Events & Workshops
CDR has a host of events, programs, and initiatives to support you in your career journey.
Explore
Career coaching at Silver aims to empower you to take action and make decisions towards your career goals by meeting you where you are and assessing what is needed to confidently move forward. Coaching is an opportunity to receive individualized support, strengthen alignment with your goals, and develop skills that will benefit you for years to come.
Created to explore the challenges, opportunities, and expansiveness of the social work profession, the My Social Work Journey Series features alums, faculty, and professionals in various types of social work practice who share about their own career journeys, their day-to-day experiences, and expertise for entering the field.
The Silver Success Series is an event series featuring career panels of NYU Silver alums, with the goal of highlighting various social work pathways and the versatility of the MSW degree. Alums will share about their own career journeys, their day-to-day experiences, and guidance on entering their particular setting.
Prepare
A unique model we have at Silver is that we've integrated career readiness directly into your courses — meaning you don't always have to visit our office to receive career-related support. Our office will visit you in every Practice class during your time at Silver where you will engage in career workshops that will equip you with the tools and skills to prepare for both practicum placement and post-graduation.
Ask Me Anything events are webinars that invite alumni, faculty, and social work practitioners to demystify and share their expertise around how to approach daunting areas in the social work profession. A large portion of each event is devoted for students to ask questions.
Silver Skill Development Sessions are 30-minute appointments with a coach to workshop materials and develop skills in areas such as resume building, cover letter writing, and interviewing.
Build the lifelong skills you need to prepare for your career and learn how to represent yourself in a way that highlights your unique strengths and narrative.
In partnership with the Wasserman Center for Career Development (add link), Wasserman@Silver brings expert liaisons to lead workshops locally at Silver that are focused on various in-demand career preparation skills.
Connect
The Office of Career Design & Social Work Readiness distributes a monthly newsletter to all Silver students that features original content on various career-related topics, information on upcoming events, relevant resources, updates from the office, and job opportunities.
The Metro New York Social Work Consortium hosts an annual Master’s Level Social Work Job Fair through the CareerEco platform. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to speak with employers about current or future openings, including full-time positions and fellowships.
Silver Connect is an initiative dedicated to facilitating networks and connections between members of the Silver community, with the goal of fostering professional development as a community practice, rather than an individual journey.
Reimagine
Changemaking in Social Work highlights the work of organizations and practitioners focused on social change with the goal of helping students to reimagine new systems and ways of practicing social work.
Social Work and the Self explores the intersections between students’ identities and the world of work. This series aims to connect students’ everyday experiences with larger systems and structures; provide community support and accountability; and empower students to practice self-advocacy and personal liberation in their lives and career journeys.