ample time to network with different professionals, the lunch will be divided into 25-minute circuits. A bell will be rung at the end of the 25 minutes, signalling the circuit change.
This year will be unlike past Career Half-Days as participants will be obliged to reserve a spot at a table in order to dine with their chosen professional. Before the workshop, from 9-9:45, participants will arrive and sign-in at the registration desk. Participants will receive a lunch circuit card (see example below) which will be their access card to networking with the professionals over lunch. Each participant will have the opportunity to visit three tables at 25-minute intervals. (Seating is limited)
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Example of a lunch circuit card. Tables are represented by icons.
THE FOOD
Lunch boxes will be offered to registered participants and attending professionals. When signing in, participants will be given a choice of lunch and a ticket to correspond.
Gluten-free and vegetarian options will be available.
*All participants must attend the workshop in order to participate in the networking lunch
The Schedule
9:00
Registration & Lunch Circuit Sign-up
Grab a coffee and browse the table selection. Reserve your spots for the lunch circuit.
Remember: Once a selection is made it can not be unmade, spaces are limited and reserved for those with lunch circuit cards.
9:45
Lunch Circuit sign-up closes
10:00
Negotiate for what you want...and it's more than the salary
Drs. Sylvia and Richard Cruess Amphitheatre*
The featured workshop presented by Niem Huynh, Ph.D., PPCC.
12:30
Lunch interval # 1
This lunch interval will last 25 minutes. Trainees will present their circuit card upon arrival at their first table.
1:00
Lunch interval # 2
This lunch interval will last 25 minutes. Trainees will present their circuit card upon arrival at their second table.
1:30
Lunch interval # 3
This lunch interval will last 25 minutes. Trainees will present their circuit card upon arrival at their last table.
1:55
End -
Open networking
Participants and professionals who wish to stay, are welcome to network openly for 30 minutes.
12:00
Break
Time to freshen up and grab a lunch box. Last chance to sign up for a circuit.
*Note, as per the rules set by the RI-MUHC, no food or beverage permitted in the Amphitheatre.
The Professionals
Take a look at the professionals who will be participating in the networking lunch.
Search by professional
Search by career areas covered by professionals attending the networking lunch.
The Venue
Career Half-Day will take place in both the Drs. Sylvia and Richard Cruess Amphitheatre (am) and the Atrium (pm) of of the Research Centre of the MUHC (Block E)
1001 Decarie Blvd, Montreal, QC H4A 3J1
By Metro
Located on the Orange Line, Vendôme metro station is a quick ride from the Blue and Green lines and conveniently situated right next to the Glen site which is now accessible via an underground tunnel.
By commuter trains
Vendôme intermodal station also connects to three commuter AMT train lines, ensuring that residents and employees from outside Montreal are able to reach our facilities.
By bus
The new 77 bus route drops users directly from Lionel-Groulx station to the front doors of the Glen. Additionally, there are six local buses that stop at Vendôme Metro (37, 90, 102, 104, 105, 124) and five that make frequent stops near the Glen site (17, 63, 78, 371, 420).
Access by car
Enter on Decarie Blvd. Take the designated ramp to underground parking level S1 (the temporary emergency parking available across from the Emergency Department main entrance).
