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<a href="http://gecd.mit.edu/sites/default/files/handbook.pdf"> </a>Dear
MIT Postdocs, <br>
<br>
The following resources may be helpful to you in addition to our
regular presentations:<br>
<br>
(1) MIT's updated (2012-13) <b>Career Development Handbook</b> <a
href="http://gecd.mit.edu/sites/default/files/handbook.pdf">http://gecd.mit.edu/sites/default/files/handbook.pdf</a><br>
This guide is from MIT's Global Education and Career Development
office and is full of information on career planning, the job
search, writing an effective CV, and other. GECD's counseling
services are currently only open to students, but this handbook and
other resources are helpful and available to postdocs. <br>
<br>
(2) The <b>Writing Center</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://writing.mit.edu/wcc">http://writing.mit.edu/wcc</a>
is open to postdocs. <br>
You can schedule an appointment for advice on <b>CVs</b>, grant
proposals,teaching and research statements, articles, and more.<br>
<br>
(3) MIT's <font color="#000000"><a
href="http://web.mit.edu/mitpostdocs/toolkit/"><strong>Postdoctoral
Mentoring and Advising Toolkit</strong></a> </font>(information
and forms for postdocs, supervisors, and mentors)<br>
<br>
(4) <b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The Individual
Development Plan (IDP) for Graduate Students and Postdocs in the
Sciences <span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a
href="http://myIDP.sciencecareers.org">http://myIDP.sciencecareers.org</a></span></span></b>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">was recently launched on
ScienceCareers.org as a <b>free, interactive, web-based tool</b>.</span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">It </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> <span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">is designed to help you
set and achieve long-term and short-term career goals, and
provides you with a clear process for exploring options and
tracking your progress.</span></span> For more information
about the tool, see the editorial published in Science Magazine
written by Bruce Alberts, Editor-in-Chief of Science, and Jim
Austin, Editor of ScienceCareers.org.<o:p></o:p><br>
<a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/337/6099/1149.full">
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/337/6099/1149.full</a><o:p>
and see also an article by authors of the IDP: </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a
href="http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2012_09_07/caredit.a1200100">http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2012_09_07/caredit.a1200100</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p>Regards,<br>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p>Dana<br>
</o:p></span></p>
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Dana Bresee Keeth
Project Manager, Office of the Provost
MIT, 10-256
tel.617-715-4671
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://web.mit.edu/mitpostdocs/">http://web.mit.edu/mitpostdocs/</a>
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