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<div id="node-5911" class="node node-page slider-secondary clearfix" about="/gsp/workplace-navigation" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <span property="dc:title" content="Workplace Navigation: The Strategic Student/Postdoc" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-name-field-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="wysiwyg_twocols layout--60-40"> <div class="wysiwyg_twocols--first bg--transparent"> <p class="bigtype">Our goal is to teach every UCSF student and postdoc how to assess and skillfully navigate academic and employment workspaces.</p> <p>This series teaches strategic competencies, such as situational awareness, problem-solving, interest-based negotiation, backward-designing training and professional goals, positioning oneself, managing professional relationships, and navigating organizational politics.</p> </div> <div class="wysiwyg_twocols--second bg--transparent"> <p style="text-align:center"><img alt="" height="240" src="/sites/g/files/tkssra2771/f/wysiwyg/shapes13.png" width="240" /></p> <p>聽</p> </div> </div> <div class="gentlecallout"> <div class="wysiwyg_twocols layout--60-40"> <div class="wysiwyg_twocols--first bg--transparent"> <p>Not sure where to start? Get a baseline! Everyone's experience of mentorship is different but there are key aspects that everyone needs. Take our quiz to quantify how well聽your relationship with your research mentor is working, then learn how you can further support this important relationship.</p> </div> <div class="wysiwyg_twocols--second bg--transparent"> <p><a class="btn--large btn--more--reverse" href="/phds/manage-up/PIRelationship">Quiz: Assess Your Relationship with Your Research Mentor</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <h2>Choose a topic below to learn more:</h2> <div class="wysiwyg_twocols layout--50-50"> <div class="wysiwyg_twocols--first bg--interactive-blue"> <div> <p class="bigtype" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/gsp/workplace-navigation-assessing-lab-or-research-group">Assessing a Lab or Research Group</a></p> </div> <div>Understanding the environment you work in is critical to planning for success. Visit this page to learn about how to assess your research mentor, your manager, and the level of inclusivity in your environment.</div> </div> <div class="wysiwyg_twocols--second bg--interactive-purple"> <p class="bigtype" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/gsp/workplace-navigation-joining-lab-or-research-group">Joining a Lab or Research Group</a></p> <p>Joining a new team is challenging and involves major decisions that聽can have a large impact on how well you are set up for success. Visit this page for resources to聽choose a thesis lab and to set yourself up for success in the first 90 days.</p> </div> </div> <div class="wysiwyg_twocols layout--50-50"> <div class="wysiwyg_twocols--first bg--interactive-dark-blue"> <p class="bigtype" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/gsp/workplace-navigation-navigating-lab-or-research-group">Navigating a Lab or Research Group</a></p> <div>Once you've integrated yourself into a research team (even if it is just you and your mentor), many interpersonal interactions deserve a close look. Visit this page for strategies to manage lab politics, best practices for training new team members, support negotiating for what you need, and more.</div> </div> <div class="wysiwyg_twocols--second bg--interactive-teal"> <p class="bigtype" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/gsp/workplace-navigation-managing-your-growth-and-performance">Managing Your Growth and Performance</a></p> <div>You are the ultimate author of your own training progression and professional growth. 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