The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University at Buffalo offers undergraduate and graduate students an opportunity to receive free professional development training through the SEAS 360° Certificate of Professional Development program.
This cost free program is designed to help undergraduate and graduate students develop and improve “power skills,” which are in high demand from employers around the world. To earn a SEAS 360° Certificate of Professional Development, which you can add to your resume, you must complete 25 hours of training. Training hours can be obtained by attending workshops, seminars, online professional development programming, and through approved experiential learning opportunities. Most workshops are typically 1 to 1 1/2 hours in length.
While participation in this program is optional, students interested in pursuing this certificate program must first opt-in.
IELTS USA is proud to announce the SEAS 360° program at the University at Buffalo (UB), The State University of New York's (SUNY) School of Engineering and Applied Sciences as the 2020 recipient of the Best Practices in International Enrollment Management Award!
A listing of prior SEAS 360° Professional Development Workshops can be found below, listed by semester.
If you have an idea for a future workshop, please contact us at seas360@buffalo.edu.
September 14, 2020: International Students: The American Job Search
September 15, 2020: Resume Writing for Jobs and Internships
September 16, 2020: Get Discovered with your Bullseye powered by Handshake Profile
September 29, 2020: Data, Analytics, Technology + Engineering: Job Search Strategies
September 30, 2020: Making the Most of the Job and Internship Fair
October 1, 2020: Interviewing Hacks That Work
October 13, 2020: Creating a Great LinkedIn Profile
October 15, 2020: Leadership and Teamwork, Valuing All Perspectives
October 16, 2020: 3MT Workshop: Communicating to a Non-Specialist Audience
October 19, 2020: 3MT Workshop: Presentation Zen, Pitch + Presence
October 20, 2020: Grad School 101 (Undergraduate Only)
October 21, 2020: Aligning Your Skills and Success with the Labor Market
October 27, 2020: DISCover Your Leadership & Communication Style
October 28, 2020: Career Perspectives Speaker Series: Career Conversations with Sean Cunningham from Intel
November 4, 2020: Grad School 201 (Undergraduate Only)
November 5, 2020: Professional Communucations
November 10, 2020: Grad School 301 (Undergraduate Only)
November 11, 2020: Finding Your Fit: from UB Engineering to Amazon Product Management
November 17, 2020: Etiquette in the Workplace
November 19, 2020: Diversity Series: Power, Privilege and Oppression
June 24, 2020: Leading with Emotional Intelligence
July 21, 2020: Mental Models: How to Make Intelligent Decisions
July 30, 2020: Strengthening Relationships in a Digital Age
August 19, 2020: SEAS New Student Graduate Orientation
January 21, 2020: Word: Harnessing the Power of MS Word for Clarity and Credibility in the Engineering Environment
February 11, 2020: Resume Writing for Jobs and Internships
February 19, 2020: Get Discovered with your Bullseye powered by Handshake Profile
February 20, 2020: Create a Great LinkedIn Profile
February 24, 2020: Job and Internship Search Strategies
February 26, 2020: Interviewing Hacks that Work
March 11, 2020: Salary Negotiation Tips
April 15, 2020: DiSC Assessment: Understanding Your Leadership Style to Improve Emotional Intelligence
April 30, 2020: Engineering without Borders
May 6, 2020: Engineering Ethics
September 9, 2019: Resume Writing for Jobs and Internships
September 10, 2019: International Students: The American Job Search
September 12, 2019: Get Discovered with your Bullseye powered by Handshake Profile
September 19, 2019: Create a Great LinkedIn Profile
September 24, 2019: Job and Internship Search Strategies
September 25, 2019: Making the Most of the Job and Internship Fair
October 1, 2019: Interviewing Hacks that Work
October 3, 2019: Soft Skills: The Key to Developing Your Career
October 4, 2019: Career Perspectives and Networking Conference
October 15, 2019: Graduate School 101
October 22, 2019: Public Speaking
October 30, 2019: DiSC Assessment: Understanding Your Leadership Style to Improve Emotional Intelligence
November 12, 2019: Internship and Job Search Strategies
November 14, 2019: Intercultural Communications in Today's Global Economy
November 21, 2019: Teamwork in the Workplace
December 3, 2019: Resume Writing - Building a Career and Your Resume
December 11, 2019: Networking: What is It, What’s Appropriate and Why It’s Important for Your Career
June 18, 2019: Design Principles for Data Visualization
June 26, 2019: Frames of Leadership
June 26, 2019: Mental Models
June 27, 2019: Strengths Quest
June 27, 2019: Leading with Emotional Intelligence
June 27, 2019: Team Building in the Workplace
July 18, 2019: Mastering MS Excel
August 6, 2019: Introduction to Tableau Desktop
January 15, 2019: Interviewing Skills - Keys to Applying for Jobs and Interviewing
January 22, 2019: MS Word - Harnessing the Power of Templates, Headers, Footers and Reviewing Tools
January 24, 2019: Strengths Based Leadership - Teams and Leadership
February 7, 2019: Graduate School 101: What You Need to Know
February 13, 2019: Resume Writing for Jobs and Internships
February 18, 2019: Get Discovered with your Bullseye powered by Handshake Profile
February 19, 2019: Creating a Great LinkedIn Profile
February 21, 2019: Graduate School 201: Navigating the Application Process
February 27, 2019: Job and Internship Search Strategies
March 4, 2019: Making the Most of the Job and Internship Fair
March 5, 2019: Interviewing Hacks That Work
March 12, 2019: Job Search Strategies and Immigration Issues
March 13, 2019: Salary Negotiation Tips
March 14, 2019: Intercultural Communications in Today's Global Economy - Part 2
March 27, 2019: DiSC Assessment: Understanding Your Leadership Style to Improve Emotional Intelligence
April 2, 2019: Pay Equity - Salary Negotiation Skills
April 4, 2019: Tips and Tricks to Planning for Building Your Career and a Powerful Resume
April 10, 2019: Rocket: A Simulation on Intercultural Teamwork
April 11, 2019: Graduate School 301: Financial Literacy, Scholarships and Funding
April 17, 2019: Marcelo Barros - The International Advantage: Get Noticed, Get Hired!
April 25, 2019: Resume and Cover Letter Review Session
May 1, 2019: Social Media Appropriateness
May 7, 2019: Keys to Employment Interviewing
September 6, 2018: Your Path to Success: Winning the Job and the Lightning Talk Competition (Tips and Skills)
September 10, 2018: Get Discovered with your Bullseye powered by Handshake Profile
September 10, 2018: Working with Different Personalities in the Workplace
September 13, 2018: Resume Writing for Jobs and Internships
September 13, 2018: Rocket: A Simulation on Intercultural Teamwork
September 17, 2018: International Students: The American Job Search
September 18, 2018: Creating a Great LinkedIn Profile
September 19, 2018: STEM Majors: Jobs and Internships
September 21, 2018: Networking: What is It, What’s Appropriate and Why it’s Important for Your Career
September 25, 2018: Passport to Employment: Tips from UB Engineering Alumni
September 27, 2018: Making the Most of the Job and Internship Fair
October 1, 2018: Interviewing Hacks that Work
October 4, 2018: Soft Skills: The Key to Developing Your Career
October 4-5, 2018: Career Perspectives Networking Conference
October 10, 2018: DiSC Assessment
October 16, 2018: Public Speaking
October 18, 2018: Engineering Ethics
October 23, 2018: Networking for Introverts
October 25, 2018: Grad School 101: What You Need to Know
November 6, 2018: Resume Writing - Building a Career and Your Resume
November 13, 2018: Global Dexterity: Working in Global Environments
November 29, 2018: Intercultural Communications in Today's Global Economy
December 11, 2018: Applying for Jobs and Employment Interviewing
December 12, 2018: Strengths Based Leadership - Individual Strengths
June 7, 2018: Data Visualization Principles
June 28, 2018: Leading with Emotional Intelligence
June 28, 2018: Framing for Leaders: Perception Based Leadership
June 28, 2018: Mental Models: how to Make Intelligent Decisions
July 10, 2018: Excel: Data Prep, Pivot Tables and Working with Worksheets
August 1, 2018: Tableau: Installation, Data Connections, Interactive Reports and Dashboards Workshop
February 8, 2018: Resume Writing for Jobs and Internships
February 9, 2018: Leading Self: Time Management vs Priority Management
February 13, 2018: Engineering without Borders
February 14, 2018: Get Discovered with your Bullseye powered by Handshake Profile
February 14, 2018: Funding Your PhD: Fellowships for Graduate Study
February 15, 2018: Grad School 101
February 16, 2018: Optimizing Student Learning
February 19, 2018: Creating a Great LinkedIn Profile
February 20, 2018: STEM Majors: Jobs and Internships
February 20, 2018: Non Profit Panel Discussion with Blackstone Launchpad
February 21, 2018: US Army Corps of Engineers- 10 Things I Wish I Knew When Starting My Career
February 26, 2018: UB Alum from Bloomberg LP
February 27, 2018: Grad School 201
February 28, 2018: Job and Internship Search Strategies
March 5, 2018: Making the Most of the Job and Internship Fair
March 6, 2018: Interviewing Hacks that Work
March 8, 2018: Grad School 301
March 14, 2018: Salary Negotiation Tips
March 15, 2018: Resume and Cover Letter Part 1
March 27, 2018: Networking for Introverts
March 29, 2018: DiSC Assessment
April 4, 2018: Stress Management
April 5, 2018: Leading with Emotional Intelligence
April 5, 2018: Framing for Leaders: Perception Based Leadership
April 5, 2018: Mental Models: How to Make Intelligent Decisions
April 5, 2018: Leading Self: Public Speaking
April 6, 2018: Strengths Quest
April 6, 2018: Team Building in the Workplace
April 12, 2018: Applying for Jobs and Employment Interviewing
April 12, 2018: Leading Others: Building a Community
April 24, 2018: Effective Visual Presentation Skills
May 2, 2018: DiSC Assessment