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Thursday, October 23, 2008
7:00 p.m.

Pfizer Research Technology Center
620 Memorial Drive, Cambridge
(Networking reception will follow)

Please join MASS-AWIS for a panel discussion of the current career landscape.  The greater Boston area has one of the highest concentrations of Ph.D.'s in an American urban center, second only to the greater Bethesda area.  What are these researchers doing?  Where are they employed?  What does this mean for your own career?  Bring questions that are of most interest to you.

Featured speakers will include:

James Iannoni – Sr. Staffing and Recruiting, Merck
Lynette Buitt – HR Management, Pfizer
Heather Dawes – Program Director, Fidelity Foundations
Patrick Marshall – Principal & President, StratAcuity Scientific Search

Free for members and students - $10 for non-members

Long time members, new members, families and guests are invited to join us for a MASS Association for Women in Science Summer Social event.  Bring yourself, family and friends, snacks and outdoor fun equipment for a picnic at Amory Park in Brookline.

Please join us!

Amory Park

45 Amory St

Brookline, MA 02446

Sunday, Aug. 03, 2008

2:00 PM  - 5:00 PM

Register at http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=162053

How do I network?  What does networking mean?  Why do some people think networking is a "dirty word"?  

Join us for an evening where we'll answer those questions and put some new networking skills to work!

Monday, April 28th
Evelyn Murphy returns to Mass-AWIS to conduct a workshop on the Wage Gap!

Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
100 Technology Square
Cambridge, MA 02139

We are very excited to host this first ever Wage Project Workshop focused on scientists.  The workshop will be geared towards negotiating your initial salary as well as future raises.  There will be a charge to help cover the cost of materials and light dinner ($20 for MASS AWIS
chapter members and $35 for non-members).

Evelyn Murphy is President of The WAGE Project, Inc., a national organization to end wage discrimination against working women, and Resident Scholar in the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University, where she has researched and authored a book on women's wages entitled Getting Even: Why Women Don't Get Paid Like Men and What To Do About It

Tuesday April 1st, 6:30 – 8:00 PM

BIDMC Research North, 99 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA

This event is also a kickoff for our new AWIS mentoring circle!   See the Mentoring page for more details.

This book tells the story of a professional problem-solving group that for more than 25 years has empowered its members by providing practical and emotional support. The objective of “Group,” as Ellen Daniell and six other members call their bimonthly gatherings, is cooperation in a competitive world. And the objective of Every Other Thursday is to encourage those who feel isolated or stressed in a work or academic setting to consider the benefits of such a group—a group in which everyone is on your side.
Each of the high-achieving individuals in Group (including members of the National Academy of Sciences, a senior scientist at a prestigious research institute, and university professors and administrators) has found the support of the others to be an essential part of her own success. Daniell provides detailed examples of how members help one another navigate career setbacks or other difficulties. She shows that group support, discussion, and application of common experience bring to light practical solutions and broader perspectives. In an inspirational conclusion, the author offers advice and practical guidelines for those who would like to establish a group of their own.

http://www.amazon.com/Every-Other-Thursday-Strategies-Successful/dp/0300113234