On Monday, November 9th, 2020 of Week 6, WICS Mentorship members attended Mentorship Reveal to find out their mentorship families and mentor and mentee groupings for the 2020-2021 academic year! Members were divided into their Mentorship Families with each member of the family given an entity to guess and find
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On Wednesday, November 4th, 2020 of Week 5, WICS members attended a Q&A session where general members brought questions to current WICS Committee and Board members. Members learned about the Corporate, Executive, Marketing, and Outreach committees. With the WICS Committee application due in just one week, members got the opportunity
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On Monday, November 2nd, 2020 of Week 5, WICS and ICS Student Council members joined by a Blizzard representative had an information session to cover roles at Blizzard, but more specifically their online multiplayer server platform- Battle.net. They were able to answer very intricate questions and I think it was
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On Thursday, October 29th, WICS invited Northrop Grumman representatives to present a professional development webinar. Lexi Hoffman, a technical recruiter, went over how to create a resume from scratch, from what the main components of a great resume are to some insider info that Northrop Grumman likes to see from
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On Monday, October 26th, 2020 of Week 3, we hosted a Trivia Night filled with jeopardy style questions and answers. This was a fun social event where we got to interact with general members and got to know more fun facts about each other. There were seven teams in total
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On Thursday, October 29th, 2020 of Week 3, Amazon hosted an “Ace Your Interview” workshop. Kenny Huynh, a software development engineer at Amazon (and also UC Irvine alumni!) spoke to us about what the online assessment and interview process was like at Amazon. We were able to learn more about
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On Monday, October 19th, 2020 of Week 3, we had 13 company representatives from all sorts of companies including CrowdStrike, Google, Cisco, Taco Bell, Bllizzard and more who came out and played with 50+ students! WICS Games is one of the largest events that we host every year and although
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On Wednesday, October 14th 2020 of Week 2, Zillow in collaboration with WICS hosted a “Pitch Yourself” Workshop, encouraging students to pursue their passions and develop skills to express themselves and stand out in the virtual recruiting season. Guest speaker Monique DeDonker, Senior Technical Recruiter at Zillow Group, led a
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On Monday, October 12th 2020 of Week 2, roughly 100 prospective mentors and mentees attended WICS’ annual mentorship mixer! About 40 mentors and 60 mentees gathered together and mingled through “speed friending”, in which groups of members were placed into breakout rooms and answered questions about each other. As each
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On Thursday, October 8th, 2020, of Week 1, Ingram Micro hosted a Meet ‘n Greet and info session. They went over their recruitment opportunities and showcased their product management team. They explained their hiring pipeline, including tips on internships, full-time roles, and their rotational program! One of the speakers, Jerry
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