CCI Graduate Student Professional Development
| Building a LinkedIn Profile |
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| LinkedIn is a powerful tool for highlighting yourself in the professional world, but successfully branding yourself can be tricky. Learn the essential strategies for building a strong and authentic profile. You’ll be able to ask questions and practice revamping your LinkedIn.Tuesday, February 3rd12pm-1pmVirtual EventLearn More |
| Speak So They Can Hear You: Making STEM Communication Work for Every Mind |
 Brilliant ideas don’t matter if your audience can’t follow them.This interactive workshop helps STEM students strengthen their speaking and presentation skills by learning how to better understand their audience, especially when that audience includes people with different backgrounds, experiences, and thinking styles. Participants will explore how to communicate complex, technical ideas with clarity, reduce jargon, and design messages that resonate with both expert and more general audiences.With a neurodiversity-informed lens, this session goes beyond “know your audience” to help you think about how different people learn, process information, and engage. You’ll leave with practical strategies you can apply immediately, whether you’re presenting research, pitching an idea, or explaining your work to non-technical stakeholders.Tuesday, February 3rd5:30pm-6:30pmVirtual EventLearn MoreLincoln Financial: Employer in the Foyer Come talk with representatives from Lincoln Financial Group as they discuss current open tech roles as well as answer your questions about resumes, interviewing, networking, and more! Wednesday, February 4th11am-2pmWoodward 2nd FloorHybrid Agile: Outperforming AI by Delivering Real Results |
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| Standing out in IT means more than following trends. This session explores how hybrid Agile approaches help you deliver results that shine brighter than AI. Learn how to adapt, innovate, and demonstrate the value of human ingenuity in technology.Wednesday, February 4th4pm-5pmCHHS 380Learn More |
 Large career fair focused on opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and math; open to all majors and all class levels. Connect with 180+ employers and grad programs offering full-time jobs, internships, and co-ops. Attendees include Fortune 100 companies, nonprofits, government agencies, local businesses, and graduate programs. |
| Thursday, February 5th10am-2pmStudent Activity Center (SAC)Learn More |
| Time Management |
 Are you stressed out or don’t have as much time as you want for all of your projects? Do you often postpone things or give up other things because you don’t have time?Learn how to effectively organize your time and tasks so you can accomplish your goals!Good time management:allows you to accomplish more in a shorter period of timeleads to more free time, which lets you take advantage of learning opportunitiesLowers your stressHelps you to focus, which leads to more success in your classesMonday, February 9th12pm-1pmVirtual Event |
| The Power of Being a Consultant |
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| This presentation explores the dynamic world of consulting, contrasting it with the experience of working directly within a single industry or company. The session will examine the distinct advantages and disadvantages of a consulting career path. Additionally, it highlights specific contributions and projects undertaken by the Eliassen Group within the Charlotte business community. The seminar concludes with practical advice on networking strategies and finding the right role, followed by an open Q&A session.Tuesday, February 10th4pm-5pmDubois Center 801Learn More |
| Touio: Employer in the Foyer |
 Touio will be hosting our Employer in the Foyer table where students can interact with professionals from your organization to to learn more about your talent recruitment opportunities, tech related roles in your organization, and to ask questions related to their professional development (resumes, interview tips, etc.) from professionals. Wednesday, February 11th11am-2pmWoodward 2nd Floor |
| Interview Tips for Positions in the US |
 This workshop will discuss common challenges candidates make when interviewing in their non-native cultures. In particular, it will address tips and strategies specific to the U.S. interview process.Thursday, February 12th3pm-4pmAtkins 146Learn More |
Spring Career & Internship Fair |
| Large career fair focused on non-technical opportunities; open to all majors and all class levels. Connect with 125 employers and grad programs offering full-time jobs, internships, and co-ops. Attendees include Fortune 100 companies, nonprofits, government agencies, local businesses, and graduate programs.View the Career Fair Crash Course video to prepare for the fair. |
| Friday, February 13th10am-2pmStudent Activity Center (SAC) |
Agentic Coding for Modern Analytics: Upskilling Faster with AI Teammates Data analytics is accelerating, and the biggest shift is agentic coding—AI that works with you like a real project partner. In this talk, I’ll show how AI-driven agents can help analysts and professional students clean data, write and debug code, explore datasets, and build reproducible workflows without wrestling with environments or boilerplate. Through a live demo, you’ll see how agentic coding dramatically speeds up learning, improves quality, and helps you produce work that’s closer to data science and engineering—no matter where you’re starting from.Tuesday, February 17th4pm-5pmVirtual EventLearn More |
| 2026 Spring Tech Connect Networking Event |
 Our Tech Connect Networking Event is your prime opportunity to network with organizations to learn about internships and jobs as well as see small demonstrations of the kinds of tech roles you might have in those organizations! This isn’t just a career fair – it’s an immersive experience designed to show you what’s possible. Beyond traditional networking, you’ll get an opportunity to talk with professionals leading cutting-edge work from a variety of industries as well as connect with professionals in the area who want to meet you! Check back regularly for a list of attending companies!Wednesday, February 18th1pm-5pmSAC SalonsLearn MoreSave the Date! From Events to Outcomes – An Application Analytics Datathon: February 20-21st Modern applications generate massive streams of event data—but which user actions truly matter? Join this interdisciplinary datathon to analyze a real, privacy-protected dataset of application events and uncover the behaviors most strongly linked to meaningful outcomes. Teams of up to four will use Zerve, an AI-native, code-first data science platform, to engineer features, explore engagement patterns, and connect technical insights to business impact.Winning team members will receive Meta smart glasses, and all participants will receive training and full access to Zerve. Register Today! https://forms.gle/3QojmL6vuHMsZFvk7 |