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property="dc:title" content="Career Exploration and Development Tools" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> </header> <article class="field-body"> <h3>Career Exploration and Development Tools</h3> <p><strong>Self-Assessment Exercises</strong></p> <ul><li><a href="/sites/default/files/Values.pdf" target="_blank">Values Assessment</a></li> <li><a href="/sites/default/files/Skills.pdf" target="_blank">Skills Assessment</a></li> <li><a href="/sites/default/files/Skills-transferrable.pdf" target="_blank">Transferable Skills Assessment</a></li> <li><a href="/sites/default/files/Career%20Preferences.pdf" target="_blank">Career Preferences Assessment</a></li> </ul><p><strong>Foundations of Successful Career Planning and Development Course</strong><br /><a href="http://dpcd.pitt.edu/career-development-course" target="_blank">Foundations of Successful Career Planning and Development</a> is a credit-bearing course offered by the <a href="http://dpcd.pitt.edu/" target="_blank">Center for Doctoral and Postdoctoral Career Development</a>聽and providing foundational training in self-directed professional development and career planning. Key skills that graduate students and postdocs build are:</p> <ul><li>Increasing your capacity for self-directed career development</li> <li>Fostering life-long career management habits</li> <li>Maximizing your scholarly training success</li> <li>Shaping positive career outcomes</li> </ul><p>聽</p> <p><a href="https://versatilephd.com/" target="_blank">Versatile PhD</a>聽is an online community dedicated to non-academic and non-faculty careers for doctoral students.</p> <p><em><a href="http://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fphdfuturesnow.org%2F&data=04%7C01%7Ckathleen.monin%40pitt.edu%7C5ab4b10500a84058391808d8fa7d9526%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C637534764564908666%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=LxRF0tfDZiksJRHfYIt3aZXuaKZ%2Bj0MJFx90Z0q%2BWNU%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">PhD Futures Now!聽</a></em>is聽a聽podcast on career diversity聽and graduate education in聽the Humanities. This podcast is part of The Andrew聽W.聽Mellon-funded Humanities Without Walls聽Consortium聽project based at the University of Illinois, Urbana<strong>-</strong>Champaign.聽</p> <p><strong>Humanities Ph.D. students </strong>have access to <a href="https://www.humanitiesengage.pitt.edu/advising-coaching-mentoring" target="_blank">advising and coaching</a> by the Senior Director of Graduate Advising and Engagement through the聽<em><a href="http://www.humanitiesengage.pitt.edu" target="_blank">Humanities Engage</a>聽</em>grant project.</p> <p><strong>Individual Development Plan (IDP)</strong><br /> An IDP聽helps students be intentional about setting goals and planning for a career while in graduate school. It also supports students in assessing their values and individual skill sets relative to career goals and documenting progress in acquiring both the depth of research and breadth of other skills sought by employers. IDPs are an excellent tool to help students and their mentors establish expectations and effectively communicate research and career goals in a collaborative and iterative process.</p> <p>For a brief narrated slide show introducing IDPs, click <a href="https://grad.wisc.edu/professional-development/individual-development-plan/">here</a> (opens website of the Graduate School, UW-Madison)</p> <p>The University of Pittsburgh has designed an聽<a href="/sites/default/files/IDP%20template_1%20%281%29.docx" target="_blank">IDP template</a>聽to assist graduate students in identifying professional goals and objectives,聽assessing skill聽sets relative to career goals, and聽developing a plan to acquire the skills and competencies to achieve career objectives.</p> <p>聽</p> <p><strong>Domain-specific IDPs recommended by Dietrich School Office of Graduate Studies</strong></p> <p><strong>Humanities and Social Sciences</strong><br /><a href="https://www.imaginephd.com/" target="_blank">ImaginePhD</a> was developed by experts from over 50 universities under the auspices of the Graduate Career Consortium. This newly launched career exploration and planning tool is designed specifically for PhD students and postdoctoral scholars in humanities and social sciences. On ImaginePhD, students are able to assess career-related skills, interests, and values, explore career paths appropriate to their discipline, create self-defined goals, and map out the next steps for their career. The tool has already been very widely adopted by graduate students across the U.S.A. and beyond.</p> <p><strong>Natural Sciences聽</strong><br /> A well-established interactive website,聽<a href="http://myidp.sciencecareers.org/" target="_blank">myIDP</a>, is聽designed as a career-planning tool for聽doctoral students and postdocs in the sciences. A four-step process involves self-assessment, career exploration, goals, and implementation.</p> <p><strong>AURORA</strong><br /> AURORA is an聽eLearning Career Exploration Platform from聽<em>Beyond the Professoriate</em>聽that can help you:</p> <ul><li>Explore different career paths, and hear from PhDs currently in those fields;</li> <li>Develop the materials and skills you will need on a job search such as resume writing, interview techniques, and networking strategies;</li> <li>Develop the language to translate your academic experiences into workplace skills;</li> </ul><p>To access AURORA:</p> <ol><li>Login to聽<a href="http://my.pitt.edu/">my.pitt.edu</a>.</li> <li>Click "Browse Categories" under the search bar.</li> <li>Click "Careers" in the dropdown.</li> <li>Click on the "AURORA" link</li> </ol><h3>Additional University of Pittsburgh Career Development Resources</h3> <p><strong>Career Center Career Services for Graduate Students</strong><br /> The <a href="http://www.studentaffairs.pitt.edu/search/graduate%20students" target="_blank">Career Center</a>聽offers resume help, mock interviews, etc.聽</p> <p><strong>Center for Doctoral/Postdoctoral Career Development</strong><br /> The聽<a href="http://www.dpcd.pitt.edu/" target="_blank">Center for聽Doctroal/Postdoctoral Career聽Development</a> has been established to leverage institutional resources to meet the career development needs of early career scholars across all schools. Check out the center's website for event listings directed at聽doctoral students and postdoctoral聽researchers.聽</p> <p><strong>Clinical and Translational Science Institute's RCR Workshops</strong><br /> The <a href="https://ctsi.pitt.edu" target="_blank">Clinical and Translational Science Institute</a> hosts lectures and case study-centered workshops on research ethics.聽</p> <p><strong>Office of Academic Career Development's Research Series</strong><br /> The <a href="https://www.oacd.health.pitt.edu" target="_blank">Office of Academic Career Development</a> is dedicated to providing professionals in the schools of the health sciences with the tools, resources, and support they need to achieve their full potential as leaders in biomedical research, education, and clinical practice.</p> <p><strong>Writing Center Services for Graduate Students</strong><br /> The <a href="http://www.writingcenter.pitt.edu/graduate-services" target="_blank">Writing Center</a> offers one-on-one tutoring for graduate students, as well as dissertation boot camps and writing days.</p> <p><strong>University Library System Services for Graduate Students</strong><br /> The <a href="http://www.library.pitt.edu/graduate-students" target="_blank">University Library System</a> provides a variety of services and programming for graduate students, including workshops on scholarly communication and publishing. Check out the聽<a href="https://www.library.pitt.edu/graduate-study-room">Dissertation Writing and Graduate Study Rooms</a>.</p> <h3>A Report on Professional Development and Career Preparation</h3> <p>In 2018, the University of Pittsburgh鈥檚 Council on Graduate Study Subcommittee on Graduate Student Affairs produced a聽report on professional development and career preparation. Click here to download the report,聽<a href="/sites/default/files/Pathways%20to%20Success%20UCGS%20Subcommittee%20Report%20April%202018.pdf">Pathways to Success鈥擯reparing Graduate and Professional Students聽for the Diverse Careers of Tomorrow</a>.</p> <h2>聽</h2> <h2>聽</h2> <p>聽</p> <p>聽</p> </article> </article> </section> </div> </section> <aside class="col-sm-4 sidebar-second" role="complementary"> <div class="region region-sidebar-second"> <section id="block-menu-block-2" class="block block-menu-block clearfix"> <h2 class="block-title">Careers</h2> <div class="menu-block-wrapper menu-block-2 menu-name-main-menu parent-mlid-0 menu-level-2"> <ul class="menu nav"><li class="first leaf menu-mlid-6732"><a href="/professional-development-and-career-planning" title="">Overview</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-6817"><a href="/careers/workshop-series">Future Focus Workshops</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-6818"><a href="/careers/3mt-three-minute-thesis-competition">3MT 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