Name: Afternoon Breakout: Data Science Career Trends & Portfolio Building (Session I)
Start: 2025-03-14T13:45:00-0400
End: 2025-03-14T14:15:00-0400

Friday March 14, 2025 1:45pm - 2:15pm EDT

Career Advising Breakout Room, The Carolina Union

This session offers a high-level overview of key data science hiring trends, the most in-demand skills, and insight into how companies evaluate candidates. We’ll discuss networking strategies, leveraging LinkedIn, and projects to unlock career opportunities. Additionally, we’ll explore what makes a strong portfolio, how to showcase technical skills and business impact, and best practices for GitHub and personal websites. Finally, we’ll cover job search tactics, including optimizing applications, and interview prep. By the end, you’ll have actionable insights to stand out in the job market.

Speakers

Rei Sanchez-Arias

MADS Faculty Director, UNC School of Data Science and Society, Teaching Assistant Professor

Rei Sanchez-Arias joins the School of Data Science and Society (SDSS) at UNC-Chapel Hill as a teaching faculty and faculty director for the Master of Applied Data Science (MADS) program. He was most recently an associate professor of data science and assistant chair in the department... Read More →

Stephanie Johnson

Director of Career Services, UNC-CH Department of Computer Science

As the Director of Career Services for the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Computer Science, Stephanie Johnson develops and implements programmatic strategies to support the career advancement of over 1,800 students. She oversees all career initiatives, leads a team of Computer Science... Read More →

Friday March 14, 2025 1:45pm - 2:15pm EDT
Career Advising Breakout Room, The Carolina Union

2025 MADS Immersion

Rei Sanchez-Arias

Stephanie Johnson

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