Career Development Tools for MIT Postdocs

[Dana Bresee Keeth]

<http://gecd.mit.edu/sites/default/files/handbook.pdf>Dear MIT Postdocs,

The following resources may be helpful to you in addition to our regular 
presentations:

(1) MIT's updated (2012-13) *Career Development Handbook* 
http://gecd.mit.edu/sites/default/files/handbook.pdf
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.

(2) The *Writing Center* http://writing.mit.edu/wcc is open to postdocs.
You can schedule an appointment for advice on *CVs*, grant 
proposals,teaching and research statements, articles, and more.

(3) MIT's *Postdoctoral Mentoring and Advising Toolkit* 
<http://web.mit.edu/mitpostdocs/toolkit/> (information and forms for 
postdocs, supervisors, and mentors)

(4) *The Individual Development Plan (IDP) for Graduate Students and 
Postdocs in the Sciences http://myIDP.sciencecareers.org* was recently 
launched on ScienceCareers.org as a *free, interactive, web-based tool*.

It 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.  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.
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/337/6099/1149.full 
<http://www.sciencemag.org/content/337/6099/1149.full>and see also an 
article by authors of the IDP:

http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2012_09_07/caredit.a1200100

Regards,

Dana

-- 
Dana Bresee Keeth
Project Manager, Office of the Provost
MIT, 10-256
tel.617-715-4671

http://web.mit.edu/mitpostdocs/  

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