Seed
Central features
Student program
Career
development workshops
Gateway: Your Path to Career Success, a
workshop series designed and sponsored by Seed
Central, held at UC Davis, launched in October 2013.
Career workshops are facilitated by professionals
associated with Seed Central. Focus is on the
development of career readiness and highlight topics
such as communication skills, group leadership,
negotiating and problem-solving techniques.
2021 schedule
All 2021 workshops are part of the Student
Forum.
Click
HERE to view all the Student Forum
events.
Past
workshops
|
DATE |
TOPIC |
INSTRUCTORS |
April 2018
|
Legal matters:
- the employment contract
- the non-disclosure agreement
-
intellectual property in the seed and
agbiotech industry
- how
intellectual property and intellectual
property protection
impact the work of industry researchers
- in-
and out-licensing of technology
|
James
Weatherly, Esq.
Executive Director of the
Seed Innovation and Protection Alliance
(SIPA)
Don Mendel, Esq.
General Councel, AMPA, HM.Clause
Alissa Eagle
Assistant General Counsel
Monsanto Vegetable Seeds
Benito Juarez
Melon and Hot Pepper Breeder
Sakata Seed America
|
February
2018
|
Networking
skills for people who hate networking |
Brandy Burns
HR Lead
Monsanto Vegetable Seeds |
May 2016
|
Networking and Linkedin |
Cynthia
Goldberg
Program Coordinator
UC Davis Internship and Career Center |
April 2016
|
Communication skills |
Carl Winter
Director of the FoodSafe Program and
Extension Food Toxicologist, UC Davis |
|
October
2015
|
Interviewing skills
The labor
market is becoming increasingly competitive
and it is ever more challenging to make
yourself stand out as you prepare to look
for employment. Strong qualifications and a
great education aren’t enough these days to
help you secure your dream job. You need to
be prepared with those soft, interpersonal
skills and engage a few key interviewing
tips to nail that job interview.
Seed Central is offering a workshop led by
industry HR experts who will share with you
the “Anatomy of an Interview,” including
strategic interviewing tips drawing from
real life experiences.
Come and join us for this exciting workshop
that provides theoretical principles, true
life examples and their relevance to the
industry job market. The workshop
environment will be dynamic, participative
and involve an interactive twist including
the opportunity to ask HR professionals in
the industry all the questions you didn’t
dare to ask before.
Following
are the key concepts you can expect at this
workshop:
-
Before the interview: Learn about
the industry, the company, the role and
position, the people who work there, and
gather relevant information about people
who will be interviewing you.
-
During the interview: Greetings and
introductions, use of body language,
questions to ask and types of questions
you may be asked, answers and closing.
-
After the interview: To send or not
to send a follow up email or note,
calling, connecting on Linkedin, staying
in touch, following the company,
networking, etc.
-
The job offer: Negotiating
an offer do’s and don’ts.
-
If there is not a good fit:
The company may not want to hire you
or you may not want the job so what
do you do?
-
Active learning/activity.
- Q&A
Session.
|
Andres
Trillo,
HM.Clause
Irma Madera,
Monsanto
Rick Roggenbuck, Novozymes, Inc. |
January
2015
|
Business
Success Strategies
The Value of Using Proper Business Etiquette |
Gary Hudson
Gary Hudson & Associates |
April 2014
|
Networking
skills for people who hate networking! |
Tamiko Gaines
and Beth Krodel
HM.Clause |
February
2014
|
What does it
mean to be a business professional? |
Bonnie
Fernandez-Fenaroli
Center for Produce Safety, UC Davis
George Gough
Monsanto Company |
|
October
2013 |
The "elevator
pitch" |
Gerald Corbett
Redphlag
LLC |
|
