BGS Career Development

Making It Count!

Rebecca Lopez

BGS Professional Skills Series – “Networking”

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BGS invites you to attend the second workshop in this year’s Professional Skills Series for PhD students – “Networking: Developing Career-Focused Relationships.” The workshop will cover a variety of networking strategies. Light refreshments will be served. The workshop will be led by Career Services’ Associate Director, Dr. Joseph Barber.

When: Wednesday, November 14, 2018, 4:00-5:30 PM

Where: Smilow 08-146AB

Please register by November 9, 2018!

To register, click here or copy and paste the URL below into your internet browser:

https://goo.gl/forms/fOhtmN1tCburU2gs1

If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Lopez.

E.E. Just Fall Seminar Series – “Activating your Inner Innovator”

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Join the UPenn Ernest E. Just Biomedical Society for their fall seminar series. Listen to Dr. Chinonye Nnakwe Whitley share her journey in science. Lunch from New Dehli will be provided.

Visit Dr. Whitley’s LinkedIn for more information on her background.

When: November 2, 2018 at 12PM

Where: Blockley Hall 1311 Classroom 1

Penn Career Services Announces PhD/Postdoc Careers Page

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Penn Career Services has released a new Careers page, dedicated entirely to doctoral students and postdocs. The content-rich page features the following topics:

  • Making the Most of Your Ph.D./Postdoc
  • Searching, Applying, Interviewing, and Negotiating for Jobs
  • Taking Advantage of Career Services

Each of these sections features useful links, including preparing for postdocs & faculty careers, preparing for careers beyond academia, digital resources, and more.

Explore here.

IHE: “Uncovering the Secrets of the Cover Letter”

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Penn Career Services’ Associate Director, Joseph Barber, provides insights for job seekers looking for positions beyond faculty roles, specifically when writing a cover letter. Since it is less structured than a resume, the cover letter can easily become a source of confusion. In this Inside Higher Ed article, Barber provides a narrative format that can highlight one’s resume in an engaging way.

Read more here.

Open Labs at Penn: Sips of Science

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Interested in working on your science communication skills? Visit Open Labs at Penn on October 24th and 25th! Pitch your idea for a TED-style talk and get a chance to present your science to high school students in December. See the flier below for details–for more information, email pennopenlabs@gmail.com.

When: October 24th and 25th, 2018. 5:30-6:30 PM

Where: ARCH 107

OITE: “Cognitive Distortions Create Imposter Syndrome”

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NIH’s Office of Intramural Training and Education (OITE) Careers Blog recently wrote about imposter syndrome. The article acknowledges the difficulties of maintaining a work-life balance with a career in science. When handling a large amount of external stress, internal challenges can also arise. These include automatic negative thoughts (ANTs) and imposter syndrome. The article defines these and other cognitive distortions before explaining how recognizing and consciously countering these thoughts can help minimize their effects.

Read more here.