For better or worse, your professional experiences significantly affect and shape the rest of your career. For academics, this includes the training you received as a graduate student and postdoctoral fellow. But how do you manage your time wisely and create a well-defined roadmap that will drive your career in the right direction?

This workshop helps participants enhance their odds of getting the results they want from the career choices and academic investments they’ve made. Learn how to identify clear and precise career goals, using those to design your own Individual Development Plan (IDP). Then turn your ideas into action, formulating a detailed plan for executing your objectives. Learn how to manage up, with tips for discussing your goals with your mentor or manager. Leave the workshop with a step-by-step action plan that you can begin working on right away.

Topics include:

• Pinpointing your personal strengths and weaknesses
• Assessing your skills development priorities
• Transforming your ideas into actions
• Aligning your goals with your advisor’s, mentor’s, or manager’s plan
• Prioritizing your goals and holding yourself accountable