Important Announcements from Career Advising & Professional Development

[Alexandria Yen]

Dear Postdocs,

This is your friendly Program Director for Postdoc Career Advising & Professional Development sending you two important pieces of information related to CAPD events and services.

  1.
Please note the CAPD Office (E17-294) will be closed from December 25-January 1st. This means, I, your program director will not be answering emails, phone calls, Slack, or Handshake messages during those days. If there are urgent career questions, I will do my best to address them before the break if you reach out to me by Friday.

  2.
Compete in Research Slam<https://capd.mit.edu/mit-research-slam/> and potentially win $2000!
To encourage science communication, CAPD with support from OVPR and other offices organize a yearly event called Research Slam. In this competition, you share your research to a non-specialist audience in 3 or less minutes using one slide. Offices such as the Writing and Communication Center and Communications Lab will hold special workshops to help work with you on science communication and presentation. If your video submission is chosen for the Research Slam showcase (the final event), you will be competing for cash prizes of:
1st: $2000
2nd: $1500
3rd: $750
4th: $500
5th: $250
I encourage postdocs to use this opportunity as a way to practice your speaking skills for teaching, non-specialist conference, job talks, and project pitches. In addition, let's make postdoc participation visible! Come cheer for your friends, lab mates, and colleagues at the Research Slam showcase where CAPD will also be inviting employers and recruiters to the event! If you have any questions, sign up for one of the Info Sessions<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeyNjausCml0KgcOKetQBuSkbgGl1qm0kQuy_HcjMeH-q1ELg/viewform> on January 16 (Virtual) or January 22 (In-Person, I will be co-leading this one), and the prep workshops! If you have other additional questions, feel free to consult to Research Slam page<https://capd.mit.edu/mit-research-slam/> or email me at alexyen at mit.edu<mailto:alexyen at mit.edu>.

Thank you for a wonderful first semester at MIT. Postdocs, you make my day every time you meet with me, send me emails with wonderful questions, and proactively tell me what you need to feel successful as you plan for your future careers. It's a privilege to be your advocate and program director and I wish you a most wonderful 2025. I cannot wait to bring more programs and advising to you.

Cheers,
Alex Yen

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Alexandria (Alex) H. Yen, Ph.D. (she/her)
Program Director, Postdoctoral Career and Professional Development<https://capd.mit.edu/channels/postdocs/>
MIT Career Advising & Professional Development | capd.mit.edu<https://capd.mit.edu/>
In Office: M/W/F | Remote: T/Th (Working hours 8am-4pm)

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