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Postdoc Career ClubUniversity of Pittsburgh Postdoc Association
Career Development Chair: Caitlin Czajka, PhD
June 2, 2016
Why are we here?
• UPPDA mission: Facilitate constructive and positive experience for Postdoc Professionals that will benefit Postdoc Professionals and
U. of Pitt
• Career Development focus:Provide centralized resources for career development,
postdoc training opportunities, job placement resources and alternative career path information
Why are we here?
http://www.ascb.org/where-will-a-biology-phd-take-you/
Skills inventory
Achievement / Results statements
Master resume
Skills inventory
• What do you know how to do?
• What do you enjoy doing?
• What do you want to be doing?
(You have more skills than you know)
Skills inventory
Skills inventory
Skills inventory – example
• Conflict resolution
• Dependable
• Self-motivated
• Communication
• Project management
• Detail-oriented
How do you convey the value of your skills?
1. Give context (Project)
2. Quantify your skills (Accomplishments)
3. Identify the impact (Results)
Achievement/results statements
Achievement statements – example
Project: reorganizing mouse colony database
• Organization
• Project management
• Detail oriented
Skill Accomplishment Result
• Revised existing list
• Added details (barcodes)
• Track breeding pairs
• Identify issues with breeders earlier
• Improve efficiency of mouse use (saves $$)
• More accurate and timely record of total # cages
• Decreased total # cages to XX
Achievement statements – example
• Developed breeding strategy to generate cell-specific transgenic mouse • Managing 70-cage mouse colony of 7 strains and 6
active breeding sub-colonies.
• Optimized mouse colony database and generated shared calendar to mitigate animal welfare issues, increase efficiency of shared resource use
Master resume
• List of all your skills and impact (project, achievement, results)
• Select specific items to tailor your resume to the job you are seeking
Next up: peer-to-peer editing
Questions?
http://www.uppda.pitt.edu/career-development