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Career Accelerator (North America)
21 - 25 January, 2024
YMCA of the Rockies - Estes Park Center
Estes Park, Colorado USA
Registration for the 2024 program closes on 27 November.
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Sign up nowUnderstand core skills and expectations in the corporate environment
To compete and succeed in the optics and photonics field today, students and early career professionals need to develop skills inside and outside the lab to understand how to utilize their expertise in this ever-growing and changing sector.
Career Accelerators seek to fill the training and education gap by focusing on career paths and the professional and personal skills needed for success. Our goal with this program is to acquaint students with the corporate world's culture, language, and methodology as they plan their transition from academia to industry.
Topics include:
- Leadership development
- Team building and group dynamics
- Business strategy
- Innovation & product development
- Budgeting & financial management
- Management & decision-making
- Marketing & branding
- Effective communication
- Negotiating
- Project management