open activity Negotiating the Offer: Early Stage Career Professionals Share their Negotiation Process Core Principles of Negotiating Self-Reflection Prompt What do you need to be successful in your career? You Got the Job! Now What? Self-Reflection Prompt Reflect on how to use the skills you’ve built to be successful in your new job.
open activity Elements of Your Job Application Materials Cover Letters Resume? CV? Communications with Your References Activity Draft an e-mail to a reference, summarizing the strengths you’d like them to communicate. Preparing for Your Interviews Activity: Preparing for your Interview Use this table to prepare for your interview. Think about what questions you might be asked, what […]
open activity Basics of a Job Description Choose a Job Description or Two Activity Choose one or two job descriptions. Find your own by purposefully searching across several different sectors. Then, in this table, summarize the job responsibilities and list what stands out as the most important skills/expertise in the job description. Self-Reflection Prompts From the […]
open activity Activity Using the same worksheet for reference, record both of your elevator pitches. Watch your recording, while examining the rubric for presentations found here. You can also use the complete communications rubric, which includes sections on content, etc. found here. Self-Reflection Prompts on Your Pitches How do you assess yourself based on the delivery rubric?What else do […]
open activity Postdocs Build Pitches and Receive Coaching Before you develop your own pitches using some of the theater-based frameworks we have discussed, we will show you the journeys of three postdocs that went through the same activity – Olivia Chesniak, Kalisha Bonds-Johnson, and Aditya Raghunandran. In the next set of videos, Byron Stewart will […]
open activity Applied theatre involves the use of theatre and drama in a wide variety of nontraditional contexts and venues, such as in teaching, the justice system, health care, the political arena, community development, and museums. Applied theatre is also often used to intentionally provoke or shape social change. Here we are using applied theatre […]
open activity We initially called this module the “elevator pitch” module, as indeed, developing a short pitch or narrative is the central activity throughout. However, we wanted to emphasize the strategy behind constructing successful pitches or short answers that showcase your skills – a lot of thought and practice can go into one minute of […]
open activity Applying Teaching Skills in Your Career Activity We have provided common professional scenarios in this grid, capturing situations you might encounter in the context of your current postdoc as well as situations that may come up in your future professional career. Please select one of the scenarios we provided, or provide your own, and […]
open activity Keep the following in mind while watching this video: Reflection on self- and on audience characteristics (identities, needs, motivations, expertise, and expectations).Intentionally developing and infusing inclusive learning approaches, acknowledges that learners are different and are learning and working within systems that are structured such that learners are differentially advantaged and disadvantaged. Identifying learning objectives […]
open activity Where Does Learning and Teaching Happen? Activity: Reflecting on Environments Using this Reflecting on Environments grid, describe situations where you are currently facilitating learning as a postdoc. For some of you, this may be the classroom, but for others, this may be part of your research, outreach, service, or other types of activities. Also, describe […]