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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.&nbsp; 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)&nbsp;&nbsp; <b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The Individual
        Development Plan (IDP) for Graduate Students and Postdocs in the
        Sciences&nbsp; <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>&nbsp; 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;

          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>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
Dana Bresee Keeth
Project Manager, Office of the Provost
MIT, 10-256
tel.617-715-4671

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