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For International students looking to navigate the graduate career market here’s a bootcamp

𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗹𝗹! 𝗠𝘆 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻𝘀 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗸𝗶𝗻𝘀 - 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗡𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲! 📣 I have the pleasure of announcing that I'll be teaching an online professional development course this summer through Johns Hopkins University. The course, titled "Crafting Your Career Narrative: Strategies for a Resilient Career," is open to participants within and outside the JHU community. Whether you're navigating a career transition, reinventing yourself professionally, or simply taking a more proactive stance in shaping your career story, this course will provide practical strategies and a supportive environment to help you craft a compelling career narrative. Course Details: Dates: June 13, 2024 - July 11, 2024 (5 sessions) Time: Thursdays, 7PM - 8PM ET Location: Virtual via Zoom Through interactive sessions, we'll explore techniques for: •    Uncover Your Why: Identify your intrinsic motivations and aspirations to define your career direction. •    Articulate Your Skills & Strengths: Gain clarity on your transferable skills and assess your skills. •    Craft Your Career Identity: Define your professional brand and how it aligns with your values and goals through development of an elevator speech. •    Tell Your Story: Master the art of storytelling to showcase your experiences and accomplishments through resumes, professional stories, interviews, and networking introductions. •    Build Your Network: Develop effective strategies for building meaningful professional relationships that can support your career goals. I'm passionate about helping professionals take ownership of their career stories. Join me this summer – remember this is a professional development course open to everyone❗ – to gain actionable insights, and you'll walk away with a Career Narrative Strategy to proactively shape your professional future. Enrollment is open now! Follow the link below to claim your spot: https://lnkd.in/gQe_-aWj I look forward to welcoming you to the virtual classroom! Feel free to reach out if you have any questions. #summer #summerclasses #onlinecourse #JHU #Odyssey #professionaldevelopment #careerdevelopment #careerresilience #career #resilience #development #resume #coaching #network #skilldevelopment #skills #registrationopen

How do you find a career that you enjoy? The first step is💡reflecting about yourself. This is how the Individual Career Development Plan (IDP) takes you on your career journey!   At the Career Center we often meet researchers overwhelmed looking for jobs: ❓ “There is so much on the internet, I don’t know what to apply for.” ❓ “Can I really apply to this job posting?”   Instead, begin by asking yourself: 🔦 What kind of strengths and potential do I have? 🔦  Where does my intrinsic motivation come from? 🔦  Which interests drive me? 🔦  Where do I want to contribute with my work? Reflecting on yourself first makes the career transition🔓easier: job selection, writing CV and Cover Letters, giving Job Interviews.   Therefore, we start the Individual Career Development Plan (IDP) Workbook in Chapter 1 with structured self-reflection exercises.   🚩Are you ready for a first exercise? 🚩Stay tuned, we will follow-up this Wednesday with another post! How have you made career decisions so far? ☺💬Share your best-practices and exerperiences in the chat! 📍If you are a PhD researcher or Postdoc with a Helmholtz Munich contract: schedule a 1:1 coaching session with us to start your IDP journey! https://shorturl.at/jPZ69

Are you Career Ready? Let's dive into the essential skill of critical thinking. Employers highly value a range of career-ready skills in applicants, and critical thinking stands out as one of the most essential. Critical thinking is defined as the objective analysis and evaluation of an issue to form a judgment. This skill is invaluable in the workplace, allowing individuals to break down ideas, compare differing viewpoints, and evaluate the merits of various concepts. Key traits of critical thinkers include questioning ideas and assumptions, relying on reason over emotion, imagining diverse solutions, and welcoming all points of view. Critical thinkers strive to be well-informed, think independently, and make fact-based decisions. To enhance critical thinking skills, one should: 1. **Read more**: This broadens the knowledge base and introduces new perspectives. 2. **Play brain games**: These stimulate clear and creative thinking. 3. **Embrace challenges**: Regularly solving problems improves critical thinking abilities. 4. **Make time for reflection**: Taking time to reflect can aid in deeper thinking. Critical thinking is essential in any career, enabling individuals to thoroughly understand and solve complex problems. By delving deeper into issues and questioning assumptions, anyone can develop into a proficient critical thinker. Career Services at Georgia Gwinnett College offers a video and a brief quiz for those seeking more information on critical thinking skills. How to Use Critical Thinking – Georgia Gwinnett College (candidcareer.com) Now…Go Be Great! #GGC #GeorgiaGwinnettCollege #CareerServices

🌟 Explore the Value of The 2nd Lab! 🌟 Here's a peek into what The 2nd Lab can help you do: 🔍 **Exploring Transferrable Skills**: Discover the skills you may not have realized you had & learn how to leverage them effectively in different situations. 📣**Communication Skills**: Learn how to communicate efficiently about yourself. 💡**Design**: Start imagining & designing your career outside of academia in the exact way you’d like. 🤝 **Relationship Management**: Learn how to build a strong professional network & how to leverage informational interviews to explore career opportunities. Ready to embark on a journey of self-discovery and professional growth? Follow us on social media to stay updated and learn more about how The 2nd Lab can help you unlock your potential! 🚀    Don't miss out—connect with us today! ✨      #The2ndLab #ProfessionalDevelopment #CareerGrowth #SkillsTraining #Mentorship #Networking #UnlockYourPotential   

Nothing beats the euphoria of landing your dream job. • Greater job satisfaction • Feeling truly valued • Increased earning potential Here are 3 realizations from my journey from classroom to corporate: 1. Your skills are more valuable than you think. • I realized my teaching skills like communication and leadership could open doors in new industries. • Identifying, valuing, and feeling confident in these skills was the first step. 2. Showcasing your skills effectively is crucial. And if you want to go deeper, try this: • Update your resume with specific examples of your skills in action. • Contribute to LinkedIn articles to earn badges and increase visibility. • Build a portfolio website that highlights your achievements and projects. 3. Continuous learning boosts your career currency. Aside from taking courses, stay ahead by: • Networking relentlessly. • Seeking feedback from mentors. • Repeat 1 & 2. Work on making your skills so good you can't be ignored. The book that completely changed my life: (And helped me harness my potential & achieve my career goals.) 👇 Mastery by Robert Greene

“I was expecting the interview to ask me very technical questions but instead they asked me a lot of business oriented problem solving questions.” “Like what?” I asked. “Like, you have these resources and are trying to solve this problem, what would you do first? Or, they would tell me about a specific business problem they currently have, like a product they’ve been working on for a certain segment of the market, and they asked me a bunch of questions about it. I wasn’t ready for this at all.” This was a conversation I had with a PhD recently. Too many PhDs, especially those coming out of academia, assume that it’s their technical skills that will get them hired. Instead, you’ll mainly be tested on your critical thinking skills. One of the best ways to demonstrate critical thinking is by the questions you ask. This shows you're not just a passive participant in the interview but are actively engaging with the information presented to you. Ask questions that reveal a deeper understanding of the company's challenges, market position, and strategic goals. Next, use scenario-based responses to their questions. When discussing your experiences, frame them in a way that highlights your critical thinking process. Use examples where you had to analyze complex data, weigh different perspectives, or solve problems creatively. Discuss how you identified key issues, evaluated options, and arrived at a solution, emphasizing your analytical and evaluative skills. Third, demonstrate your learning process. Show that your critical thinking skills are underpinned by a commitment to continuous learning. Discuss how you stay informed about your field. Highlight how this ongoing learning has helped you develop a well-rounded perspective and informed decision-making process. Do you think your technical skills or your critical thinking skills are more important to getting hired? Tell me in a comment below. Share this post to help inspire another job seeker. - Isaiah #jobsearch #jobtips #careercoach #phd #phdlife #postdoc #phdstudent #cheekyscientist

Personal Brand and Reputation As a young professional, I channeled my ambition into my work performance with the naïve belief that my performance would speak for itself. Luckily, I had a sponsor who spoke up for me when an executive thought I was too immature for a management position. The sponsor asked a colleague to mentor me about professional image. As a result, I did receive a promotion to management because your image can influence your reputation. Your personal brand is how you choose to represent yourself while your reputation is how others actually perceive and interpret you based on their experiences and interactions. Both are important and can significantly influence your success and relationships. For example, your personal brand can influence how you are approached in professional settings which, in turn, influences networking and opportunities. Your reputation can impact your trustworthiness which is a key component in the quality of professional relationships which, in turn, influences collaboration and performance. Your personal brand can influence your reputation in negative or positive ways. You will perform a personal brand exercise as part of AIChE’s Career Discovery® for Students program. Sign up for Introduction to Career Discovery for Students offered on October 27th, 2024 in San Diego California when you register for the AIChE annual student conference: https://lnkd.in/exRGgEHV. #careerdevelopment #careerdiscovery #personaldevelopment #studentdevelopment #jobsearching #interviewing

[2024 Semester 1 at RMIT University will be starting soon 🚀 and we bit adieu to Class of 2024 soon in a few months 🎓, nostalgic times] We are in the middle of February, 2024 is flying like a kite, and it is very difficult to tame this kite, which wants to land where it wants it to be. As the Semester 2 2022 #MBAbatch are entering their final year of semester in just a few weeks, I know most of the people whom I am connected through LinkedIn are all super class high achievers and some of the them are already working hard to get into the #Australian #jobmarket really badly. Those who are considering a consulting career may have come across "case preparation", if not, now it is right time to get yourself acquainted with this helpful resource: https://lnkd.in/gAeQ82_7. While final semester will seem to be a breather for some of you but ensure that you have all the resources ready to get yourself a good shot at the job market ✅. You can reach out to me as to how to tackle cases if you need help as it is all about problem solving in a smart manner. Start the discussion and challenge each other as that will bring out the best in you and you will surprise yourself.