Career Design
Designing your career requires extra deliberation and strategic planning as a PhD student holding a F1 visa or Postdoc holding J1 or H1B visas. In this series, learn about how to approach career planning if you are a visaholder under one of the above me
UVA students, alumni, and parents are invited to join us for a Biotech and Life Sciences Summer Networking Session.
In this session, reflect on your core values, skills and interests to evaluate which careers are likely to bear meaning and personal fulfillment in the long run. First, examine the beliefs, traditions, and experiences that have shaped your career decisions and directions.
Whether you are exploring careers or want to build career-specific skills, you need plan well to fit your career development goals within your academic commitments. In this workshop, learn to integrate intentionality in the iterative career exploration and planning process.
Once you have identified 2-3 careers of interest, spend time in this session to understand the skills valued in those careers.
PhD+ Career Design skills training series in Fall 2020 will be offered every Thursday of October at 3.30 pm – 5 pm (5 weeks equal to 7.5 hours in-class time. Excludes preparation time).
Following first session on self-assessment and interest outcomes, you should have a fair understanding of some career sectors of interest. In this session, develop strategies to learn about those careers, explore your interest and fitness to shortlist upto 3 careers, and list desired skills in top 3 careers of choice.
In this session, reflect on your core values, skills and interests to evaluate which careers are likely to bear meaning and personal fulfillment in the long run. First, examine the beliefs, traditions, and experiences that have shaped your career decisions and directions.
PhD+ Career Design skills training series in Fall 2020 will be offered every Thursday of October at 3.30 pm – 5 pm (5 weeks equal to 7.5 hours in-class time. Excludes preparation time).
PhD+ Career Design skills training series in Fall 2020 will be offered every Thursday of October at 3.30 pm – 5 pm (5 weeks equal to 7.5 hours in-class time. Excludes preparation time).