Defining Success & Creating Your Own Momentum
ROOM: 174
In a capitalist society, compensation is often argued as one of the most important symbols of success, leading to intense competition among young professionals. For some, wealth is truly their definition of success and is what drives them every day. For others, however, there are many other factors that formulate their individual definition of success, such as emotional fulfillment, location, benefits, working hours, and the social impact of the work being done. This can make it hard to accept that your success can look different from that of society, or your friends and colleagues. This mentality forces many soon-to-be graduates to choose entry-level positions that are unsatisfying or to be overworked at the cost of their physical and emotional health.
This panel will discuss aligning your career with your values, identifying your non-negotiables, and investing in strategic assets that will maximize your efficiency while at work. Panelists will also share how they identified their values to create their individual ideas of success, and how they worked towards reinventing themselves when their careers no longer aligned with their goals.
Business Without Borders
Room:165
We live in an era of viral globalization. As the world becomes more interconnected, professionals need to understand, accept, and learn how to work effectively and efficiently with people from various backgrounds. Companies across all industries such as finance, technology, healthcare, media, and entertainment are reliant on individuals with a healthy global perspective.
In Business Without Borders, you will hear women who have traveled and studied around the world describe the benefits and challenges of international business and how their worldviews have changed along their journeys.
Corporate Confidence: Owning the Room and Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
Room:163
Identifying your strengths can be difficult. Discussing your strengths with an expert in your industry while avoiding emitting overconfidence, or worse - cockiness is even more difficult. Women especially tend to avoid highlighting our unique accomplishments and qualities for fear of attention or negative labeling, or the fear that we do not deserve a seat at the table.
In Corporate Confidence: Owning the Room & Overcoming Imposter Syndrome, industry leaders will discuss how to effectively and confidently highlight your standout qualities and your industry knowledge during interviews, networking, presentations, and other professional settings. Panelists will also discuss how to build confidence within your industry, and how to overcome Imposter Syndrome when opportunity knocks and you need to grab it.
Being the Only Woman in the Room
Room:168
Even with the great strides of women before us breaking traditional social boundaries, entering a professional environment is still a challenge for many women. Upon entering the business world, many of us will find ourselves being the only woman in a space. Especially when we are the only person of our race, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, or any other defining characteristics. Moments when you find yourself being the only woman in the room does not have to silence or impede you. Instead, it is an opportunity to provide a different perspective and build connections with others in the room.
During this session, attendees will hear empowering stories from our panelists as they navigated the workplace as the only woman in the room and made their voices heard.
You Got the Offer, Now What?
Room:162
The idea of graduating without a job or not finding the perfect summer internship brings undeniable fear to any college student. This fear often makes us want to seize any opportunity that comes our way. However, if there was no surrounding pressure, would we really accept that first job or internship offer? Would we really say no to our dream company because we realize that it may not be the best fit for us, even if were are the best fit for them?
Panelists on You Got the Offer, Now What? will advise attendees on how to capitalize on opportunities when the time and offer is right, how to weigh multiple considerations before accepting an offer, and how to say no to the wrong opportunities.