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Pathways Career Symposium 2008
Negotiating your First Position (Beyond Academia)
Time:
9:30-10:30am
Room: 106 Wellman
Join us for an informative discussion of the do's and don'ts of negotiating your first position outside academia. Our workshop leader will offer expert advice on how to put your best foot forward and successfully negotiate your new position including information about salary and benefits negotiation. Don't miss this opportunity to learn a skill vital to your career success.
Workshop Leader :
Robert Shibatani, M.Sc., Managing Partner & Consulting Hydrologist, The SHIBATANI GROUP, INC.
Mr. Shibatani has over 23 years of combined experience in watershed hydrology and environmental/water resource consulting. He is an acknowledged expert at developing and implementing long-range water supply planning projects and has managed some of the State's most controversial federal/state water projects and landmark regional water plans.
Mr. Shibatani focuses his current practice on regional/local water supply issues in the Sierra Nevada including utility infrastructure improvements, climate change effects, and new water projects. He is an expert at developing long-term water supply alternative scenarios; integrating the elements of firm yield availability, legal entitlement, effective storage capacity, conveyance routing, and spatial demand forecasts. Mr. Shibatani is an accomplished public spokesperson, facilitator, and negotiator, devoting considerable time to stakeholder liaison/outreach, legislative lobbying, and directing highly sensitive public issue matters.
Mr. Shibatani has held an array of corporate officer positions in the consulting industry; as a founding Partner, Vice President/Principal, U.S. Southwest Regional Director, and International Liaison Director. His business background includes experience in international strategic marketing, global climate change consortium development, mergers and acquisitions, corporate due diligence protocols, environmental policy, corporate liability and environmental criminal litigation, contracting, and operational/financial analysis. Mr. Shibatani is intimately familiar with all aspects of the consulting business.
Robert Shibatani received his Honors B.Sc. in earth science and geomorphology from the University of Toronto and his M.Sc. in watershed hydrology from Trent University, Ontario, Canada.