Upcoming PhD & Postdoc Workshops & Events
Spring Quarter 2012
PhD Pathways
StrengthsQuest for PhDs & Postdocs
What are you good at? Using StrengthsQuest, discover your top talents and strengths. Learn to use this information to find clues to the type of work environment in which you are most likely to thrive. Gain deeper insights into your strengths so that you can communicate them clearly to potential employers. Space is limited and you must register for the workshop by May 9. A week before the workshop, you will be emailed an access code to take the StrengthsQuest assessment online. You will need to complete the assessment by Monday, May 14, 9am and results will be distributed at the workshop.
Thursday, May 17, 2:00 to 3:30 pm, CDC 1st Floor Conference Room
Academic Job Search
Teaching Statement Clinic
This hands-on feedback session is open to any graduate student or postdoc who has already written a draft teaching statement either for a course, another workshop, or on her/his own. Bring three copies of your draft and receive feedback from a Center for Teaching and Learning staff and your colleagues.
Tuesday, May 22, noon to 1:30 pm,CDC 2nd Floor Conference Room
PhD Career Foundations
These workshops are specifically for PhD students who have recently begun their doctoral studies, and are looking ahead to either academic or non-academic career paths. (PhDs at other stages and postdocs are also welcome.)
Getting a Head Start on Transferable Skills: Interactive Discussion
What skills would you like to improve or demonstrate over the next few years? We will discuss these skills and how developing them proactively may matter. We will also identify your transferable skills using a hands-on exercise and collectively brainstorm ways to develop these skills, both on-campus and beyond Stanford. Please be prepared to share a way (perhaps through a campus organization, a volunteer role, or a project) that you have seen someone develop a skill that could relate to future work.
Thursday, May 24, 3:30 to 5:00 pm,CDC 1st Floor Conference Room
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For all upcoming CDC events, please see the Events Calendar.
NOTE: Many of these events have limited space. Please RSVP through the Cardinal Careers system:
- Register for /Log-in to your Cardinal Careers account
- Select "Workshops/Programs" on the top menu bar, then click on the "Workshops" tab.
- Use search functions to locate the program (tip: type "PhD" into the keywords field to search for all PhD events).
- Select any program title that you would like to attend and then click the RSVP button on the bottom left to reserve your space.
