Career Planning Videos

Free videos and online courses for early career scientists

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Set yourself up for success with free career planning videos and online courses for early career scientists and students pursuing your undergraduate, graduate, and PhD degrees. Learn how to create an actionable IDP, develop a research project, cultivate a mentoring network and business concepts for life scientists.

Build Your Research Community

Build Your Research Community

Learn Skills to Develop a Mentoring Network to Succeed in Graduate School and Beyond

Educator Resources Training Videos & Courses Career Planning Mentee Training

Learn evidence-based techniques and strategies to find and build productive relationships with your primary research advisors, thesis committee, and other mentors during graduate school. You’ll learn how to choose the right research lab for you, how to develop a detailed plan to complete your degree and meet your career goals, and how to build a mentoring network to support you along the way.

The Trainee Podcast

The Trainee Podcast

Learn realistic strategies to navigate your own sticky research advisor situations.

Training Videos & Courses Podcasts Career Planning Mentee Training

In this podcast, we interview a diverse set of scientists about advanced mentor-mentee relationship topics. Through these thoughtful conversations, we explore concrete strategies and approaches to address common, but challenging, issues you might encounter with your research mentor or Principal Investigator (PI).

Planning Your Scientific Journey

Planning Your Scientific Journey

How to Develop and Plan a Research Project

Educator Resources Training Videos & Courses Career Planning Experimental Design

This course offers concrete tools and practical advice to help you navigate the most challenging aspects of developing and planning a research project. You'll learn how to ask a good scientific question, establish a clear plan of action, and seek advice along the way.

Career Planning for Early Career Scientists

Career Planning for Early Career Scientists

Create an Actionable Plan to Achieve Your Career Goals

Educator Resources Yale Ciencia Academy Training Videos & Courses Career Planning

How do you take ownership of your career and plan for the next steps? This course will provide you with skills to create an actionable plan and prepare you to achieve your desired career goals using the Individual Development Plan (IDP) as a framework for career planning.

Mentoring Up

Mentoring Up

Strengthening and Expanding Mentor-Mentee Relationships

Educator Resources Yale Ciencia Academy Training Videos & Courses Career Planning Mentee Training

Mentoring Up is a free, 3-week course that helps science trainees build stronger mentoring relationships through self-awareness, communication, and planning. Learn how to identify your mentoring needs, work collaboratively with advisors, and grow a supportive mentor network for your career.

The Strategic Postdoc

The Strategic Postdoc

How to Position Yourself and Apply for a Postdoc

Educator Resources Yale Ciencia Academy Training Videos & Courses Career Planning

The process of choosing a postdoc lab that satisfies both your personal and professional needs is often not very clear. But choosing the ‘right’ postdoc is one of the most critical choices you will make in your academic career. This course will guide you through your postdoc search, applying for your postdoc, and leaving your PhD lab.

Business Concepts for Life Scientists

Business Concepts for Life Scientists

Prepare for Career Transitions into Lab or Industry

Educator Resources Training Videos & Courses Career Planning

This course is aimed at enhancing PhD scientists’ understanding of foundational business concepts to prepare those who want to start their own labs, and inform scientists who want to go into industry.