Career Planning for Early Career Scientists | Online Course | Science Communication Lab

Career Planning for Early Career Scientists

Create an Actionable Plan to Achieve Your Career Goals

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About the Course

A goal without a plan is just a dream. Luckily, career planning is a skill you can learn. This course helps scientists plan and prepare for their career journey. After taking this course, you will feel empowered to take ownership of your future by creating effective and achievable goals, timelines, and strategies. As a scientist, career planning is a skill that you will call upon again and again, and we are excited to start this journey with you!

Career Planning for Early Career Scientists is a FREE, 3-week course that will guide you through fundamental principles, skills, and strategies to prepare you for the next steps in your career. This course uses the Individual Development Plan (IDP) as a framework for career planning. Whether you are an undergraduate, a graduate student, or a postdoc, this course is for you!

This course is created by the NIH-funded Yale Ciencia Academy in collaboration with iBiology/SCL.

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Course Contributors (Listed in alphabetical order)

Course Speaker

Cynthia Fuhrmann

Course Directors

Mónica I. Feliú-Mójer
Steven Paniagua
Rosa Veguilla

Platform Development & Management

Daniel McQuillen

Video Production, Graphics, and Editing

Chris George
Maggie Hubbard
Lee Rossoff
Zachary Stauffer

Executive Direction

Giovanna Guerrero Medina

Acknowledgments

We’d like to thank the following Science Communication Lab and Yale Ciencia Academy Team members for their support in the creation of this course:
Daniel Colón-Ramos
Doug Koshland
Carolina Machado
Evan Reeves
Alexandra Schnoes