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| If you’re on the academic job market, you probably know how time consuming and challenging the process can be. Keeping track of job posts, finding information about hiring institutions, writing statements of research and teaching philosophy, updating your CV, and requesting letters of recommendation can be overwhelming.
Dan Royles, Visiting Assistant Professor at Florida International University, has some tips to stay organized in the process and save time. He suggests three tools that he finds very useful:
Evernote: allows you to clip pages from the web, tag them, and save them in a folder in order to keep all the information that you need about a specific institution and department in one place.
Text Expansion: with these applications you can use shortcuts and abbreviations to store blocks of frequently used texts instead of typing full sentences. Try out TextExpander.
Google Sheets: saving information on a spreadsheet helps you keep track of jobs and fellowships and doing it with Google Drive adds the possibility to easily share the document. Here’s a template that Prof. Royles put together.
Best of luck to all of you on the job market!
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Register now to compete in the UW-Madison Three Minute Thesis Competition!
Three Minute Thesis® (3MT®) is an international competition in which Ph.D. students explain their thesis research to a general audience. UW-Madison's second annual 3MT® competition is coming up on Wednesday, December 2nd! Cash prizes will be awarded to the top three finishers. Sign up now to compete!
The 3MT® competition is presented by SDE-GWIS, WARF and the Graduate School Office of Professional Development, and sponsored by Fisher Scientific and Sigma Aldrich.
Are you participating in the Three Minute Thesis® competition, or just interested in learning how to craft a concise, compelling explanation of your research? This workshop will help you prepare an accessible, intriguing three-minute talk. Open to all disciplines.
Sponsored by The Writing Center and the Graduate School Office of Professional Development.
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| Scientific Teaching Fellows Program Call for Applications
The Scientific Teaching Fellows Program is a two-semester program, part of the Wisconsin Program for Scientific Teaching, that helps graduate students and postdocs develop innovative and effective teaching methods in biology. The program offers two credits per semester for graduate students. It is designed to help you:
Become more effective with a broader range of students, addressing issues of diversityAssess learning outcomes and use the information you gather to continuously improveDevelop instructional materials that encourage active learningTest your materials and methods in a real-life settingJoin a learning community of peers who care about teaching
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Tuesday, November 10 | 5:30 - 7:00pm
1111 Genetics-Biotechnology Center Building
This panel discussion, featuring hiring managers and recruiters from industry, government and a non-profit, will provide tips, advice and insights into what they look for when they visit your LinkedIn profile. You will also gain valuable information on how to maximize the potential of your LinkedIn profile for networking and during the hiring process. Panelists will include:
Lisa Dally, AA/EEO Officer/Medical Coordinator at Wisconsin Department of Administration
Gabrielle Valenti-Hein, Recruiter at Kelly Scientific
David Bebau, Recruiter at Epic Faustina Bohling, Director of Human Resources at United Way of Dane County
Come prepared with questions!
This event is sponsored by the Graduate School Office of Professional Development.
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For dissertators in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Learn practical strategies for writing, time management, and creating a supportive environment so that you experience a smooth and successful transition from course work to independent research and writing. Workshop features hands-on activities, presentations, and discussion with experienced dissertators.
This event is sponsored by the Graduate School Office of Professional Development
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Versatile PhD will host a free web-based asynchronous panel discussion on careers in University Administration. All panelists are PhDs from STEM fields:
An Inorganic Chemist who has been an Assistant Dean of STEM Programs and Assistant Dean of Academic AffairsA Molecular Biologist who is Administrator of a biological sciences research centerA Pathologist who is Director of Academic and Professional Development at a university graduate schoolAn Astronomer who is Senior Analyst in the central office for a state university system
You can interact with panelists throughout the week on the site, or follow the discussion via email. All questions welcome, from the most general to the very specific.
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Tuesday, November 17 | 11:00am - 12:30pm
CIRTL Online Workshop
Today is the last day to register!
In this workshop, you will create a robust IDP draft and an action plan to facilitate conversations with your advisor or supervisor about career goals, current and desired skills, and development opportunities. We will discuss how to define achievable goals, identify resources, and develop strategies for implementing and sustaining your plans. Please note that the workshop will require some preparatory work before the 17th, and some wrap-up work afterwards.
Find more Graduate School Professional Development events here.
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| Government Job Fair
Friday, November 13 | 1:00 - 4:00pm
University of Illinois at Chicago, Student Center East
Free Transportation for UW-Madison students available
Registration closes Friday, November 6!
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Teaching, Writing & Research
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Wednesday, November 4 | 6:00 - 8:00pm
B207 Computer Sciences and Statistics
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Special Events & Conferences
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UW-Madison Art Department: Annual MFA Open Studios
Tuesday, November 10 | 11:30am - 1:15pm & 4:00 - 7:00pm
Art Loft Studios, 111 N. Frances St.
Discovery to Product (D2P) Pre-Igniter 1-Day Workshop
Tuesday, November 10 | 8:00am - 2:00pm
D2P Headquarters, 1403 University Ave.
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Applications due December 1
Postdoctoral candidates have an unrivaled opportunity to work with the innovative, groundbreaking scientific teams at the Morgridge Institute for Research, which is devoted to research across the lifespan to benefit human health. Successful fellows will work with and learn from investigators at the forefront of discovery and be part of dynamic interdisciplinary and collaborative research teams. Morgridge fellowships emphasize strong communication, leadership and management skills. They also take advantage of Morgridge’s extensive outreach programs and provide opportunities to communicate science to the public.
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