Overview

This guidebook offers practical advice and tips for the professional and career development of graduate students in the sciences. Success in Graduate School and Beyond is designed to empower graduate students and post-doctoral fellows in STEM with practical tools, tips, and skill development strategies to plan and create their dream career pathway. Intended as a professional development course book, this balanced, self-reflective guide to workplace readiness is organized into five sections that support graduate student development: self-reflection, wellness, skills, networking, and planning for future success. Written in a conversational style, this guidebook includes clear learning outcomes based on the authors' successful graduate professional development course at the University of Toronto. Covering increasingly important career subjects such as mentorships, transferrable skill development, emotional intelligence, and EDI, this guidebook solves a skills gap and builds core competencies demanded from industries and academia. Interspersed personal accounts from the authors about key topics and seven 'Alumni Career Profiles' describing various career trajectories work to encourage self-awareness and promote essential skill development, and networking proficiency. With this book, STEM students will be equipped with the abilities and tools to achieve successful in graduate school and beyond.

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Author:   Nana Lee ,  Reinhart Reithmeier
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.480kg
ISBN:  

9781487526504

ISBN 10:   1487526504
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   05 April 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

I INTRODUCTION  1. Why Graduate Professional Development (GPD)? II SELF-RELECTION: READY, SET, GO  2. Getting the Most Out of Graduate School  3. Knowing Yourself  4. Choosing Your Supervisor and Project  5. Managing Expectations  6. Negotiation and Conflict Management III WELLNESS: TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF  7. Integrating Life with Work  8. Wellness IV SKILLS: LEARNING TO DO ACTIVITIES WELL  9. Developing Your Competency Skills  10. Communication and Leadership  11. Teaching, Supervising and Mentoring  12. Working with Integrity  13. Equity, Diversity and Inclusion V NETWORKING: MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT WITH OTHERS  14. Marketing Your Brand: Professional Emails, Cover Letter, Résumé and Curriculum Vitae  15. Building Your Professional Network  16. Volunteering, Internships, and Entrepreneurship VI PLANNING: SUCCESS BEYOND GRADUATE SCHOOL  17. Getting Ready: Strategic Career Planning and Design Thinking  18. A Great Postdoctoral Fellowship  19. Succeeding in Academia  20. Succeeding Outside Academia  21. Creating Your Science Career VII CONCLUSION  22. Personal Reflections Bibliography

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Nana Lee is the director of the Graduate Professional Development and Mentorship in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine and an associate professor in the Departments of Biochemistry and Immunology at the University of Toronto. Reinhart Reithmeier is a professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Toronto.

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