Writing Center & Career Counseling & other for MIT postdocs

[Dana Bresee Keeth]

Dear MIT Postdocs,

We wanted to remind you of some MIT resources to help you along your 
career path:

*The Writing & Communication Center <http://writing.mit.edu/wcc>* - 
Schedule an appointment for free professional advice about all types of 
writing and speaking/oral presentations. This includes one-on-one 
consulting sessions with professional writers. Specialized help is 
available to non native English speakers. (Closed December 21- Jan. 5)

*Career Services for current MIT postdocs**-* One on one counseling is 
available, including for resume review, mock interviews, and more! To 
schedule an appointment with the MIT Career Counselor for Postdoctoral 
Scholars, and to consult related resources, see the GECD site for more 
information <http://gecd.mit.edu/career/postdoc>.

*Versatile PhD <http://versatilephd.com/>* is a robust resource on 
non-academic careers for grad students and postdocs, designed to help 
identify and prepare for careers beyond academia. Through the generous 
support of the Office of the Dean for Graduate Education, MIT students, 
postdocs and alumni now have access to Versatile PhD Premium Content. 
You'll have to register the first time you access the website.

*MIT Postdoctoral Association <http://pda.mit.edu/>* - Check out their 
many activities and listings, including under the Resources tab.

*Professional Development Presentation notes and listing**s*: See 
upcoming sessions:
http://web.mit.edu/mitpostdocs/seminars.html
Slides from many past sessions are also posted. See for example: 
Creating an Effective CV for the Academic Job Search (view presentation 
pdf 
<http://web.mit.edu/mitpostdocs/seminardocs/20130926-Creating_an_Effective_CV.pdf>); 
Behavioral Interviewing [Presentation pdf 
<http://web.mit.edu/mitpostdocs/seminardocs/20130327-GECD-Behavioral_Interviewing.pdf>]; 
Transition from Academia to Industry -- Introduction to Hurdles 
[Presentation pdf 
<http://web.mit.edu/mitpostdocs/seminardocs/20130520-Zovnar-Transition_from_Academia.pdf>]; 
**Negotiating The Job Offer (view presentation pdf 
<http://web.mit.edu/mitpostdocs/seminardocs/20131023-Dolan-Negotiating_the_Job_Offer.pdf>); 
and Not Networking 101---Building Relationships for Success[Presentation 
pdf 
<http://web.mit.edu/mitpostdocs/seminardocs/20130610-Kamens-Not_Networking.pdf>]** 
- by Dr. Joanne Kamens, Executive Director, Addgene.
For more, see:
http://web.mit.edu/mitpostdocs/seminars.html
and http://web.mit.edu/mitpostdocs/resources.html

**

**Postdoctoral Mentoring and Advising Toolkit-* 
<http://web.mit.edu/mitpostdocs/toolkit/>* This set of information and 
forms was designed at MIT to assist the training of postdoctoral 
researchers, and should be helpful to postdocs as well as to 
mentors/advisors.

Check out the *Professional Development Video Portal 
<http://odge.mit.edu/development/prodepot/>***from the Office of the 
Dean of Graduate Education.


Regards,

Dana

-
Dana Bresee Keeth
Project Manager, Office of the Vice President for Research,
Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
MIT, 10-256 (mail: 10-219)
tel. 617-715-4671

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