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Thierry Dubroca

How to plan your career? After a PhD or Postdoc. Thierry Dubroca. September 5 th 2013. Magnet Lab Postdoctoral Seminar Career Development Series . Why plan your career?.

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Thierry Dubroca

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  1. How to plan your career? After a PhD or Postdoc Thierry Dubroca September 5th 2013 Magnet Lab Postdoctoral Seminar Career Development Series

  2. Why plan your career? Percent of doctorate recipients holding tenure and tenure-track appointments at academic institutions 3–5 years since degree Source: NSF, Science and Engineering indicators 2012 September 5th 2013 Magnet Lab Postdoctoral Seminar Career Development Series

  3. Academic Career academic route: - faculty at research intensive institution - faculty at 4 year college - faculty in a community college - scientist at national lab or research institution - institution administrator Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education [source: Wikipedia]: 1) Research Universities (RU/VH)—very high research activity (about 100 institutions) 2) Research Universities (RU/H)—high research activity (about 100 institutions) 3) Doctoral/Research Universities (DRU) (about 100 institutions) 4) Master's Colleges and Universities (about 700 institutions) 5) Baccalaureate Colleges (about 800 institutions) 6) Associates Colleges (about 2000 institutions) 7) Special focus schools and other (about 900 institutions) September 5th 2013 Magnet Lab Postdoctoral Seminar Career Development Series

  4. Non Academic Career • Which industry is right for you? • Health care • Pharmaceutical • Chemical industry • Semiconductor • Defense • Legal (patent law) • Not for profit • Which position is right for you? • Technical sales • Clinical coordinator • Engineer • Manager • Patent writer / examiner • Editor http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/careers/career-planning-resources September 5th 2013 Magnet Lab Postdoctoral Seminar Career Development Series

  5. MyIDP Tool developed by Science magazine http://myidp.sciencecareers.org September 5th 2013 Magnet Lab Postdoctoral Seminar Career Development Series

  6. Self-Assessment 1) Scientific knowledge: broaden your knowledge, your field and science at large 2) Research Skills: study design, statistical analysis, and publishing standards 3) Communication: “elevator speech”, poster, paper and oral presentations 4) Management and Leadership: very important for academic AND company jobs 5) Professionalism: be on time… Follow all rules of the laboratory or field of study 6) Responsible Conduct of Research: Fully documenting all experimental parameters 7) Career Development: Learn about all options for careers. Finding out about resources available and using them. September 5th 2013 Magnet Lab Postdoctoral Seminar Career Development Series

  7. Career exploration September 5th 2013 Magnet Lab Postdoctoral Seminar Career Development Series

  8. Set Goals EXAMPLE 1 S – find a mentor in my intended career M – established contact with mentor A – actuate your network R – find a mentor who is accessible T – one month EXAMPLE 2 S – attend workshop intended career topic M – did you attend? A – implement what you have learned R – affordable/geographically close T – mark date FASEB individual development plan reference http://postdoc.aa.ufl.edu/Data/Sites/32/media/documents/postdoctoral-professional-development-plan.pdf September 5th 2013 Magnet Lab Postdoctoral Seminar Career Development Series

  9. Implementation - Networking Develop your network! Go to events in your intended field, go to professional association meetings, add people on Linkedin and see what you can do for them! Google scholar: keep track of publications and citations as well as work of collaborators. See who cited you... contact them! They already know who you are! September 5th 2013 Magnet Lab Postdoctoral Seminar Career Development Series

  10. Implementation - Mentoring Find MENTORS who are in different fields and have at least one in your intended career path! Be a mentor for others students/postdocs http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/publications/mentoring-plans/360-proactive-in-mentoring September 5th 2013 Magnet Lab Postdoctoral Seminar Career Development Series

  11. Evaluation Find a career development buddy whom you report to Evaluate / Re-evaluate your plan every 6 months with your MENTORS and PI Don’t hesitate to re-assess and change your plan! September 5th 2013 Magnet Lab Postdoctoral Seminar Career Development Series

  12. Thierry Dubroca Postdoctoral Associate dubroca@magnet.fsu.edu (352) 262-7778 Contact information http://opda.fsu.edu http://www.nationalpostdoc.org http://www.linkedin.com http://postdoc.aa.ufl.edu/postdoc-workshops Resources Magnet Lab Postdoctoral Seminar Career Development Series September 5th 2013

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