Fridays, 12-1 PM | April 2 – May 28
Via Zoom
For Postdocs in all disciplines
The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs has organized a reading club for postdoctoral scholars in all disciplines. The book focuses on how to find a job and attract employers will be of value to postdoctoral scholars in a variety of disciplines.
The reading club will meet 9 times during the months of April and May 2021. Each week, the participants will read one or two chapters of the book The PhD Career Coaching Guide: Job Search Strategies, Interview Techniques and Life Lessons for Achieving Success by Tina Persson. The book offers a guide on how to find a job and attract employers. But these personal career coaching tools and tips will also help those who have been struggling with finding a job for a while now.
Here is what the book will teach you:
- Strategies for searching for a job in any field and industry
- Techniques for writing a resume that stands out and emphasizes your strengths
- Secret methods for networking and revealing hidden jobs
- Tips for constructing an engaging cover letter that will spark the interest in employers
- Techniques for excellent performance on a job interview
- How to create a great LinkedIn profile that will attract potential employers
- Strategies for presenting your knowledge and skills to a non-academic employer
- And so much more!
Full schedule and weekly topics are available here.
IMPORTANT GUIDELINES:
- All participants need to read the assigned chapter(s) every week and come prepared to actively take part in the discussion.
- Each week, one of the participants will be responsible for moderating the discussion. The moderator needs to have thoroughly read the assigned chapter(s) for the week and come prepared to engage others in discussion, raise relevant questions and synthesize the main points/takeaways of the chapter.
- Each person will need to serve as moderator once or twice depending on the number of participants.
- The moderator will be responsible for taking attendance and reporting it to the OPA
Click Here to Register by March 26, 2021
The first ten people to register will receive a copy of the book for free.
SAVE THE DATE: You will have an opportunity to meet the book’s author on June 3, 2021 12-1:30 PM. More information about this event will be sent later.