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Career symposium for Faculty of Science students: Learn from your seniors!
Yoshio Takahashi, Director, Career Support Office / Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Science
On November 12, 2020, the annual Career Symposium and Job Guidance for the Faculty of Science and Graduate School of Science was held online, organized by the Career Support Office. The first half of the symposium was entitled "Learn from Your Seniors," and featured talks by two seniors who have both received their doctoral degrees from the Graduate School of Science and are now researchers. The first presenter, Mr. Taiga Okumura, was appointed as Assistant Professor on November 1 after working as a researcher at a corporate Institute and as a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Earth and Planetary Science. His presentation was very informative for the students (and even for us faculty members), as it clearly showed the difference between research at a company and research at a university. The second speaker, Dr. Tomohiro Matsui, was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and now runs his own laboratory in the Advanced Technology Institute of Anritsu Corporation. Like Dr. Okumura, he spoke passionately about the difference between research conducted at a company and at a university, and how there is a way to work in a company after going through academia, and that this is possible because one has studied the fundamentals at the Faculty of Science. I hope that many students will make the most of their studies at the Faculty of Science and pursue a career in research. Finally, Mr. Mitsuro Kawano, Member of the Career Support Office, gave guidance on finding a job and closed the meeting. Although there were a few points to be regretted in this year's event because it was held online (participants forgot to mute their phones (the host should have forced them to mute), and most students had their videos turned off, so we could not see their faces, and the presenters did not give a good impression), the event was a great success with 151 participants compared to 50 to 70 students who usually attend in previous years. However, the event was a great success, with 151 participants, compared to 50-70 students in previous years. The majority of the responses to the questionnaire also indicated that the event was meaningful. In future Career Support Office projects, we will continue to search for a better format, while effectively incorporating the online method and being aware of the advantages of face-to-face meetings. Thank you to the two presenters and to everyone who participated and cooperated.
Faculty of Science News, January 2021