LEAPS I -- starting next Tuesday March 31

[Poornima Dubey]

Dear postdocs,
Please see the announcement below about the upcoming LEAPS training course (8.396) starting next Tuesday, March 31. All interested grad students and postdocs are welcome to register.
Best regards,
Poornima

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Hello grad students and postdocs,

We’re happy to announce that my award-winning 2nd half semester LEAPS Leadership training course (8.396 — Leadership through Professional Strategies and Skills) will start next Tuesday, March 31, 9:30-11am, in 32-082!

In these turbulent times, it's never been more important to be grounded and confident in your skills and approaches! LEAPS provides a broad array of leadership training and practice that will support in exactly this way, and as such, can greatly enhance your STEM career — no matter what your long-term career goals are! Details can be found below and here: https://physics.mit.edu/academic-programs/subjects/mitleaps/

If you haven’t taken a LEAPS course yet, please register! Everyone is welcome, and we’re excited to work with you!

Student registration: Register for 8.396
Postdoc registration: https://forms.gle/18EWqzX1q3CLvhh97

Amongst many topics we'll cover job applications for research positions — if you're planning to apply in the next 1-2 rounds, please join us. Anecdotally, past participants seem to have improved their chances of success after going through our training and approach of putting together their package.

Let me know if you have any questions or comments!

Thanks,
Anna


Program overview:

Mar 31 L1 Course overview, assessment of work relationships & what makes a good advisor
Apr 2 L2 Introduction to and working with the career success matrix
Apr 6 L3 Science communication I — Strategic writing for all audiences
Apr 8 L4 Networking, conferencing & meeting people to increase your visibility

Apr 14 L5 Science communication II — The art of presenting & capturing an audience
Apr 16 L6 Work-life balance & Transferable skills for jobs in the real world
Apr 21 L7 Communications Skills I — Preparing for important conversations
Apr 23 L8 Communications Skills II — Navigating antagonism

Apr 28 L9 Leadership styles and skills I — Taking on a leadership role
Apr 30 L10 Leadership styles and skills II — Practical tools for group leaders/advisors

May 5  L11 Job application package I — Publication list & CV
May 7  L12 Job application package II — Cover letter, research statement, rec. letters
May 12 L13 Job application package III — Interviewing, negotiating an offer, startup request



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Anna Frebel, PhD (she/her)
Professor of Physics
Astrophysics Division Head
MIT
<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ec2Y2hgAAAAJ&hl=en>

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