Session: Doctoral Student Panel and Reception: Emerging Issues In the Current Job Market (Society for Social Work and Research 15th Annual Conference: Emerging Horizons for Social Work Research)

Please come join us for food and conversation. This year’s doctoral student panel will highlight ways that doctoral students can successfully prepare themselves for the current job market. Ms. Luna-Idunate will begin the discussion with the importance and purpose of strong research statement. She will give tips for writing a strategic research statement for the academic job market; and share the importance of highlighting inter-disciplinary, collaborations, peer review and conciseness. Dr. Maguire will follow with a discussion about how students can best showcase their research and teaching experience. Dr. Maguire has been the chair of the faculty search committee at the University of Pittsburgh. He will offer insight about what universities look for on candidate’s CVs and cover letter. Finally, Dr. Trinidad earned her PhD in social welfare from the University of Washington, Seattle in 2010. She will converse about her recent job search experience in terms of how students can make themselves more marketable, as well as how students can manage decisions related to professional and life goals.