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MSCI 689: Career Development for the PhD Scholar

Resources and Support for Postdocs

In 2018, the College of Medicine's Office of Postdoctoral Affairs and Graduate Program co-hosted a career development course for biomedical researchers. The presentations and handouts from that course are made available here as resources to our trainees.

Weekly Schedule

Week 1 (Jan. 18, 2018): Job Searching Basics. TAMU Resources. Career Center Website.

Week 2 (Jan. 25, 2018): Career Chat: Genomics/Bioinformatics Specialist, Krista Ternus, PhD

Week 3 (Feb. 1, 2018): Self-Assessments & Establishing Your Professional Identity, "Branding"

Week 4 (Feb. 8, 2018): Networking 101. Elevator Pitch. Small Talk.

Week 5 (Feb. 15, 2018): LinkedIn 101

Week 6 (Feb. 22, 2018): Career Chat: Military Careers for the PhD Scholar, LCDR Patrick J. Dougherty

Week 7 (March 1, 2018): Professional Documents: CVs vs. Resumes

Week 8 (March 8, 2018): Professional Documents: Cover Letters

Week 9 (March 15, 2018): NO CLASS

Week 10 (March 22, 2018): Peer Editing Workshop: CV, resume, cover letter

Week 11 (March 29, 2018): Career Chat: NIH/Administration, Lori Conlan, PhD

Week 12 (April 5, 2018): Interviewing Skills

Week 13 (April 12, 2018): Interviewing Skills Workshop - Mock 1:1 Interviews

Week 14 (April 19, 2018): Elevator Pitch - Skills Assessment Workshop

Week 15 (April 26, 2018): Career Chat: Applied R&D, Rebecca White, PhD

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