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Career Tips: Don't Forget the Basics

The UTD School of Management Career Services Center makes available to 
both the School's alumni and current students such services as career 
assessments, aptitude tests, and career development counseling.  The 
center also provides job search counseling, including tips like these 
from center director Judy Guyer:

* Don't go it alone developing your résumé-get external professional 
input. There is too much room for error, and you could waste valuable 
opportunities by providing a résumé that is not the best reflection of 
your talents.

* Be smart about interviewing. Polish your skills. Consider doing a 
videotaped "mock interview" to discover how others see you.  The Career 
Services Center offers this service by appointment.

* Do research on any company where you will be interviewing. It is smart 
to do this for other companies that interest you also. Have at least two 
intelligent in-depth questions to ask at any interview. This will set you 
apart as a more desirable candidate.

* Don't let your talents become obsolete. Continue to expand your 
professional talents, network by attending professional development 
conferences, and stay attuned to changes in your industry.

For more information, contact Ms. Guyer at 972-883-6832 or 
guyer@utdallas.edu.


MIT Forum Hosts 'Inventors of the Future'

The UTD School of Management's division of Executive and Professional 
Development played host January 17 to the MIT Forum's "A Conversation with 
Two Great Inventors of the Future," which featured the 2000 Nobel Laureate 
Dr. Alan MacDiarmid (bottom left) and entrepreneur Wu-Fu Chen (top left). 
Dr. MacDiarmid, who is Blanchard Professor of Chemistry at the University 
of Pennsylvania, shared the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with chemists 
Alan J. Heeger of the United States and Hideki Shirakawa of Japan for 
their pioneering work with synthetic materials. Dr. MacDiarmid recently 
joined UTD as distinguished scholar in residence, chairman of the advisory 
board of UTD"s NanoTech Institute, and as special science advisor to UTD 
President Franklyn Jenifer. Mr. Chen was elected one of the top ten 
entrepreneurs of 2000 by Red Herring magazine and has been ranked as one 
of the top one hundred venture investors in the United States by Forbes 
magazine. The MIT Enterprise Forum is sponsored by the Massachusetts 
Institute of Technology Alumnae Association. The January 17 event was also 
cosponsored by the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the Chinese Institute of 
Engineers/USA.


SOM students tapped for UTD Alumni Association Ring honor

Two of the three graduating seniors chosen as recipients of the UTD Alumni 
Association's Ring Award are School of Management students. Emily McKee 
(left), who is graduating in May with a Master of Science degree with a 
concentration in Information Technology Management and Consulting, and 
Cara Smedley, who is graduating in May with a Bachelor of Science degree 
in Information Systems, both won the newly designed official UTD rings in 
the competition this spring. An Engineering and Computer Science student, 
Priscilla Cox, was the third ring winner in the alumni association 
contest. The purpose of the competition is to recognize students who have 
attained outstanding levels of academic achievement and whose 
contributions have made a significant impact upon the lives of the 
University community and the community at large. For more information on 
the Ring Award contest, contact Patricia Hill-Yandell, UTD alumni 
relations officer, at 972-883-2586 or yandell@utdallas.edu.