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content="Individual Development Plan" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> </header> <article class="field-body"> <p><strong>An Individual Development Plan, or 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. For a brief narrated slide show introducing IDPs, click聽<a href="https://grad.wisc.edu/professional-development/individual-development-plan/">here</a>聽(opens website of the Graduate School, UW-Madison).</strong></p> <p>IDP Resources</p> <p><a href="/careers/career-exploration-and-development-tools" target="_blank">How to prepare your IDP</a></p> <p><a href="/sites/default/files/IDP%20template.docx" target="_blank">IDP Template聽(DOC)</a>聽- University of Pittsburgh</p> <p><a href="/sites/default/files/Graduate%20Student%20Skills.docx" target="_blank">Graduate Student Skills聽(DOC)</a></p> <p><strong>Humanities and Social Sciences</strong><br /><a href="https://www.imaginephd.com" target="_blank">ImaginePhD</a>聽is a free online career exploration and planning tool that the user can customize. It聽was developed by experts from over 50 universities under the auspices of the Graduate Career Consortium. This career exploration and planning tool is designed specifically for PhD students and postdoctoral scholars in humanities and social sciences preparing for careers in the academy, non-profit, government, or industry and business. 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 website also curates general resources of strategies, tips, and guidelines for developing job search documents and navigating job application processes.聽The tool has already been 聽adopted by several hundred thousand graduate students, as well as postdocs, faculty, and other mentors of graduate students聽across the U.S.A. and around the globe.</p> <p><strong>Set Up a Free ImaginePhD Account</strong>: ImaginePhD is free to use. You can <a href="https://www.imaginephd.com/users/sign-up" target="_blank">create a free account on their website</a>.</p> <p><strong>Natural Sciences聽</strong><br /> A well-established interactive website,聽<a href="http://myidp.sciencecareers.org/" target="_blank">myIDP</a> (AAAS), is聽designed as a career-planning tool for聽doctoral students and postdocs in the sciences. 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